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Some bovids of Lishel.

The western savanna is home to Keerso, Vans impala and, Tapper impalas. Keerso are one of the most populous animals in the area, leading to herds being domesticated for meat. Vans impala are seen as blessed animals, and killing them is looked down on.

The mountainous eastern coast is home Guinin, and Tapin. Both have been domesticated, wild populations still exist naturally. Guinin are often used in hauling due to their hefty builds. Tapin are fast, and sure footed. They can jump along tough terrain with ease and are often used for general transport. These species as historically important to the area.

MAYA 1b:

Updated Perissopod Body Plans

Here are the new ones

Vs the old ones

The old ones looked a bit samey not really justifying why I was calling them "classes" so I decided to make the body plans of each class more distinct

Since they come from a squid-like ancestor with a radially symmetric body I've made it so that you can gradually see it transition to being more bilateral

Also a few changes to their general anatomy but I'll post updated ref sheets some time later

I want to start out this post saying I LOVE farming games, so as a result of that you assume I’ve played Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons growing up, and you’d be right! Another thing I love is biology and speculative biology/evolution/zoology etc… basically I love and am fascinated by the natural world and its history.

That being said with the boom of farming games and just cozy games in general, I’ve become to be inspired to try and make a farming game myself but with a twist. It would be similar to old harvest moon games like 64/ Magical Melody but set in an alien world, where you play as a sophont alien being raising a farm (idk if livestock will be included but will think more on it) and I would like to have some supernatural/magical elements to it too. Just so it’s not just a farm game where you’re an alien from another world than a human :V

I have a lot of ideas for this concept but not the tools to do much with it atm. It’s still very much in its infancy so this is all I have to say right now .3.

Design concept for my Deep Singer species

I draw super light :\

Another species, but on the creator level.

They're called Kali'und'ava, but Prehensipod works too

Anoder species, this time: Jikangi

Is a type 1 (means full control over their planet) that doesn't let their lack of arms deter their success. They are part animal, part plant, born from the eggs of their sacred faith tree. They're as big as an ostrich, and as fast as a road runner. 🏃💨

I don't draw birds good but I think I did okay here!

1. Jikangi have beeg eyes. So big, they have about 360 degree vision. Like the chameleon, they don't have to move at once, and can adjust size to make images larger or smaller (this is binocular vision)

2. This is their nose. For an animal that runs a lot, wide nasal passages take in more air than what's necessary to keep them going

3. Boomf. It's their breast. It can inflate to twice it's size to power a sonic blast of sound. They sometimes use it as a defense mechanism, but it's really meant for long distance communication

4. Stronk legs. What? You think they wouldn't be beefy with all that cardio? Those thighs could split melons

5. These are their foots. They don't have long talons but they do have very prehensile toes. These are their hands, in a sense, given the evolved "thumb" on the side, and how good they are at grabbing things

6. A plant part of them that is mainly for decorative expression. They are nerves covered in miniscule hairs that can detect changes in the environment like weather and movement

When Jikangi die, their bodies might produce a large pearly seed. It'll become a new faith tree wherever it's planted, and their remains will be the basis for that generation's DNA

Yes, I'm alive! Here's another species sheet

This creature is called an Et'etwi. It's a parasite with a lot of hair and freaky attributes.

1. These are latch fangs, the same you can see on its ovipositor. They help this creature latch onto the flesh so it can inject it's proboscis into them and suck their blood. The inside of its mouth can be seen on the bottom right, as well as it's proboscis and the hollow needle it uses to draw blood. The extra layers of teeth push forward like a silicon funnel to sort of dig in deeper and inject a venom that makes the host docile so they won't react to being eaten

2. Wheeskors! It has a lot of them, and for a species that has no eyes or ears, they're pretty critical for it's survival. They can detect everything with these, including the changes in weather. They also protect the breathing holes on the skin

3. They have only 2 fingers, like a claw

4. This is their ovipositor. Refer to the anatomy graph on the top left to get a more in-depth understanding of how it works. The eggs are produced in the creature's lymph nodes. They all connect to the egg tube from the tailbone. The eggs pass through the egg tube and through the egg sac thingies, where they're finally pushed through the hollow deposit fangs and into their host. These tubes will burrow into the host's bloodstream when dispersing eggs and when the eggs hatch they'll burst out of their pelvis

5. Yeah, their feet are kind of weird. This species tends to run on all fours, but occasionally walks upright, so three toes seemed necessary, y'know, for balance

Et'etwi feed on cattle and usually leave actual people alone. I know you wanna pet it, but just.. don't?

Edit: can't spell *tongue apparently

The Veil is a shapeshifter alien that can assume the form of any creature by contorting its body. The skin is pale and ever so slightly moist, and just underneath are purple veins. It's a 13' apex predator with crazy regenerative abilities that make it impossible to kill, and it's not very companionable.. 😞

1. Foot. You won't hear it coming. They move incredibly fast and silently

2. Shin

3. Knee. Shatterproof

4. Thigh

5. A neural plug. It makes a chittering noise..

6. Stomach. Very stretchy, resilient, and can grow five times it's size. It eats large game, and that includes people

7. Fingers. On the side is a close-up of the inside of the hand, where the skin is covered in sharp papillae. Imagine that grabbing your face

8. Bridge of the hand

9. Wrist

10. Forearm

11. Elbow

12. Ankle

13. Upper arm

14. This is their nose. Veil have an acute sense of smell, 100x stronger than a dog's. It can find you even when you've left the country

15. Veil are carnivores and have large mouths full of teeth. There's a pair of arm-like appendages with hooked ends that extend out from the sides of their throat very quickly to snatch prey

16. They have six eyes that can all look in different directions. Each one has two pupils, one for focusing on things up close and the other for far away. They're superior in the dark

This creature need only touch you to turn into you, but can also assume shapes from photos. Stabbing you with it's tail gives it access to your emotions and memories. If it were to turn into a deceased relative, it could learn from a connection how to act like them and even recall past events that they experienced

Do not ask me where his other leg is. Trying to figure out the proportions was impossible 😭

Little bit of a "realistic Strider" in the making.. Really, more of a "what if Striders didn't get yeeted by chickens" type of thing, def inspired by @patiusarchivist and their wonderful Mantelope evolutions, cause why not? ^^

Yeah, they got loong feet, flat of course because they're tall as shit and possibly evolved to be endurance runners. Skinny hands too, with an exaggerated middle finger. And their pattern, yes yes yes, I cannot wait to spot them up with it! Looks better than the generic stripes, and more coming.. 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

The Otskösga, so wrongly pronounced 'ot-skrr-ga', is a mysterious alien dubbed the yeti who's rumored to be at least 20 feet tall with long arms and legs, hollow black eyes, and reflective metal skin. It's composition (whether or not it's a machine) remains unknown. It is completely silent, with the exception of its ethereal footfalls, and is notoriously blamed for unnatural events that leave behind glowing radiation and a brand of repeating symbols. The Otskösga is considered to be misplaced. Within the mountains of its home are mechanical ruins with huge vacant spaces where something large once stood.

It's never been caught and it doesn't even leave footprints!

This thing from a dream I've decided to turn into an alien is called Chromatophora Acondridende (good luck pronouncing that). It's a 3' tall, 10' wide freaky upset baby-faced octopus with a huge head and 10, sometimes 15 noodly little tentacles. It's got little ears and three different siphons, two act like inner ears, one is for waste. The inner ear siphons are tucked behind it's gills, the waste siphon is.. somewhere. This thing can mimic voices AND faces, because its features travel and aren't static, and is known for its terrifying infant shriek when frightened. It can make its head glow like a lightbulb using a membrane of phosphors under the skin that surround its brain. They can control the intensity of the light using electrical signals. It is cowardly and hates being touched or stared at, yet sometimes wants to be held. It cries when it's frustrated.

Alien centipede head

Bardum Igni, the embodiment of sexual innuendos. This alien has a crotch hand too, ain't that something? I like, needed to upload, so have this stupi lookun fella ay

It is pronounced like tie-toe-cuss, and they're lovely owl aliens of mine who are infatuated with bonking. In fact, they bonk so much that their nether regions have hyper evolved to be ten thousand times more exotic than even the silly looking Bardrum. They look cool now but with RTX on those eyes are horrifying

Tried something new this time with no lines! It's weirdly.. cushy. I like it! Anyway, here's another one of my aliens; a Euphorian.

Euphorians also go by transmutationals, true angels, or transmogrifiers because of their unique ability to become pretty much anything. They are an ascended species, a living consciousness taken from its original host and molded into its own corporeal form. They're gooey and smell like birthday cake, and they love love LOVE those rock sugar sticks. They can never go back to the form they left to be this way, only temporarily as a disguise. They're very friendly and incredibly ticklish.

These are Artillera, a race of colossal biosynthetic battle squids. Because they're so goddamned huge, some aliens pilot them as ships. Who knew ones insides could become a home for a crew? That's if they survive the man-eating antibodies. Artillera feast on neutron stars and black holes. They're armed with a star cannon that also acts as a mouth that crushes the ships they skewer with their dominant arms. Each section is covered in electromagnetic nematocysts that disarm any ship stubborn enough to endure the Artillera's massive EMP blast. The skin of this creature make it near impossible to injure, let alone kill, and it has eyes everywhere, which means no stealthy approach to boarding it. Some aliens call it Waiting Death, as it will plant itself on planets either from the first knee down or just below it's second triad of eyes, and wait for potential prey to get close enough to attack. Most unsuspecting victims will think it's a monolith. Well, I'll tell ya.. If you find a planet with dozens of suspicious squid-head looking monoliths, don't land there!!!

I have over 100 different aliens to draw for my website, so I'm speedrunning them and they're all looking like shitposts 😂

Time to flex another species of mine!

These are Arbori (are-bore-ree). They're tree people that have woodsy, cartilaginous cones on their heads that don't (and aren't supposed to) come off. They're about 7 and a half feet tall, burly yes, and very thick skinned. They're born from host trees that grow in fairy rings. When or if they lose their cone, there's nothing but a featureless face underneath, with flaps of slimy skin. Without a cone, Arbori wither and die. They are essentially extraterrestrial ents that protect the forests of their world. There are many types of Arbori but the one pictured is the common variant. Arbori can only be grown from seeds.

Fun fact, seeds taken from their native land, or planet, will not grow!

Draw what a fully sentient organism that evolved from a plant might look like.

Lord knows I'm not touching these for another five months, so have a species dump!! I only chose the best ones, cause yeah..

Top to bottom, left to right

Ahegaosha, Demuku, Ice Walker

Karuotami, Hei'kei and Reiei

Rodspine, Tsurska, Azefa'damēk

Zurimitzu, Predorian

Pardon the shitpost quality :)

Alien spoder I made up on the spot for a planetary exploration story. Its bones are on the inside, except for its arms (not legs). They're bendy and silly and can stretch really far. He is hairy like a capybara, smells like one too. Covered in the red sand of his homeworld, he is invisible to prey, and did I mention he's an 8ft wide apex predator? Very fast, but quite docile (unless you're food) and intelligent, curious too. His kind have taken a liking to sticks and drawing lines in the sand with them