#its finally DONE

[styllwaters]

Hailing from the harsh planet of Ettera, Knights are the only sophont in the Zhagaviit system made of two consciousnesses. ---

At last, here they are! Nearly finished with redesigning every Vivere 44 species. These guys are retconned werewolves which I posted about some time ago. You might have noticed I brought back some space unicorn aspects as well! They've been through so many design changes but I've finally settled on something solid.

More information below!

I'll try to keep this concise. Most of this info is introductory biology.

Knights are the only sophonts living on Ettera, a mostly barren planet where survival is tough. Their civilisation is the least advanced compared to others in Zhagaviit, such as Arrows and Sea Crawlers. They were the third species to be contacted by the ZGC (Zhagaviit Galactic Community) followed by Post Humanity. Knights are known for being hardy, efficient, and motivated.

If it isn't already clear enough, Knights are two species in a symbiotic relationship acting as one individual. Helmets and Hosts have an evolutionary history so intertwined that one cannot survive without the other.

The Helmet is attached to the head of the Host, and will remain there for the rest of their life (unless separation happens - but we'll get into that later). In the relationship, their role is vision and dexterity. Since the Host is effectively blind, it is the Helmet's job to guide them. Their hands are also important, being the Knight's primary manipulators. They played a large part in early tool use. The Helmet lacks a mouth, and receives all its nutrients from the Host through a specialised organ not unlike an umbilical cord.

The Host is essentially the main body of the Knight. Wolflike and mammalian in nature, the Host is the Helmet's mode of transportation. Because they need to eat for two, Hosts are omnivorous and will eat just about anything. Although majority of their diet is comprised of meat, they are capable of digesting plant matter and bones. They are highly skilled and effective hunters.

It is in both party's best interests to assimilate as soon as possible. The Host cannot see without a Helmet, and within a few weeks bonding will become impossible. The stakes are higher for a newborn Helmet, because they cannot feed by themselves and will starve in under a week without a Host or an artificial feeder tube. Prior to first contact with the ZGC, Knights did not have the technology for artificial feeders, and infant death rates were high.

So how do two beings coordinate one body? The fact is that once assimilation occurs, they become one being. The Helmet's brain and the Host's brain are connected by millions of nerves exchanging signals. It's complicated, but the best way to describe the experience would be a 'mutual trance' in which full body coordination is achieved. They have shared interests and intentions. However, a Knight can mentally separate the Helmet and the Host, gaining back individuality; they do this for many reasons, perhaps to discuss something among themselves or simply for company. Yet on the whole, a Knight will spend 80% of their life in this 'trance'.

Both Helmets and Hosts have noticeable sexual dimorphism. Male Helmets are called Pikes, and females are called Guards. Pikes are distinguished by their horn, bold stripes, and more prominent crest spines. Guards lack a horn and have less contrast in their thinner markings.

Female Hosts are called Forts. They are larger than males and have a mane of fur on the back of their necks. Male Hosts, Spires, lack this mane.

In Knight society, individuals are usually referred to based on their combination of Host and Helmet. Since there are four sexes involved, there are four possible combinations.

Guard-spire [female Helmet, male Host]

Pike-fort [male Helmet, female Host]

Guard-fort [female Helmet, female Host]

Pike-spire [male Helmet, male Host]

(Knight languages have their own version of pronouns for each, but in English all are referred to as they/them by default. Of course, each individual has their own preferences. Usually a Knight will refer to themselves as we/us).

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I'll get into Knight social structure, cultures and more in another post! For now, if you have any questions, feel free to send an ask. Always happy to answer!

#vivere 44 #speculative biology #spec bio #my art #art #knights #aliens #speculative evolution #spec evo #xenobiology #artists on tumblr #science fiction #worldbuilding #headworld #its finally DONE

[jellyvibes710]

PART TWO MY LIL SPIRITS

F I N A L L Y

THIS PART WAS SO FRUSTRATING

I was planning to add a detailed ish background but after the troubles I went through, I CHANGED MY MIND hahaha

Okay, so from here out I will (heavily attempt) to post a new Part every other Friday, every Friday would kill me, show myself some mercy 😂

So next part will be posted then :]

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(I was gonna put all this on top but I added the pictures first by accident and couldn't figure out how to make space for the text >->)

#rottmnt #save rise of the tmnt #unpause rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rise fanart #rise movie #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #rottmnt angst #little baby blue au #ITS FINALLY DONE

[arielluva]

the eternity you seek

id in alt

#my art #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #utena tenjou #anthy himemiya #utenanthy #ITS FINALLY DONE #did a full drawing of those dream redesigns i made and.... oh man this took a while #not to mention the file itself was so big it was starting to lag out csp #the csp file is over 2 gb in size and the timelapse is 8 and a half minutes long so. yeah. big boy. #im really proud of this but also glad its done bc i dont want to wait 5000 years everytime i want to save this thing #also was messing around with halftone dots which i think look nice :3 #anyways. glad this is done. lagging file begone #2023

[nanipant]

this peice has overtaken my life for no reason

#bertie wooster #jeeves and wooster #its finally done #reginald jeeves #jooster

[palossssssand]

After several weeks of painstaking work, my weevil costume is done!!! I made it for a parade where our uni’s entomology club participated in, which was a lot of fun! The colors are based on Eupholus magnificus.

The build is made put of cardboard and masking tape. I covered the top stripe, eyes, and underside of the head with mesh, so visibility and breathability is pretty fantastic. The antennae are adjustable too! The head is attached to the thorax with a velcro strip.

The extra arms are attached with fishing line and velcro to the top gloves. Definitely a challenge to figure out, one of the arms unfortunately snapped off during parading :(

Overall, I’m incredibly pleased with how the costume turned out, it’s been a while since having a cool project to work on!

#my art #weevil #beetle #entomology #curculionidae #costumes #costume design #ITS FINALLY DONE #crazy payoff on this thing #the only thing I regret is not lining the inside of the gloves with tape or paint. its just raw cardboard :( #anthro #bugs #insects #might make him an oc teehee. would be silly #don’t worry I was able to repair the arm good as new #can I technically tag this as fursuit !!??? yeah why not #fursuit #bug furry

[mossiistars]

ITS DONE! ALL 6 MINUTES AND 48 SECONDS BABEYYYY!!!!

#tma #magnus pod #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #jonmartin #jon sims #tma fanart #jmart #teaholding #tma animatic #the magnus archives animatic #jonmartin animatic #its finally done #!!! #after 3 months!!! #RAHHHHHH #Youtube

[lyss-butterscotch]

GIJINKA ITERATOR REF V2

Top left is pronoun - height - symbol - overseer/earpiece color

Top middle is name - local group - ID tag - branch - interests

Note that names listed in CREATURES are names given by their creators, not their title

#its finally done #oh my god im gonna need to lay down for a week #the only thing i have to say is im not entirely happy with saint #also i just gave wind a scottish fold 👍 #anyways prepare for wall of tags!! #looks to the moon #five pebbles #no significant harassment #seven red suns #sliver of straw #unparalleled innocence #chasing wind #grey wind #rw rivulet #rw artificer #rw hunter #rw spearmaster #rw saint #rain world #gijinka #oc: the arsenil #oc: the arsenite #oc: the haulier #slugcat oc #oh also whoever read this far down moon has a welding gun #my art #lyss art #travel puppet au #lore art

[spitfireriott]

THE SCRUNKLY ARMY HAS FINALLY BEEN FULLY ASSEMBLED!! Thank you so much for the support, y'all! With these last 5 sticker designs, I'm finally finished with my full Hazbin Hotel sticker series! Now, I shall conquer Helluva Boss! I think my most favorite to draw from this set was probably Rosie, but Carmilla was fun too.

BUY THEM HERE!!

#my art #fanart #im screaming #its finally done #hazbin hotel #helluva boss #carmilla carmine #hazbin hotel rosie #sera hazbin hotel #emily hazbin hotel #cherri bomb #lucifer morningstar #charlie morningstar #vaggie #sir pentious #valentino hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel velvette #hazbin hotel lute #hazbin hotel adam #angel dust #alastor #stickers #sticker shop

[stashiokat]

His Peak!

#one piece #art #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #fanart #op #artist on tumblr #luffy #gear 5 luffy #nika #monkey d. luffy #opfanarts #after 3 months and then some #its finally done

[qeggyinjail]

“Thank you everyone . . . for being my friends.”

#nanbaka #jyugo #fanart #ITS FINALLY DONE #my heart went into this #jyugo nanbaka #nanbaka jyugo #he is so so so so so so special to me #MORE JYUGO!! #nanbaka nico #nanbaka hajime #nanbaka liang #nanbaka upa #nanbaka samon #nanbaka honey #nanbaka trois #oh this is so fun #nanbaka kuu #yes the cat is here too #nanbaka rock #nanbaka tsukumo #i love tsukumo #that’s a secret

[junqkook]

⚠️ FIC DROP @ 10PM CST

#jungkook smut #bts smut #jungkook x reader #bts x reader #jeon jungkook #jeon jungkook smut #jeon jungkook x reader #jjk x reader #jjk smut #bangtan smut #jeongguk smut #jeongguk x reader #bangtan #bangtan x reader #jungkook royal au #prince jungkook #king jungkook #bts royal au #jungkook faerie au #faerie jungkook #bts faerie au #ficdates #HEHEHE IM EXCITED #its finally DONE

[owwwmyteeth]

COACH REDESIGNS!!

(some of the) OLD COACHES TOO🫶🫶

#stex #starlight express #ITS FINALLY DONE #pearl the observation car #dinah the dining car #belle the bar car #carrie the luggage van #buffy the buffet car #ashely the smoking car #duvay the sleeper #MIGHT do OLC belle later?? #the quality got ruined waa #happy international women's day

[queen-drawing]

Guys, i can gladly say now that i finally ended all the covers for @mikeanthony321 OFFSPRING comic adaptation im working on. Now i will work a bit on my Ice-link au and soon you will start seeing the comic, im planing to upload here one page per week and take a break between chapters, see you soon

#mipha #princess mipha #botw mipha #legend of zelda #mipha x link #adventure time au #miphlink #link #Ice-link au #its finally here #its finally done #hope you like it #the offspring #OFFSPRING #fanfic to comic #fanfic #zora oc #oc au #oc #not mine #the original fanfic was made by mikeanthony321 #fan comic #botw fanart #loz botw #botw link #botw

[florscn]

ITS OUT!

I would greatly appreciate it if you take some time to watch my shit animatic

#qsmp #qsmp fanart #qsmpblr #juanaflippa #qsmp bobby #qsmp juanaflipa #tilin fanart #qsmp tilin #qsmp roier #qsmp slimecicle #qsmp jaiden #qsmp mariana #qsmp quackity #i love them so much #its finally done #Youtube

[salemontrial]

I offer mixtape🔥🎶

#ITS FINALLY DONE #god colouring this took forever #lmk #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk mk #lmk porty mk #lmk porty clone #lmk party clone #lmk red son #lmk mixtape #mixtapeshipping #lmk spicynoodles #spicynoodles #spicynoodleshipping #qi xiaotian #hong hai'er #tw eyestrain #<- because colouring this gave me a migraine/lh

[parnagfegg]

“I shall consume all the ill fortune, that you are set to unleash”

Well I’ve finally completed digital painting of Whitehead from Ben Wheatley’s amazing film ‘A field in England’. This piece has absolutely tested my resolve when it comes to perseverance with a piece, but I’m super chuffed with how it turned out. I hope you all like it!

#reece shearsmith #ben wheatley #folk horror #a field in england #inside no 9 #the league of gentlemen #psychoville #digital art #digital painting #horror painting #its done #its finally done #this took far too long