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Finally got around to finishing the lineart! It’s gonna take me a while to color, but I’m hoping this is gonna be a step in the right direction for improvement. Some of the anatomy had to get tweaked, but I think it’s coming out nicely.

#speculative biology #art #my art #speculative zoology #worldbuilding #creature design #exobiology #digital art #wip #practice #art wip

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Been playing around with reconstructing the anatomy of my organisms, starting with the Venatodraco. My process is pretty sloppy and it’s all on display here, but I figured I’d share for the sake of those still interested in my project! In the last couple of years I’ve reflected on my style and really wanna iron out any kinks that I may have.

#wip #speculative biology #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art #practice

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Took me a few years, but thank you everyone who’s stopped by and showed their appreciation! I promise I’ll try to get back on this art wagon ASAP!

#thank you #500 likes #tumblr milestone

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All my pteravermid descendents in the Bestia-02 project from the Second Era. The more basal worm-likes proliferated well enough, with the largest one functioning as a reef dwelling, 1.5 meter mesopredator. The more fish-like forms were outcompeted by similar organisms, and were diminished shortly after.

#art #speculative biology #speculative zoology #worldbuilding #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art #bestia 02 #Pteravermia #wingworm

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An old sketch of an OC kaiju I made named Avalon, fighting another kaiju unoriginally named Quetzalcoatl. For scale, a human being and the 2005 Kong, because why not?

#art #my art #creature design #digital art #sketch #kaiju #daikaiju

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The companion organism for the Pteravermis I shared earlier, this one being called Hoplitosarcus. It’s essentially analogous to a trilobite or horseshoe crab, but with a fleshy shell-like exterior rather than an exoskeleton. It’s first set of limbs extend outwards with feathery growths to catch any passing plankton for consumption. In the background, several other organisms from my fellow collaborators. At this stage in the project it was sort of a pre-Cambrian/Cambrian era, before any advanced predation began.

#art #speculative biology #speculative zoology #worldbuilding #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art #speculative evolution #bestia 02

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Here’s one of the first pieces I did for the @bestia-02 project! Not super proud of the background for the scene, but I was working with what I had. The front and center organism is called Pteravermis, descended from a small worm-like organism that had four pairs of flagella for locomotion, two of which are now adapted into crude fins for propulsion and steering. In the background, a coral like organism and a ray-like organism from two of my fellow collaborators.

#art #speculative biology #speculative zoology #worldbuilding #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art #bestia 02

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This hits me in a weird nostalgia spot and I love/hate all of it, thank you James Sunderland

#silent hill 2 #nostalgia #meme

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Hey all! I know I’ve been radio silent for the better part of a year and a half, and I’m sorry to those of you who were invested in my project. I’ve been putting a lot of focus back into school, work, and another collaborative spec evo project on the side, along with a LOT of personal goings-on. That being said, I’ve been feeling motivated to get back into posting and improving my art, so for anyone that stuck around, thank you 🤣 I will be sharing some of the pieces I worked on from the side spec evo project as well, most of them being my creations but some I’ve drawn for my fellow collaborators. Thank you for coming to my TED talk!

#hiatus #digital art #life hit me like a runaway train

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Wow, without all the annoying dialogue, Walking with Dinosaurs is actually a pretty damn good dinosaur movie.

(they even got the Tyrannosaur sounds right)

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Another pisciverm remake, this one being much more of a chunky boi than the last! Wanted to play around with an open ocean background, so hopefully that comes across! The coloration is inspired by many tuna species.

The Oaticalu is a large pelagic predatory pisciverm, which can be found in the Fina Ocean just south of Brutkam. These predators reach lengths of around eight feet, although there are claims of larger specimens. These living torpedoes can reach speeds of 45 miles per hour underwater in order to catch a wide variety of pisciverms, murenamimids and loligoforms (squid-shapes) in its environment. The oaticalu’s first two pairs of gill spiracles are forward facing and optimized to take in more water as the animal swims at high speeds, while the back two pairs face backwards to push out the filtered water. This helps the Oaticalu in keeping itself streamlined while in pursuit of prey, as it doesn’t need to actively respirate using its mouth while still maintaining its stamina.

#art #speculative biology #worldbuilding #speculative zoology #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art

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A redesign of the Boalik, a creature I drew a few years ago. Now it’s an air breathing pisciverm that makes it’s home on mudflats and in coastal waters around the Tempari and Brutkami coasts. The boalik’s gill spiracles have migrated up towards the dorsal side of the animal to accommodate crawling across the sea floor and through mud. They will often bellow at threats and open their mouths widely to intimidate them, but to animals larger than them, it’s mostly a bluff. Their diet consists of smaller pisciverms, various sea digitids and whatever else they can scoop up. Imagine it like a mudskipper, but closer in size to a large seal pup.

#art #speculative biology #worldbuilding #speculative zoology #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art

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i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation

Zoos don’t look like this anymore.

They look like this:

Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment.  I’m not pro-roadside zoo.  I’m pro-accredited zoo.  Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.

Are Zoos Necessary?

The Importance of Zoos: Resource Post

Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter: Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium

Why I Want to be a Keeper

Why I Believe in Zoos

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credit to @beccalachuchi on twitter!

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Not just any alien, that thing looks like Audrey II. I just hope it doesn’t start singing.

“Oh come on it can;t be that b-”

ah.

#little shop of horrors #botany

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I wanted to expand upon that one practice doodle I did, so here ya go! Also wanted to try my hand at doing some kind of forest/canopy.

Here are two Serpornis clasamicus, hunting by singling out digitids from their swarms and herding them towards each other. The digitids are small, but Serpornis will often engage these swarms for hours to get the nutrition they need.

#art #speculative biology #worldbuilding #speculative zoology #my art #creature design #exobiology #digital art