Ains' Concept Art & Thoughts

A 'Behind the Scenes' blog for Ain-Individual's various projects. Tag Masterlist This blog includes some of the background thought into making worlds, characters, and inspiration. It will also include random thoughts, and yes, lists.

[thecollectibles]

Art by Zara Alfonso

[plaguedocboi]

Are you guys aware of chimney swifts??

They’re in the same order as hummingbirds and, in some positions, you can see the resemblance

But like… a hummingbird that’s cosplaying as a falcon.

Sleek. Efficient. Aerodynamic. Perfectly optimized.

Also they like to sleep in chimneys, hence the name, and when they perch they become very very flat

They also like to sleep in groups

Anyway 10/10 weird little beast. Love these little flat fuck hummingbird falcons

[tunashei]

Caves are weirder and more varied than you think

[everythingfox]

Have you ever asked yourself: “What does the skunk say?” unmute to find out

[ruffboi-mags]

what a good and respectful wildlife interaction, from both sides!

[thisdingo]

Sometimes golden words don’t taste as good as they appear…

This is a redraw of this old piece from over 3 years ago! It’s so nice to see solid proof of improvement ~

[everythingfox]

A happy pygmy falcon

(via)

[thehappyrainyday]

What if we got lost in the woods and found an abandoned castle ?? What if we ran through the marble halls barefoot ?? Found ivy ridden walls and climbed to the top of the highest towers ?? And fell asleep to the sound of stars falling ?? Haha just kidding,,,,,unless

[wyrmmaster]

It’s actually really funny how many cultures have fox spirits and how many mostly consider them Complete Assholes, whether actively malicious or just dickheads that trick people

You’ve got the Kitsune that can be anywhere from incomprehensibly evil and powerful to doting mothers and good wives, 

You’ve got the Huli Jing in China which were believed to be entirely female and needed male energy to survive, and did so by corrupting high-level politicians- and the Jiuweihu, the big girls that took to leading souls away from Dharma,

You’ve got the Gumiho in Korea, who just straight up eat people’s livers or steal their life force,

In Scandinavia, specifically Finland, fox spirits were believed to be the cause of Aurora Borealis, revontulet, the “fox fire”, as well as just usually messing with people, and then also the Brunnmigi for the Norse which poisoned water because fuck you,

The Celts also attributed them to be wily little bastards that existed to make fools of hunters and apparently that’s where the word “Shenanigan” came from, originally being sionnachuighim, “I play the fox” in irish gaelic,

In Europe you’ve got Reynard the asshole baron, 

and from what I’ve seen a lot of native american tribes also just consider them dicks on the level of coyotes 

it’s like every human that sees one of these

is just like “wow, what an asshole”, it’s great

[an-alarming-number-of-bees]

Assigned bastard at birth

[allthingshyper]

Foxes are just crows in dog form

[tkkatherineblog]

Inst @neftaliarroyoaguayo

[feastofsnakes]

Am I a boy? Am I a girl? It doesn’t matter. I’m going to burn your house down.

[ribojessi-deactivated20141024]

Visit Original Link

This is the oldest piece of music known to humankind. It’s engraved in cuneiform on a tablet from 1400 BC. And it was a hymn to their goddess Nikkal.

[princeprimrose-deactivated20221]

I wasn’t actually expecting something serious.

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

That was, um, actually unexpected.

[wolfgangamademozart--official]

What is this grand old instrument? It is almost ethereal to my ears!

[thewholeguacamole]

I wish more ancient music was written down. It’d be interesting to study it!

[the-gayest-dovah]

Only 15th century BC kids will remember this bop

[dobletoi]

It would’ve likely originally been played on a sammûm, a bit like a lyre, in accompaniment of a singer.

Whilst its the oldest piece of music, it’s not complete (I believe the oldest complete song is the Seikilos Epitaph), so it’s transcription is controversial; there are a few differing decipherments.

[halflifegifs]

An example of layered texturing in one of Half-Life 2: Episode 2′s 3D skyboxes, a technique used to give Valve’s maps a sense of broader depth and scale. 

[gits-lits]

they also do this in tf2 maps like lumberyard and sawmill

[halflifegifs]

Yes! It’s a really effective illusion that requires very little processing power considering how integral it is to the atmosphere of the maps and also when I read your url my pancreas spontaneously imploded thanks!

[goldfeesh]

Look at all the beautiful animals in our ocean

(Least freakiest to freakiest)

Axolotl

Sunfish

Oarfish

Basking shark

Goblin shark

Bobbit worm

Tripod fish

Antarctic scale worm

[goldfeesh]

More

(No peticular order)

Gulper eel

Blobfish

Frilled shark

Barreleye fish

Cookie cutter shark

[goldfeesh]

And dont forget the vampire squid

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

evolution needs to backpedal 

[thundergrace]

Oh my God! 😭 You dropped this queen 👑

[thundergrace]

To think I thought I knew what ethereal beauty was before now. Laughable.

[lymeandcoconut]

she’s so beautiful i had to include a few more photos

[modernsuperhero]

[correctdichotomy]

(image credit to Dan Hoare on twitter)

I ONLY JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THIS MUSHROOM????? WHICH ERUPTS FROM AN EGG BEFORE UNCURLING HELLISH ARMS, EXPOSING ITS STICKY MASS OF SPORES TO BE SPREAD BY FLIES ATTRACTED BY THE SCENT OF ROTTING FLESH???

Admittedly, I am easily won over by all organisms that attract flies with the scent of rotting flesh. But the octopus stinkhorn (Clathrus archeri) also has tentacles, a freaky egg stage, and blackish goop, so it’s my favorite now.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[elsewhereuniversity]

there's dirt below my fingernails, but I am made of stone. my lungs are marble, my lips sealed shut, but still the songs spill silky from my solid voice. but I am made of stone, I cannot dance. --Muse