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Conceptual drawing of a Desert Grazer. They got lots of fun minerals in the desert to dye with, and their tattoos are inspired by the plants, the quail-like birds they tend, and rain. They tend to tattoo thick designs under their eyes to protect them from the sun. The tassels on their hoods deflect sand from their faces. Unlike their Grassland brethren, they decorate their horns just for fun. Teeth from creatures they smack to keep their birds safe are a favorite adornment.

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Working on Grazer concept design. (See details below the cut)

These Grazers are from Cain’s tribe, the Grassland Grazers. There’s three main tribes of Grazers: the Grassland Grazers, the Mountain Grazers, and the Desert Grazers. I’m still working on names for these tribes, but for now that’s what I’ve got. They’re all somewhat nomadic, following the good grass/plants and the changing seasons. They’re predators, technically, but they raise, protect, and harvest small livestock. The grasslands grazers shepherd the wee dragon-sheep (I called them “skofies” before but I’m not loving that name so much rn…), the mountain ones raise cattle, and the desert ones raise poultry (kinda like quail).

Some notes on Grasslands Grazers, though I’m still fleshing them out:

They wear jewelry on their arms, ankles, necks, and horns that clinks to both help the sheep (who are as dumb as Earth sheep) stay close by and warn predators that someone is watching them. They’re also decorative.

Their braids are a source of pride and they almost never cut their hair, except under extreme circumstances.

They source their beads from stones found in riverbeds, but sometimes trade with the other tribes or humans/elves/etc. to get special precious stones or metals. Anything to make fun clinky jewelry.

Young Grazers (1-6) don’t wear beads around their necks or ankles in order to avoid getting caught in anything. They don’t help with the sheep then either so it’s not as necessary. However, they do wear little headbands with little beads on them, which they then turn in for real beads to adorn their necks or growing horns with once they get old enough to help tend the flocks.

Married Grazers get stripe tattoos on their chins. Men with facial hair will often shave or pluck the hair within the tattoo to make sure it’s always visible.

Some notes on the others:

The desert that the Desert Grazers roam isn’t an empty sand desert. It’s on the edge of the Great Desert (name TBD), but it’s got plenty of fauna and flora and rainfall.

The Mountain Grazers have slightly more permanent homes, with a series of large and small caves used by the main group and the shepherds over the seasons. They travel lightest of all Grazers.

Mountain Grazers have large circular horns like ibex goats and the Desert Grazers have horns like gazelles.

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Some sketches of mountain Grazers, which I have dubbed “Āpeks”, and the cattle they guard. 🏔️✨

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Feasting by the fireside 🔥

Laz, Naza, Leif, Bo, Mal, and Sampson working together to make some tasty fish for dinner. Leif may look like he’s not doing much, but he caught the fish. Barehanded. They asked Naza to help start the fire but she declined citing the fact that she “really just didn’t care to.

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This is probably the coolest dress I’ve ever seen, and of course it’s by Free People. I’ll most likely never buy it, but I wanted to document it *just* in case ;)

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Omg wtf Bobbbbbb!

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Fistbump of approval

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Tyreese is the best baby sitter in the world and no one will convince me otherwise.

He can watch my future children.