Not-keani

I identify as a threat. | Try/Me | 18+ y/o | Reblog Acoount 4 @A-wild-keani|

[anti-keani]

@a-keani

No one even asked...

[jayrockin]

Almost Real's POP CULTURE issue is live on Kickstarter! Time to introduce the cute yet vaguely horrible cover critter, a living gachapon toy bioengineered by scud aliens!

The wild gachapede is a segmented worm-like arthropoid that lives parasitically inside a bivalve-like "giant diatom" in shallow, sandy-bottomed seas of the scud homeplanet. The giant diatom's shell is made of two interlocking lid-like frustules of transparent silica, allowing light to pass through to its veins of symbiotic unicellular algae. Much like the microscopic diatoms of earth, giant diatoms reproduce in two different ways, asexually and sexually. Asexual reproduction is carried out by the two frustules separating and each generating a new frustule, a phase during which they may be parasitized by the gachapede. But because the new frustule is always smaller than the old one, like the lid and body of a box, eventually one lineage of giant diatoms is too small to safely carry out asexual reproduction. These tiny ones will finally give up and reproduce sexually by releasing sperm and eggs that will join to create new larvae and maximum-size giant diatoms. The parasitic gachapede has a relatively low impact on a large healthy giant diatom, as it lays dormant until the frustules split, surviving off the "bloodstream" of unicellular algae.

Scuds have used the unique properties of these two organisms in combination with their civilization's advanced biotech to create a collectable toy; twisting the basic bodyplan of the gachapede into thousands of variations of "funny little guys." The wild diatom has been modified into a "gachapod," which is far more spacious and transparent than its wild counterpart. To obtain the toy, you crack open the two frustles and recycle the gachapod (which will now grow into two new pods). However, once removed from its food source, the gachapede typically only lives a couple days at most. At the end of its life, its cuticle calcifies and makes them into a rigid figurine. Scuds who are really into the gachapede scene will pose their gachapede into a desirable pose like a insect collector pinning a bug.

Anyways, if you want to read about even more strange, horrifying, and fascinating intersections of biology and pop culture, check out Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine. We've also got a big thick book of the previous issues with different themes, including Mythology, Biotechnology, Aquatics, and Flight.

[clipsindrawers]

wow neighbours … 🍁 🍃 🍂

[weepingwidar]

Dennis Scholl (German, 1980) - Proximity to Light (2026)

[zephyrbug]

Eldritch siren 🫧🩻👁️

I wanted to do a little something for mermay with a little monster design! She’s lightly inspired by my OC Ekānta and a very old mermaid piece I did in 2019! All around was a fun idea to revisit!

Back to regular scheduled art pile to share, then it’s artfight prep time!

[alleesaur]

“wraith” standee

[alleesaur]

[ ArtFight 2026 ] [5] Chimeric Deity

for woofee66

[gorjee-art]

I had some fun kpop demon hunters x dogs dinner sketches lying around and I thought it'd be fun if I lined and colored it for some fun color/background practice

[gorjee-art]

It was a commendable effort, truly, damn impressive too! However...all thieves will get too cocky and too sloppy eventually...

[chubbidust]

i have a really funny chapter 6 prediction

[bsodddd2]

KFC gang before chapter 5

[seiishindraws]

wip :3

[clovercowgirl]

oh how the tables

[oobbbear]

Shaker idea

[silly0dd-creature]

Ooh

Imagine if it was longer and moving it towards the water draged the soul to the procede side as the two go to the water

[oobbbear]

WAIT GENIUS

I’ll make the heart a small charm too

[chow0w]

Another votanwing adopt ^^ this one is currently 35 USD, with an AB of 85! The bid ends July 10th and you can find it here:

https://discord.com/channels/1450943081183707351/1455086621874720849/1523417966539047153

[handlinepic]

[chukarpie]

something something deltarune's dedicated relationship to the player & the fandom-centric undertale aus of yesteryear & the way that both of these worlds so closely tied themselves to the player / fan base, & often at the detriment of the characters within, sometimes to the point they end up out of bounds.

control, creativity, the product of loving but flawed hands, et cetera;

in other words, i've been reconnecting with my heritage from yesterdecade & had a funny thought,

// error sans belongs to @/loverofpiggies ~