Bernat

2000. Catalan (CAT, ESP, ENG, LSC). He/Him. (mostly) Self-taught artist drawing and worldbuilding science fiction.

[milkyfederation]

Welcome to my blog. I post my science fiction concepts and drawings, which all exist inside my universe-building project: the universe of the Milky Federation.

If you want to see my SF concepts use #milkyfederation. My main OCs in this universe are the #spacefreelancers.

2025 challenge. Citizens of the Future.

2026 challenge. Aliens are Space People.

[mernolan]

Trying to give myself some more challenging animations to tackle SO a continuous walk cycle with some character acting. The music is there mainly to have something to time the pace of the walk and the acting to (and I think it just makes it feel more engaging than silence).

Was working on this back in January and thought I'd get back to it sooner than later but it's sat on my computer as roughs this whole time lmao. I DO want to get back to this and clean/color/comp it, there are just some technical things I gotta figure out with marrying the 2D and 3D that I haven't had a minute to investigate yet.

song is "ooh la la" by Run the Jewels (Mexican Institute of Sound Remix)

[leafy-yezi]

Finished! And the line goes on.

[milkyfederation]

Aliens are Space People challenge #5:

Garrulians are known for their dull senses and their unique way of socializing and conflict resolution (headbashing).

Humans see them as terrifyingly competitive, slow-witted brutes.

This garrulian has gotten into a prestigious university via sports recruitment. They won't let the opportunity go to waste, though. The finals are coming and they're studying hard to become a criminologist, even if they're not the sharpest tool in the shed.

After all, aliens are just people.

[milkyfederation]

Sketches of garrulians socializing and their mannerisms!

1st. "-AND I'M TELLING YOU THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE BOOK!". A friendly bar debate between acquaintances.

Every little argument, debate or discussion involving a garrulian can and will end up with headbashing (it's only considered violent if they claw at each other).

2nd. Two workout buddies; a garrulian trainer and a chronically ill human.

Headbutting a member of a "weaker" species, like humans, is an immense sign of respect. It means they consider that person their equal, for better or worse (they have to learn how much force the other's skull can take).

3rd. The Flesh Tenderizer, a space colosseum gladiator with a "barbarian" theme. They like acting and this' been their big break.

Garrulians are quadrupeds, using their little chest arms to manipulate objects. They can use their front legs clumsily as hands. Standing up and showing their claws is their way of intimidating a foe. Or more likely, to gain height for better headsmashing.

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

Despite being the captain and primary pilot of the Little Bird, Diaf is very new to space travel.

Diaf is an experienced captain, having been the lead bird with command over three separate colonies. She is an excellent pilot, having more experience flying than a Corldaxian could ever hope to gain. But she has little renown on Umblan, and little time spent in the Enithian galaxy.

Diaf’s inclusion in the Northern Umblan Empire’s research initiative is recent, even compared to other captains in the Empire. The decision to select her as captain of the Little Bird was… interesting, given that Diaf told her commander that she would prefer to stay with her colonies.

Nevertheless, duty calls, and it’s made up for by Diaf getting to select all these interesting people for this project.

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

Physician, pharmacist, and healer, Ankiusk is the long-term care specialist of the Little Bird.

Ankiusk grew up in the Western Skyline region of Umblan. It studied extensively with the healer of the colony, and quickly grew into one of the foremost experts on Umblan medicines. Ankiusk spent most of its time traveling from one colony to another, providing care and distributing supplies.

When the Northern Empire established contact with the Enithian galaxy, the Western Skyline region bargained to be included in a long-term research plan. Ankiusk volunteered to participate, and traveled to Enith to study as a xenophysician.

After a few years the project was finalized, and Ankiusk found itself selected to work on the Little Bird. It was sent to Bitriem for further study, where it got to meet its crewmate and fellow medic, Hán Huì Qún. Thankfully, they get along well.

[ordheist]

some of my favourite chara designs from the past few years.

I'm currently open to work, so hmu if you need character/creature design for your project. reblogs are always greatly appreciated!

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[milkyfederation]

Oooh these are good. Taking notes... I do the "want me to call it one" :)

My favourite bit:

When I need something at the table: "hey can you pass me the salt" (goes for the salt) "no, the other one" (watch how they look for the other nonexistent salt shaker while I grin like a bastard).

[carnotoro]

A hot new sophont enters the galactic scene: the Ekts (also known colloquially to humans as “Raptor Crabs”)

[milkyfederation]

The Milky Federation is supposed to be this enormous organ full of different intelligent species, which is great for me because I love designing aliens. I'm personally not a fan of alien designs which are just human but X. I always try to make original designs and body plans, but the humanoid anatomy is too good to not imitate it.

Here's a recent alien design dump I made to relearn how to draw after graduating uni.

Panerolians, very diverse bug-like small aliens. The centauroid dino-like Garrulians. And the obligatory tall and hairy bigfoot-like species: Mussossians. They're all intelligent and part of the MF.

[milkyfederation]

Aliens are Space People challenge #5:

Garrulians are known for their dull senses and their unique way of socializing and conflict resolution (headbashing).

Humans see them as terrifyingly competitive, slow-witted brutes.

This garrulian has gotten into a prestigious university via sports recruitment. They won't let the opportunity go to waste, though. The finals are coming and they're studying hard to become a criminologist, even if they're not the sharpest tool in the shed.

After all, aliens are just people.

[mernolan]

hanging out in the bathtub (we don't know how they both fit in there), out in public waiting for the bus stop probably, phori suffering the consequences of making him loose count of his pushups

Phosphoria belongs to @studiojumpstar

[island3]

Artwork for recent music releases by Scuba

[adizzyninja]

Space ring: ah cool

Overgrown apocalyptic space ring:

Ah. Cool.

[krocodilian]

🦈🐊

[dustyskalez]

Allow me to introduce y’all to my speculative bio project I’ve been cooking for some years. These are Pollivens, a sentient, semi-aquatic alien species.

[alwaysoutofpaper]

Cersca

A new old sophont :)

This species has been around in my setting for a while, just without any kind of solid anatomy or lore. I've workshopped it a bit for a proper introduction, though to be honest the design is a bit too complicated for one of the big graphics like I did for the rausliers, so this is all ya get for now...

Nude version under the cut

[milkyfederation]

So me and a couple of friends were talking about how if you draw the Sun, you HAVE to draw it with sunglasses. And then I came up with the best idea I've ever had.

Introducing the Dyson Swarm orbiting our Sun and collecting its energy:

THE SUN'S GLASSES

This Dyson Swarm consists of two parts:

The Swarm. Three swarms of giant mirrors orbiting the Sun to redirect its energy.

The Glasses. A twin megastructure tasked with the maintenance of the swarm, and looking rad as hell.

The naked eye can't see the Sun's Glasses, but with specialized eye protections and in some photos (as long as the megastructure is lined up just right) you can see our Sun looking the coolest it's ever looked.

[selkramazed]

Hard sci fi meets rule of cool.