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Highland and Lowland Curbs, 2023

Some information on the marsupial sophonts of Lidian. Curbs show up in Hunters Unlucky by @alhilton, a xenofiction novel with several sapient species.

Buy the books directly from the author here or download a free 4.5 hour sample of the audiobook here.

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The central continent of my worldbuilding world is dominated by marsupials and monotremes, and birds. There are several species of thylacine, and one — which is essentially our Thylacinus cynocephalus — is domesticated.

They are a recent domestication, with about 250 generations having passed. Compared to the wild ancestors, they have similar builds, but with more colours, variation in size, and longer lifespans (12-20 years). They have lost their natural reclusive nature and though shy, are friendly and inquisitive and trainable to a point. Most prefer to be solitary or tolerate the presence of 1-2 others, though get along well with other calm-tempered species. Their prey drive is greatly reduced but many suffer anxiety in loud or busy environments.

Lil update: If you would like fancy thylacines to put places, I turned this into a poster/prints, and there's also a sticker <3

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A male thylacine who lived at the London Zoo from 1910-1914 By: Zoological Society London 1910s

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fic planning be like:

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I'd be cool to see Giant whale boat/ship mimic

Masterpost

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Cone minions

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Do the traffic cones have any basic knowledge like shapes and colors or do they have to learn all that from road wiz?

They have a school session every week

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We're fanfic writers, we spend hours researching an incredibly niche topic we know nothing about so that we can have one sentence be factually correct

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Blush 🎀

Lately I’ve been (once again) very much into sketching tiny characters in huge settings. I want to make a series of paintings with this theme so I’ve been taking pictures of tiny trinkets that I come across so that I could incorporate them into my paintings 💕✨

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The Small Gods

So here’s something new I’m bringing to San Diego Comic-Con! I call these The Small Gods.

So, this is the God of Small Comforts.

And this is the God of Small Victories.

The God of Small Wonders

And finally, the God of Small Mercies.

I’ve shot them each with a sample offering garland, but each garland is different. Well, so far. I’ve only got 30 done at this point, fingers crossed I can get the other 70 done in time, or I guess those will be a little optional add-on… Anyway, there they be. 

Table N-08 in Small Press! See you there next week!

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Pleistocene Mural by William Stout for the San Diego Zoo.

Note that only the first picture is finished, the rest are some of the WIPs Mr. Stout posted in his journal (see the link above), where he wrote 30 entries about the making of this mural. The final artwork has this level of detail. Again, check the first link for more pictures and information.

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oh BTW here's my teeny tiny list of my favourite pigeon species

White breasted ground dove

Nicobar pigeon

Cinnamon headed green pigeon

Yellow footed green pigeon

Pheasant pigeon

Yellow breasted fruit dove

Many coloured fruit dove

Crowned pigeon

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Best of Horatio Caine #2

Horatio with children

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I was just thinking about how important it is to have authors (both fan and professional) with whom I feel... safely unsafe, if that makes sense.

Like, this is going to hurt, there are going to be things that happen to these characters that I absolutely Do Not Want to happen, but I trust you and I trust this ride.

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cover flute and erhu

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Do you ship them?

[]Yes

[]No

[x] I just want to put them in a room together and observe their dynamic under different circumstances and what-ifs all the while making notes like I am some kind of animal behaviorist.