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Juvenile panspermic anthro ichthyosapient biped based on the Slender sunfish Ranzania laevis, plus a coupla Midjourney reinterpretations of the original ink marker study.

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Old Midjourney (6?) milliborg fed through the new MJ7 animate feature.

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Museum models of sail-driven cybernetic lepidopterosauromorph watercraft, Midjourney 7.

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Panspermic turtle manta sunfish orca hybrid modelled on a Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack," Midjourney 7 direct image editor.

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TOP: Ceratopsian Counterdino bust BOTTOM: Carnotorca

Midjourney 7 + personal preferences

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Moar pansporcas—hybrid cetacean x invertebrate x ? chimerae.

TOP:  Seastorca MIDDLE:  Triloborcas, perhaps with some eurypterid (Mixopterus) and/or myrmeleontid (owlfly/antlion) larvae in their genome, if you assume a longitudinal axis reversal in how those traits are implemented. If not, then earwig whales, amirite? BOTTOM LEFT:  Semi-bilateral penguin/orca/pliosaur x cnidarian/echinoderm hybrid. Like the triloborcas (q.v.), it very likely features some admixture of Cothurnocystis in its DNA BOTTOM RIGHT:  Orconch, POSSIBLY a relative of the Echinotees and/or Conchodiles.

Midjourney 7 + preferences

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Antiorcas, panspermic antiarch x orca hybrids.

Midjourney 7 + personal preferences

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Panspermic orca sculpture—elegant interior decor for the discerning extrasolar colonist.

TOP:  Torca, featuring a toroidal "ring-wing"-style magnetohydrodynamic propulsive module. BOTTOM:  Yet another amphisbeing, the Ouroborca.

Midjourney 7 + preferences

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Ourobillfish, swordfish-derived panspermic relatives of the Ourobotos and other such fore-and-aft bicephalized ouroborganisms ("amphisbeings" is probably a better descriptor, but doesn't have quite the same ring to it). Oddly enough, these guys also have some Space Harrier pedigree to them, in the sense that the Stage 3 boss Godarni is a kind of amphisbaenic dragon. Midjourney 7

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Yet another reified video game enemy via teh disgusting AI: grounded/beached/crashed/flaccid/deflated Space Harrier "Tomos" reinterpreted as a tapirverse biodrone, Midjourney 7 (no preferences) Until now I never made the connection between the Tomos' tri-radial symmetry and Hydnora africana, let alone Neolithic petrospheres! Ancient astronauts, amirite?

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A few more Extrasolar Marine Corps bugsuits courtesy of Midjourney 6.1’s direct image editor

Derepteryx, a kind of desert Ambush Bug

Cicada Nymph [see above]

Lyristes landing field maintenance cybersuit

Whip Scorpion tactical communications suit (battlefield drone flyover snapshot)

NO MECH I EVER GENERATE VIA ANY MEDIUM WILL BE AS COOL AS TEH ORIGINAL SHIROW CICADA SUIT ;_____;

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Extrasolar montane reconnaissance mecha, prioritized to survive hostile alien environments and fauna over engagement with enemy forces

Earwig [the "pincers" are defensive electrical discharge terminals]

Giraffe Weevil [NOE observer suit designed for both stealth and minimal ecological impact]

Pelican Spider [another light recon suit, engineered for those slippery mountain slopes]

Midjourney 6.1 direct image editor

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Extrasolar wetlands patrol suit variants, apparently fabricated in imitation of native megafaunal pterosaur x pelican spider hybrids.

Midjourney 6.1 direct image editor

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Various bug-o-morphic cybersuits of the Extrasolar Marines, Midjourney 6.1 image editor

Hickory Horned Devil battlepillar

Fish Hook Ant light armored recon suit

Cressona utilitarian service suit working an unimproved landing field

Ambush Bug [need I say more?]

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Extrasolar reconnaissance and observation pteromantis cybersuit variants modelled on indigenous panspermic fauna. Midjourney 6 image editor + Photoshop

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Cyborged pteromantisuits, biomorphic extrasolar service branch variants. You can't always see the li'l human pilot behind the bubble cockpit canopy, but BOY YOU BETTER BELIEVE S/HE'S IN THERE : D

Kinda ended up converging on Roger Dean's designs for the War of the Worlds Martian tripods, though that wasn't (consciously) my original intent.

Andrew Mitchell's Ghost Mantis Phyllocrania Paradoxa + F-22 fighter cockpit + lots of Photoshop + Midjourney's direct image editor + even more Photoshop

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Diverse panspermic pseudosauropods retextured via Midjourney's direct image editor. TOP: Atlas TOP MIDDLE: Beerachiosaur BOTTOM MIDDLE: Lashing Out BOTTOM: Avocetiosaur