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vrgssmncht · 7 months

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BUGMEN SKETCH COLLECTION TIME

Because I have no time to do actual drawings and uni drives me insane!!!

So!!!!

I shall get into the details of each under this breaker:

Hellyeah!

Last pic first because it low-key started my valanga nigricornis OC, I thought like, woah, Valanga n really do have thicc thorax which translates to to thicc necc which translates to Trent Reznor in my book (hahah my keyboard gave me the pride flag after I typed Trent Reznor 🏳️‍🌈 so true) and I kept drawing grasshopper mens because of that.

The fourth one was a study of this NatGeo magazine I have about Malaysian creatures WHICH WAS FUN TO DO (everything here is fun to do for me!)

and then theres the one with lotsa moth, also ref from a NatGeo Magazine about bugs extinction, kinda sand but hey moths and a few coleopterans drawings!!!!

hmhmhm what else.. oh yeah! along the mofs theres a round pic of doggy with the text heterosexualle? nein danke! because I need it.

Hmmm the second one is an anatomicalkinda, mm, limb placements, I guess, of my grasshopper oc.... fun to figure out.

ohoh! also! the origin of that "Biology? The study of the bisexuals??" post I made! alongside an oc of mine (love him)

Haha also a sexy shrimp-grasshopper man I guess.. whatelseeee... oh yeah sketches of an infographic I needed to do for school. the sketching is so nice but the actual making is HELL

Alright I think this is enough warmup for a biology essay I needed to do lmao, if I'm active again here that means I'm procrasinating. hahahah! ahh.. Doing this on itself is me procrasinating

I hope this post is comprehensible! And wow thank u if u read this far into my bullshit!! I shall put alittle gift down here!

A grey pansy butt I photographed! how pretty!

anyway thanks and good morningafternoonnight wherever you are haha byeeeee

oh yeah also a sketch of that one vent art I made I forgot I added it here (it still looks cool tomeee)

alright now for real! byeeee

#long post #sketches #doodle #art #2023 #grasshopper #orthoptera #insect people #bug people #bugblr #bug art

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weirdyearbook · 1 year

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From exterminators to insect people to bugs in space, my collection of vintage bug imagery might give you a buzz.

#insect people #bee #bee man #human headed #hybrid #vintage yearbook #vintage illustration #yearbook

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blindbat24-blog · 4 months

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I took this picture in the cemetery of Big Cussetah Church in Morris, OK.

Taking this picture reminded me of all the beautiful captures my Uncle John would take of butterflies and flowers. I loved looking at all of his pictures. I'd pull out his albums every time I'd go to his house and look through them as if it was the first time. He is definitely one of my all time favorite photographers.❤️🪽

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beebeedibapbeediboop · 1 year

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Mancielle can't really talk because of her mandibles. So you bet she did the effort just for him.

#artists on tumblr #art #comic #oc #original #mancielle #praying mantis #insect people #tw body horror #tw blood #tw abuse #what a sweet child :)#she has a good memory as well #she saw him getting in the church to pray and jumped on the occasion #she was hungry anyway

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katsutacle · 4 months

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Sigerson and Irena, and some others

#art #original character #oc art #asdfverse #insect people #insect oc

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digitalsatyr23 · 9 months

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Dark Sparks - Dark Souls Bug AU

Okay, I have no idea if this has already been done (and I mean Hollow Knight is basically this anyway) but I just felt inspired by seeing artists and writers come up with AUs for some of their favorite IPs. With that little disclaimer out of the way, here’s my idea.

A long time ago in a distant forest, there lived great and powerful lizards. These lizards were masters of the forest, and lived so long that many believed they were immortal. If the insect denizens of the forest ever stepped out of line, the lizards were quick to eat them. Because of this, most of the insects lived beneath the forest. Then one day while burrowing tunnels, some of the insects discovered the First Flame deep below the world’s crust. Great sparks from the fire brought with it power and wisdom, raising the tiny insects up from what they once were. These insects were known as the Beetles.

Lord Gwyn (Firefly): Also known as the Lord of Sunlight, he was a king of the underground and had many loyal beetles under his rule, including his army of stag beetle knights. The power of his Lord Spark gave him the ability to manipulate light, as well as channel bolts of lightning he would later use to smite the lizards.

The Witch of Izalith (Bombardier Beetle): She and her sisters gained power over a burning caustic substance similar to the First Flame with their shared Lord Spark. Joining the war against the lizards, they weaved great firestorms to strike down the lizards and burn their homes. When the First Flame began to falter, the Witch of Izalith tried to make a new flame using her Lord Spark, but something went wrong, and she birthed the Arachnids of Chaos into the world. It is said that these arachnids still haunt the old tunnels beneath the trees.

Nito (Carrion Beetle): Once an ordinary beetle, he gained power over death and decomposition with his Lord Spark. His miasma proved to be the killing blow on the lizards, and after the war, he and the rest of the dead found a gigantic corpse of unknown origin which they buried and hollowed out. This corpse would later become known as the Tomb of the Giants.

Seath the Scaleless (Bearded Dragon): An outcast among lizard-kind, Seath was born without scales and envied his brethren. When he heard of the newly empowered beetles, he betrayed his people and told Lord Gwyn of his kind’s weakness to lightning. For aiding in the war, Lord Gwyn granted Seath a piece of his Lord Spark and made him a duke. Seath would later become a scholar and become increasingly isolated in his library...

The Furtive Weevil: This lowly beetle nurtured his Lord Spark while the others fought the lizards. He would later split his Lord Spark into countless pieces, raising up countless other insects that would collectively become known as the Swarm. Despite being a type of beetle, weevils would later be considered separate from other beetles (and thus not part of the ruling class) due to the Furtive Weevil’s lack of participation in the war.

After defeating the lizards, Lord Gwyn ushered in the Age of Fire. The beetles left their underground homes and climbed up the trees of the forest where they built great kingdoms under the sun. Ages past them by and before long the First Flame began to dwindle once more, so Lord Gwyn sacrificed himself to the flame to prolong the end of his era. It was clear, however, that this too would not last forever, so a plan was hatched to push other insects towards the First Flame as a source of fuel in order to keep the Age of Fire from ending. A primordial serpent (blind skinks) by the name of Kingseeker Frampt would aid this plan while another serpent named Darkstalker Frampt who act behind the scenes, doing what he could to usher in the Age of Dark. Meanwhile, a strange curse began to arise amongst the other insects where if one were to die, they would simply get back up later. However the more they died, the more a strange fungus-like growth would take over their body, eventually turning them into mindless undead insects. This process would become known as going hollow, for at the end stage of the curse, it seemed as if the insect were nothing but a hollow corpse that the curse fungus controlled. No one knows where the curse or the fungus came from, but as the First Flame grew weaker, the curse grew stronger. Slowly but surely, this brought the world the beetles and other insects knew to ruin.

A lone insect with signs of the curse was trapped within a great prison known as the Insect Asylum, along with other hollow insects. Freed from their cell by another insect, they would later escape the asylum with the aid of a raven and pursue a prophecy that would require them to ring two bells and ascend to a kingdom under the sun. Would the Age of Fire continue, or would the flame finally die out, ushering in the Age of Dark? Only the Chosen Insect would know for certain.

The World

The AU takes place in a vast forest where insect people have built cities made of rocks, sticks, silk, and other natural materials, all along the branches of trees. Anor Londo is a famous city that was built on the very top of one of the trees - or so they say. Beetles are considered among the ruling class, and they’ve even enslaved non-insect creatures that they’ve used for labor, warriors, and other roles. The characters and enemies you encounter are primarily different types of insects, but just about any creature you could find living in tree tops could be encountered. Demons, unsurprisingly, are themed after different types of arachnids, such as spiders and scorpions. I’d like to imagine the Centipede Demon in this case would be an arachnid creature that has somehow fused with centipede people to become a truly abhorrent abomination.

Bonfires are scattered all throughout the world, like normal. Resting at one is said to stave off the effects of the curse. You can kindle them with what I’ll call a swarm shard, which is a wisp of inky darkness that looks like it’s comprised of countless tiny insects. Rather than look like a beef jerky zombie after you die, your body gradually looks like it’s being taken over by a strange fungus which is worming its way through you from within. Using a swarm shard at a bonfire somehow burns away this fungus, effectively curing you of your infection until you die again and the infection has the chance to spread once more. Rather than collect souls, you collect sparks, which are warm wisps of physical light that all insect-kind covet. Lord Sparks, in this case, are especially powerful sparks that came from the First Flame and empowered insects such as Gwyn, making those who possess them effectively deities compared to other insects.

Overall, the world, mechanics, and characters are similar to Dark Souls, with the main part of the AU being about bug people, fungal insect zombies, and a strange tree top world with a similar vibe to Lordran but scaled down. Humanity translate to swarmlings, which are various types of insects separate from the beetles (with weevils being considered swarmlings for lore reasons mentioned above). The bug people are vaguely anthropomorphic but no obvious human features could be seen on characters. They’re still just as intelligent and capable of speech, though (as all animals would be in this setting). I’d also like to imagine that in a world like this, metal generally isn’t a thing so stuff like weapons and armor are made out of other natural materials such as wood, stone, chitin, animal bone, and stuff like that. Because characters are various types of insects, I feel like that should extend to the MC, so a “chosen insect” could a moth, ant, weevil, bee, or things like that.

Example Characters

Crestfallen Warrior: A lowly wheat weevil that has given up hope. Offers good advice but mocks your journey. Despite appearing quite ordinary, this weevil seems to know a great deal about the world and certain insects, so it proves worthwhile to visit him every so often, and he becomes much friendlier after you give him a gift of grain.

Petrus of Thorolund: A cleric awaiting other members of his church, the Way of White. Members of this church are primarily ants and are considered followers of Lord Gwyn, and Petrus introduces you to this covenant and can even teach you miracles. However, you can’t help but feel something is off about him. After discovering he betrayed Reah of Thorolund (an ant priestess), you learn Petrus isn’t an ant at all, but rather an ant-mimicking fly (Sepsisoma).

Solaire of Astora: A friendly eastern tent caterpillar man who wears a sun emblem over his armor. He seems fascinated with the sun and can often be found in brightly lit areas basking in its rays, though he can also be found in silk tents taking a break from questing. If you save him later and help him complete his quest, he cocoons himself and emerges as a beautiful moth.

Lautrec of Karim: A wasp man wearing unusual but brilliant golden armor that matches his black and yellow carapace. Found in a lonely prison cell along your path to the first bell, he seems standoffish, but still offers you aid against certain bosses. He can typically be found sitting across Anastacia of Astora, a strangely quiet cicada woman who appears to have had her wings plucked. One day you find him missing and Anastacia dead, prompting you to seek him out...

#Dark Souls #Dark Souls AU #Dark Sparks AU #Dark Souls Bug AU #Insect People #dark fantasy #my writing #fanfiction

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hannablism · 2 months

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Art from my school sketchbook last year <3

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starbug · 1 year

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#Masters of the Universe #MOTU #Mekanek #He-Man #Buzz Off #Insect People #comic #comics #1984 #80s

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danskjavlarna · 1 year

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Here’s a weird collection of things that are human headed or human-faced.

#human headed #bee #insect people #vintage yearbook #vintage illustration #yearbook

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lemaistrechat · 1 year

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He-Man and Insect People

Here are all of the intelligent insectoids in Masters of the Universe, I think. Let me know if I missed any!

The best-known insect person is Buzz Off, who belongs to a species called Andreenids or simply “bee people”.

Queen Andreeno, 2002 cartoon:

Filmation bee people (”The Good Shall Survive”):

This episode also featured a rival insectoid people called Tycons.

Beefore Buzz Off’s first appearance, the Filmation cartoon had already created its own, generically named Insect People (first appearance “Eye of the Beholder”).

L: Shaman, R: Garth. Garth later metamorphoses into a conventionally handsome superhero type with butterfly wings:

“Orko’s Return” introduced a fourth insectoid race on Eternia, the Polti.

Now, in the comic whose cover I posted above, which was packed with Buzz Off and some other 1984 action figures, the Insect People of the title are none of the above, but another called the Kex.

We still have one more species to count on Eternia. Webstor the spider person, sometimes called an Arachna, counts because of the 2003 cartoon episode, “Web of Evil”, where Buzz Off says that they’re related.

Now let’s move beyond Eternia to wrap up

The She-Ra toy line and ‘80s cartoon had its own bee people, their main representative being Sweet Bee.

Unlike most Princess of Power characters, the cartoon established these Bee People as NOT being from Etheria, but having a colony ship in outer space. They share their name with Buzz Off’s people and it’s not impossible that their ship came from Eternia, but they all have human hands and feet, lighter skin, and their wings might be different (though it’s hard to tell).

And finally, at one point Hordak gained a humanoid mosquito henchman, named Mosquitor.

He could be from anywhere in the Horde’s galactic empire.

#motu #classic she-ra #buzz off #sweet bee #queen andreeno #webstor #mosquitor #insect people #andreenid #bee people #polti #kex

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