A speculative sentient alien species I've been working on the last few days.
They're an open species so you can design one yourself! There's a lot I still need to outline for how they work, but I've got a lot of society stuff already written for them.
They took over double the amount of recorded human history to develop into a type two civilization, mostly due to the fact a large portion of their discoveries, such as how stars and the sun works, required post-industrial era devices. This included discovering gravity, and the curvature of their planet.
They have two moons, which are both smaller than earth's moon. They are also a bit farther from their star, resulting in cooler temperatures, and slightly more common eclipses. Because of their moons they are also more protected from interstellar dangers and meteorites. This helped with keeping their evolution rather unchanged and peaceful.
Their planet is almost entirely made up of water, with lots of shallows and small continents that, at most, would be the size of places like the UK. Due to the lack of large land masses, it is often used very sparingly, for farms, resources, and occasionally luxury living spaces. Artificial islands are also a thing, and help contribute to farming and other things that require flat, dry surfaces.
They do not have any understanding of color and light, instead relating light with heat/energy. The only light they produce is on accident, or is from things they use that emit heat, like heating lamps for example.
Fossils are very rare to find, and are usually found on accident. Honestly I think they've accidentally destroyed fossils before, because they've struggled with distinguishing between different rock textures. This also influences how well they're able to tell between certain minerals. Before the industrial era, they were only able to distinguish minerals by feel and sound.
Another thing, considering Selics are soft-bodied, is that when they decompose, they only leave behind their teeth and claws. These are typically preserved and collected, either to be buried in the seabed, or to be hung up in homes as a respectful display. Sometimes families will have generations worth of jaws, collected into a huge heirloom of art
They first evolved in deep water, inside caves with air pockets. They eventually started exploring farther out and made their home near the surface of water. This led to them developing lungs that could handle higher oxygen concentration. A large portion of their oxygen is provided through underwater plants.
For societal systems, they rely on elected councils, and a representative that acts as a monarch. They do have a royal family in order to have more effectively prepared and trained individuals for leading the different factions of their species.
The current day monarch is Monakeem Posi, which I illustrated the other night for fun :D
That's all the general stuff I have so far. If you have any questions, ask me! I'm going to keep working on them as time goes on :)
Image description: A comic or infographic illustrated with a blue cartoon owl. The text is dark blue, with some important parts in red.
In the preface, the owl is wearing several gag shop accessories: a joy buzzer, a squirting flower, and glasses that have a fake nose. The owl says, “Hello! Now that April Fool’s is around the corner, here’s 5 things I ask of you not to do.”
In the first one, the owl gets startled by another owl popping out of a computer screen. This says, “One. Don’t send screamers. Seriously, don’t.”
The second one shows an owl flirting with another owl. This says, “Two. Don’t play with people’s feelings. Examples:
“Don’t fake ask someone out.
“Don’t fake hate/be angry at them.
“Don’t lie that something bad has happened to someone/something important to them.”
The third one shows an owl wearing a bandage on their head, and a hospital IV drip attached to their wing. This says, “Three. Don’t fake an illness. Especially terminal and/or incurable ones.”
The fourth one shows an empty dotted outline where an owl has been. This says, “Four. Don’t pretend to leave, break up, or fake suicide.”
The fifth one shows an owl reading a newspaper with their feathers all fluffed out in distress. This says, “Five. Don’t spread malicious fake information: fake virus threats, fake tragic events, or fake celeb deaths.”
The final panel has a close-up on the owl’s face with their eyes glowing red, yelling, “Seriously, don’t be a butt!”
I got inspired after reading a fic from one of my mutuals, @roohoo !
Idk what Caine + Pomni's new name would be, if they do change it. I'll call them Comni for now I suppose! I really enjoyed drawing this one and playing with how I render. It was nice practice!
Read the fic Here!!!!
I'm a little late, but I heard it was Sebastian's birthday yesterday. I've been very into pressure recently, and have just gotten my art program back, so why not get used to using it again with a nice piece of art for the fish man?
I actually found the motivation to make some progress on chapter two, so who knows? It might come sooner than I expected. I'll still have to figure out what I want to do for the art previews though! Hopefully it won't end up being delayed too much longer with Christmas only a couple weeks away.
Hey guys! Author of 'A Marty's Throne' here! I know I have a decent amount of people interested in my writing currently, and because of my absence you're probably wondering; where did you go? Are you still working on your WIR fanfic?
Well, I'm here to actually explain a bit since I really hate leaving people in the dark about my reasons for disappearing after being so active previously. More important notes are highlighted for people who don't feel like reading through and just looking at the art!
When I first finished the initial chapter of the fic, I had *just* started the first semester of my senior year. While it has been pretty easy compared to other years, one specific class I have has been draining all my writing motivation and time. Ironically this class is a creative writing class. Basically, I am being smothered by so many writing assignments by this class specifically that by the time I'm caught up, I have no energy to work on my own writing projects. Upsetting, right??
On top of my motivation being kicked while it's down, my laptop I use for my art has finally decided to kick the bucket after a year of slowly degrading, meaning I cannot provide any fully rendered art like I was hoping to be a chapter-ly thing. I want to keep to that promise that I made, but I do not have a solid date for when I either get it fixed or replaced yet, especially with my financial situation.
In other news, I would like to reassure anyone worried that I still have all my writing files! I actually draft on my phone typically and refine it, and edit in Ao3. what I do have for the second chapter so far isn't bad either, and it's already a decent way through, so when I do get my energy back, it will not take me more than a month to get it finished up. it'll still be slow until I graduate like any other busy student would. I'll still try to post occasionally, but I can't promise activity until past June. I appreciate the patience I have received so far though, and I do really want to see this project to its end.
Thank you for reading through this. Here's some sketches I've made since my laptop broke for your troubles.
Also, a closer look at Sour bill and Candy being a big snob. I'm so excited to write Sour bill specifically. I think he needs more love.
You, my dearest pal, are very Turbotastic. Have a great day.
Yours Truly, InkLamp
I forgot to respond to this. I planned to do a drawing but then I got very busy and my computer started having issues 😭 here's a complimentary WIR screenshot
Just finished reading the first chapter of A Martyr’s Throne, and the only non-spoiler thing I can say about it is HOLY COW!!!!! Also, question: will the entire fic take place pre-movie? Like a prequel?
I'm thinking that the majority of it will be based before it, to kind of explore what KC was up to and how he changed over that period of time, since it was vaguely explained but never truly touched upon. I don't think I can say much more without it being spoilers, so you'll just have to wait and see what I come up with! Trust me, I've got a good amount of stuff planned for it! :p
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