Rainworld Lizard - Tumblr Posts
Some older drawings
some old mspaint art from a few months ago, currently scared of twitter so I’m gonna try to use this site more often
todays rain world doodles :D
Finally got around to finishing this houugh... it was a lot of work but I really like the end result!! Naturally, I'll try my best to list some of the thoughts I have in mind for these guys below. Long post ahead!
These lizards are intended to be ALMOST fully arthropod-like but due to my lack of understanding of bug anatomy and creative liberties, they are in that gray spec bio area so don't take any inconsistencies too seriously (or rather, fuck logic, and accept them how I describe them regardless)
Inspirations: - my lesser detailed lizard design - my friend's slugcats - wasps for the head contours, various insects for the exoskeleton guidelines, caterpillars, various stylistic slugcats across the #rainworld tag - the burning need for something more detailed and cool in my drawing vocabulary
The actual meat of the post; extra facts: - Lizards are related to slugcats (in my au, if you wanna call it that?) or at least the very early version of them. This idea is borrowed from this post and in my au, lizards evolve a similar tail to a slugcat's to aid in propelling themselves through tight spaces, acting as a 5th limb. - Similar to my old vulture post, lizards share a similar lifecycle. The majority of the larval stage is spent underground and in tight spots, far from their main predator. Lizard larva will undergo pupation similar to how beetles do, leaving behind broken cavities in pipes where carnivorous plants favor to take root. Additionally to the vulture's terrible parental drive, they often mistake their own larva for lizard hatchlings. - A lizard's skin is leathery and retains moisture for quite a while. Some lizards have a thicker layered mantle than others, allowing them to take punctures to the abdomen and still recover. - Not pictured, but will be described, are a few outliers to the standard lizard body plan. Caramels have muscular hind legs akin to a grasshopper but this means their legs cannot slot together and thus they have a wider leg splay than other species. Eels and salamanders are not lizards but lizard mimics. Yellow lizards' antennae attach to a hump on the snout rather than the rear of the head as seen here. Cyan lizards' mantles are more square shaped due to their leap drums on either side of their bodies and have a 3rd mantle that runs the length of their tail and caps the tailtip. - Cyan lizard's organs are called leap drums and act similarly to our lungs. They are a ring of muscle which contracts and acts as a spring loaded mechanism to propel the creature via combustion through a mysterious chemical process. Because the color of debris left behind during a leap share the same color as the lizard, perhaps they are discarded scales, formerly in place to protect the cavities housing the explosion. - They have similar organs to vertebrates within their abdomen, probably surrounded by cartilage. (not that important, I haven't thought that much about this) - (More may be added later as I remember)
gay lizards gay lizards
Lizard gang complete !
Downpour lizards are to be continued later Sorry.
So guess who’s been trying out Rainworld lately
also meet my pet lizard Sweetheart
Surviving through a cycle alongside a pink lizard I tamed!
You can see in the video that I often go back to the shelter with food to provide for my children, it's one of the things I like to do when I want to stay in an area for longer than usual and I don't want to risk my kids dying in the process.
Another day of hunting for food with my lizard friend. Unfortunately this one has a tragic end. Things got very hectic at one point and one of my pups got scared and went outside the shelter, so I had to protect it while different creatures fought with each other. Once things calmed down I tried to invite my friend lizard inside the shelter to hibernate (so I could get The Friend passage) but then it decided to bite my slugpup and I killed it out of desperation.
You'll be missed lizard friend - _ -
I went to Subterranean with my slugpups and decided to tame another lizard. This time it's a blue salamander. Me, the pups and the lizard went out hunting (notice how bad my lizard is at catching prey centipedes)
We were all satisfied and went to play a little inside of the shelter to end the cycle, good times.
My child has avenged me :,)
My experience with slugpups and "tamed" lizards.
(Part 1) Written and Illustrated by Me, Researched by @bitsbug, @ikayblythe and @needlemeister.
(the link)
Rainworld Lizards 1/2
Will post the rest later
Could you draw angelfish? (Monk x Riv x Saint)
This is only the first art for this ship, the other two I will draw later)
I love the idea that you can befriend an enemy if you’re reckless and brave/stupid enough. It doesn’t get you much further in the game and they won’t be able to follow you for long, but it’s cool you can do it.