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The unwanted child from the leaver machine

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collection of abstract v1s i drew on instagram

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I’ve gotten a lot of questions about centaur alien respiratory systems now that I’ve animated Talita doing stuff, so here’s a definitive post about them.

The main airway is unidirectional, except for the occasional sneeze. Air enters through the incurrent nostrils on the face, passes into the first air chamber, then to the main lungs that surround the heart and braincase, and then exits out the excurrent nostrils/vents on the rear of the lower ribcage. The majority of oxygen exchange and moisture reclamation happens in the lower lungs, which have a gill-like, high surface area comb structure that the air passes through. Centaurs cool themselves mostly by panting, where they breathe rapidly and open the lung structure up wider in the chest to allow more air to bypass the comb and leave with water and waste heat. They can produce infrasonic hums, rattles, and groans out the excurrent nostril by clenching the valve.

The centaur vocal apparatus evolved from an olfactory structure that got co-opted for language. There are still are still scent receptors in it, but the thing has become much more elaborate than in their ancestors. To speak, they breathe into two large sinuses on the back of their head, close those off from the main airway, and compress them to push air out through the trunk. Of the aliens in Runaway to the Stars, centaurs are probably the best at vocalizing human languages. The phonic structure is pretty similar to ours, consisting of vocal cords set in the skull at the base of the trunk, resonant loops back to the incurrent nostrils, and muscular ridges inside the trunk towards the lips. Their large toothed mouth is totally unconnected to the respiratory system, it only leads into the esophagus.

PATREON | STORE

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

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absolutely fascinated by this raw pixels on an emulator vs how the game was actually supposed to look on old tvs twitter

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fastest draw in hell

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brimstone bruisers hewn and brutalist. harrowed hollow knights of blighted hell

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

#saving for later

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blog art tags BLOODSUCKER EVENT,

FAITHFALTER EVENT,

and LYCTORFIST EVENT have been made. each was filled up in a day.

enjoy

#so good

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i was trying to articulate a scene in my head without actually drawing it out because i hate drawing real people and i actually like how it looks. it makes me look a little insane tho

why didnt anyone tell me that all you REALLY need to make art is a cool background and some stick figures

#blood

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why didnt anyone tell me that all you REALLY need to make art is a cool background and some stick figures

#my post

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this may just be me going into overanalysis mode but i feel like the choreography of spellcasting can tell you so much about a magic user. a snap of the fingers, for example, implies confidence, even arrogance, while hands thrust out and straining to the fingertips suggests desperation, throwing one's whole body into the spell as though hoping the physical effort will make a difference. rapid, jerky body language tells you that a spellcaster is passionate and reckless, while graceful, fluid movements demonstrate calm and concentration. some magic users may choose to stomp their feet or clap their hands when casting, channeling power through percussive motion, whilst others may see magic as a tool separate from the self, and focus is through objects like a wand or staff. a new spellcaster just coming into their power may be tentative and slow, but a practiced study of magic will be able to rely on muscle memory to guide them.