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She didn’t get too changed but I did fix some things about her anatomy or color distribution that were bothering me a bit.

A pamuli bull (a female) with its owner having a little break on their way to transport some goods. Those shoes need tightening.

For a bit of context, this is a domesticated pamuli. Its big arm membranes are much looser than in wild pamuli, and its colors are less recognizable.

Pamuli make good transport animals but are not as good for riding. Even after being domesticated for centuries, they are stubborn and easily stressed. The leash here helps to calm them down since it makes the animal feel connected to the baggage on its back. Without it, it might panic even after it's used to the action and has seen that the baggage isn't its babies.

But with less tame pamuli it's definitely better to use a different leash while this is only inserted (it's not great for maneuvering).

The inner side of its arm membrane is also covered in mud to protect it from the sun.

If you haven't seen the original pamuli post here you have a link.

Once again a creature from the continent of Slomen. A very primitive but also very specilised critter. 6 to 30 cm long, wet roots up to 45cm.

They live in many aquatic environments but most often you will find them in forest rivers and lakes. Some species have even adapted for life in the sea and could be considered fully aquatic while still air breathing.

Majority of the clade feeds on small animals like invertebrates sometimes parts of plants they can digest. Their hunting strategy is either burst swimming, jumping or just sliding on top of some slow prey.

There were two important species that started life on land, with the leaf ancestor being a smaller, less land specilised of the two. Leafs are one of their earliest evolutionary branches as land vertebrates and have retained many acient features like paw suckers and teeth instead of claws. In bigger vertebrates most of these little teeth were lost and became true claws or fingers (even present on the other land climber ancestor).

They can actually eat with their feet that are still closely connected to their stomach. But it applies only to very small food particles.

The wets are not very culturally significant but some regions do eat them. But the thick mantle isn't very tasty. In some places they symbolise good harvest season.

These little guys are also related to the 'birds' of Elve and I'm sure you can see why.

I just stumbled upon your blog and I think your creatures are so interesting!!

Could you talk a little more about the sexual dimorphism of your bipedal species (Is "Slomen" the right name?), and what the "crop pouch" the females have is that you mentioned in a recent post? And also how the reproductive process works with the "meat egg"? Do the males have an "umbilical cord" like appendage to nurture the meat egg? How does that work?

Okay so.

Sexes/gender

Slomen have two sexes. The females are stereotypically the men of their society and males are stereotypically women. Some cultures have more accepted genders than others. Slomen also apply this inverted human-gender system to animals.

To make reading easier I will use masc and fem for the sexes.

On average, fem slomen are lighter with smaller muscles. They are very noticeable for having big display feathers on their back arms. Few cultures see them as sexual and thus hide them/cut feathers - only allowing fresh parents (they can be used to carry smaller children or the megg) to show them.

Fem slomen also have big air sacks on their chest. These are mostly for personal expression and can be used to signal things like status. With some training, the sloman can also use it in speech. "Lady talk" has many different meanings and uses among cultures.

Deeper within the sack is a food storage organ reduced to only be used during early childcare.

Also, fem often have brighter colors, though limited to browns to yellows with sometimes black or white.

Masc slomen are slightly bigger. They lack long arm feathers and developed air sacks.

On the right side (usually) is a small slit. This is where the "meat egg" leaves the body when fertilized or discarded. If fertilized, the masc sloman's bigger back arms hold it to the body (but cloth "backpacks" are also used).

The megg and other

Sloman are a little complicated when it comes to reproduction. The dedicated organs are in their short necks with transfer happening in their mouth. For most of the year, these organs are hard to feel but at the end of winter, they become active. Until late middle spring to the beginning of summer slomen are more interested in partnering (with many attached traditions). Most cultures have a matriarchal family with one fem (in one generation/partnership) and multiple mascs (who are often not expected to stay for long).

The one fem shares her drops (bigger multicellular seed) with her partners. After a few days the masc slomen have visibly swollen neck side. After that, the meat egg drops out of their neck opening. First, the umbilical stays short, staying close. When its size starts approaching 10cm, it falls to the shoulders and then its growth continues consistently. After all the organs are either used up or reorganized for the baby's shape - right size and weight, it separates from the internal megg wall. The umbilical slowly dies off and the parent stops producing soup.

After a few more days, the baby eats its way out of the remaining megg wall.

By that time the fem sloman already has the "crop pouch" full. Babies use their giant curved tooth to pierce the pouch skin. It heals fast but it takes time to get used to. The pouch content is a lot like the masc sloman's soup.

The unfertilized megg is actually capable of growth even without fertilization as it's a separate haploid organism (just like the drop). But it's rare and unwanted.

Slomen don't have the easiest time reproducing and since it happens basically once a year with a bunch of possible complications, they find large multi-generational families very important. Everyone helps a little with the wave of children. Also yes, twins can happen but it's usually lethal for at least one.

I know this hasn't been very detailed but I hope it explains a bit. I didn't want to go deep into reproduction in case it would be too icky. At some point I will show general vertebrate reproduction (on the sloman continent), with some Kula context likely.

Creechur drawing I made a while ago (bottom one was made more recently)

So here are some creatures for another of my stories called "Destiny Time" UwU they are called changing times and appears just when an important event (no matter if is good or bad) is going to happen! The clock tells the exact hour the event is going to happen and can be only seen for agents of time :3

Finally got the monster I made in photoshop damnazeron drawn up on paper to really make it feel like an original creature of mine

Overworld creatures and demons

NEW ALIEN

I call them Ocira. They're a sort of combination of seals and octopus. They're eusocial and very kind

That wrinkly thing on their chest are their gills, which they can use to express certain emotions.

Their "teeth" are truly spines that can be raised to eat meat, or flattened to chomp plants.

To communicate, they do a sort of drumming and pinching of their swim bladders for different tones and squeaks.

They live on an ocean planet, in shallow, warm waters around reefs.

I might draw them more and tell more about them 😸

Moss wyverns! And the big guy! I didn’t name the big guy yet bc tbh I haven’t really been thinking about it.

Anyway I wanted to experiment with my art style and I think like it. I used used brown for the line art and used more pastel and neutral colours but it doesn’t really change much bc of what I chose to draw but I’ll keep trying it out with other stuff and see how I feel. I think with drawing where the change is more drastic it’ll have a cozy warm feel to it.

I made this animal combonation in high school and I wanted to draw it again :] Under the cut is also has some of the other combos I made

Working on a new art doll! Still a WIP for now but I’m liking how it’s going)

Wire frame

I started a bit of rough sculpting on the head (definitely a WIP though lol)

Teeth! :D

The teeth will be easier to put in if they’re solid, so I baked them separately. I hope they don’t crack when baked a second time, but this is a wild animal/creature thing, so I doubt it would have the best access to dental healthcare anyways lol

Art doll update: sculpted and baked!

Finally done with the sculpting!

Came out good and poses very well, although I’m gonna need to put some rice in it’s butt or something when I stuff it lol, it keeps falling over because it’s head is so heavy.

One hand has bendable fingers :P

(Yes I can make it flip people off)

Second front foot! This one is just sculpted, without any joints. I wanted them to be mismatched, kind of like how crabs usually have one bigger claw.

Feetsies :з

the mouth can move :D

The teeth aren't 100% aligned, but for a first attempt I'm still happy with them

Drawn with my finger on my phone lmao

Random creature I drew. Drawn with my finger on my phone again lol

Inktober day 1: dream!

yeah I know it's a day late 🙈

i'll try to get back on schedule soon

Random creature I drew)

I haven’t been posting a lot of in progress updates, but here’s the fluffy lil guy before i give him a haircut

I came up with this creature in a dream lol

eepy

(a redraw of the guy in my pfp as a cult of the lamb oc)