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GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH

Its so good I had to draw Falin

She's soooo preeettyy in the show and this post is probably huge spoilers buttt uuuggghh h its so good THE NEW EPISODE WAS SO GOOD GGGRRRRRRRR

Can't wait for next Thursday

#art on tumblr #digital art #cw: gore #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #touden siblings #falin dungeon meshi #I love this show so much #Literally the best

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Did a cute little character thing with my main character of my new little species!! Still don’t have a species name, but I’m figuring out how I want their naming system to work and the average life of a commoner of their species.

Here is Ta’Lu :D

#digital art #alien species #speculative biology #speculative evolution #alien oc #squishies #oc dialogue #oc meme

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#I ❤️ artist resources #thank you so much

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Na’vi

#digital art #avatar 2009 #art on tumblr #slugcat #rw downpour #na’vi #Avatar #AHHH LOOOK AT RIVULET I LOVE THIS??? #SUCH A GOOD MASHUP

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I was planning on giving them patterns, though I'm not really sure what to give them still. Here's some based off of a couple creatures I used to make them!!

Also, I'm debating on if I want them to have suction cups, and if I do then what I want them to look like- so feel free to help out!!

Also also These guys still need a name. Its really hard to figure out what I'd call them as far as a species goes, but as of right now I'm calling them Squishies.

I love all the positive feedback I'm getting on these guys! Thank you all so much :D

Creature Drop ,‘:|

I’ve been really inspired to make my own Spec Bio creature thing….sooo uhh I did!! I kinda based them off of a dumbo octopus-ish? I

want them to be a fully-developed society—but tbh I’m not really sure where to start.

I think I’m gonna lean more into their biology first so I know how I want them to behave and all that fun stuff.

Please, please, please give me all your questions and suggestions and all that biz because I need to make more stuff about these weird guys.

#speculative evolution #speculative biology #alien species #squishies #art on tumblr #art

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sometimes I wonder if scavengers think slugcats are related to oysters

#this is the smartest scav I’ve ever seen in my life #totally gonna draw a slugcat based off of a mollusk now

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Day 27. The (I think) universal experience

#for real

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*turns your rain world lizards into shrimps*

#shrimpin?? #you shrimpd my lizrds??

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Creature Drop ,‘:|

I’ve been really inspired to make my own Spec Bio creature thing….sooo uhh I did!! I kinda based them off of a dumbo octopus-ish? I

want them to be a fully-developed society—but tbh I’m not really sure where to start.

I think I’m gonna lean more into their biology first so I know how I want them to behave and all that fun stuff.

Please, please, please give me all your questions and suggestions and all that biz because I need to make more stuff about these weird guys.

#digital art #art on tumblr #sketchbook #speculative biology #alien species #alien oc #speculative evolution #octopus

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I ❤️ When TinyPaint posts

my favorite vampy

#hollow knight #digital art #TinyPaint #eating up this art #nom nom nom

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I had an idea...

#digital art #mlp #lethal company #mylethalpony #cringe #art on tumblr #i am cringe but i am free

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Some art of a place from a D&D campaign I'm in!!

I got so excited when my DM was describing this to the party that I just had to draw it.

Drawing lava is so fun omg

#digital art #art on tumblr #dungeons and dragons #lava flow #background art #artists on tumblr #artblr #studies

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Here is some slugcat art I've made!!

I love the goopy goober scug sm omg.

The Nomad is a character made by Daszombes

The Rotten is made by Your_Friendly_Fragil

Idk if either of them have tumblr :']

#digital art #art on tumblr #rain world #slugcat #the rotten #the nomad #rw artificer #artificer slugcat #rw rivulet #rw spearmaster #rw downpour

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Meant to make this my final post of the year, but I guess it’ll have to be my first instead! A look at part of a birg end-of-year tradition.

The Wis’Sachoi are a culture far to the west of the Twowi, where they exist fairly peacefully on the coast of a large inland sea. Come autumn the gifters (bachelors) herald the mating season by arriving to clans towns in bulky costumes made of sticks and reeds. They chase kids and animals, knock things over, and sing playfully that life away from the village has made them course and wild; won’t somebody please trim their shaggy hair and crooked claws? Young receivers (the ladies) don spiny cowls of woven branches in a cheeky imitation of the spiked armor worn by beast hunters of legend, to engage the “monsters” in games of song and wordplay. Should the beast court the wrong individual, or insult his quarry, or make too much mischief around the village, the elders are ready to chase him off with sticks. When a “beast” and “hunter” have successfully matched wits, the hunter will approach with beak scissors, so that she may snip away at the reeds covering her partner’s face in a tender gesture of allogrooming. Then her sisters and elders help tear away the rest of the costume, making the suitor fit to live among the clan again. The night ends with the burning of the reeds and a communal meal.

Courtship games such as this are just the first in a series of events held for around nine days, which include bachelors presenting gifts for the children and elders of the village, a fishing contest, and lots of feasting. Many of these gifts arrive in the form of exotic spices and other ingredients collected over the past year of trading abroad. Though it is tradition for courting pairs to consummate on the final night, it is not uncommon for a gifter to offer his spermatophore to several partners before the end of the festival period. After the final night concludes, Wis’Sachoi bachelors are granted the privilege of hibernating with their temporary in-laws.

As birgs generally sleep through the winter, fall and early-winter events such as these are the closest most cultures come to the sort of midwinter holidays observed on earth.

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#worldbuilding #birgworld #birgs are the bomb

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Pygmies!!!

I'm a simple person, really. I see creatuer; I draw.

@jayrockin I love your art!!

#speculative evolution #speculative biology #digital art #art on tumblr #avians #birdies #alien species

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You know how baby birgs like to ride on others backs?

Would mothers ever have handles on their clothing to help them hold on or is their grip strong enough for it to not be a worry?

Wouldn't that damage the material if their grip or claws were so tight?

And if their grip is usually that tight then what about baby birgs who have health issues that might cause a weaker grip than average meaning they're unable to hold on properly?

Would there be tools or methods used to accommodate their needs?

The larva is normally born during winter hibernation, though it continues to grow for a couple of months after emergence, at which point it has become pretty large and unwieldy. In the northern hemisphere the caretaker may don a sort of “saddle” that contains the larva on either side, with heavy cloth or leather straps for it to hook its claws into around the neck/chest area. The larv can also be conveniently padded in with extra bedding to keep it warm and safe, as well as soak up any waste. A simpler alternative is a blanket and cloth sling to secure the larva. In the south the larva may be placed in a basket fixed to the back (lower left sketch).

After eclosion the youngsters can usually walk just fine on their own, but if they are weak or tired there is another sort of modified saddle for them to rest on. You can see young swooce riding on one in this old drawing

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#birgworld #birgs #the little fuzz on the baby swooce tail 😭 im in love