#coaws

[macbethz]

I've really been enjoying @derinthescarletpescatarian 's Child of a Wandering Star, an amazing first encounter story from the POV of the aliens, and the image of an astronaut being read as a baby star-god was so delicious to me so I had to draw the "hatching" scene.

and because im normal i was like well if im drawing the aliens I need to hunt down mentions of their physical appearance so I can know exactly what they look like and model them after real arthropods. obviously

[its-not-a-pen]

I am back in my happy space: designing weird space bugs

Some work in progress drawings for child of a wandering star. By @derinthescarletpescatarian

I decided to combine a bunch of existing arthropods, like the trilobites ribbed body with lobster claws, rhinoceros beetle horns and a termites large, shovel-shapped head to create a species that looks both alien and recognisably bug-like.

Body A and Head 3+2 have passed the selection process and will be progressing to the next round.

bonus Smon:

the leaf hat and horn spear are non-canon the idea just came to me while i was doodling

[cronchy-dumbass]

the @derinthescarletpescatarian literary universe is REAL and the spaceships are normaler than ever

Everyone go read Time to Orbit: Unknown NOW I am no longer asking. I NEED more people to bounce theories off of.

[nidoskull]

having a lot of fun puzzling together what @derinthescarletpescatarian's funky space bugs look like in Child of a Wandering Star

please note that this was drawn on sept 26th 2024 and we've since gotten far more details about the tykbugs! i really should redraw this tbh...

[the-grey-hunt]

got in a nice derin resupply for the bookstore I work at!

[herobrinna]

barking and screaming at the latest chapter of wandering star, had to sketch their chat.

gods arnt there only 2 chapters left after this, im not ready for the finale aaaaaaaaa

[thelongestway]

*slaps hand*

No! We are not writing diplomat bug fanfic! There is still a project not done!

Yes, Child of a Wandering Star is done; yes, it's good; go read it. ^^

[aidylweiss16]

"Rayjo Tau" oooooooooh "Radio Tower". I think that makes sense.