#polyps

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

EYEBEAST

by Cory Trego-Erdner

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“Fractal Forest”

“Inside-out view of a cauliflower soft coral. Named for its characteristic appearance that resembles a cauliflower, with numerous small, rounded, bump-like polyps that give it a puffy texture. This unique perspective was made possible by the Nauticam EMWL, an underwater version of the probe or insect eye lens.”

Ross Gudgeon

Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s wet beast is: Sea Pen

Olive’s wet beast fact: contrary to its misleading name, this colony of polyps can not, in fact, write anything. Illiterate liar.

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[parab0mb]

Okay, so since I have my old Lost Guide / unnamed jellyfish body horror story idea thing on the brain now, I figured I'd make a little bonus post and do something I don't normally do: here's a couple of bonus sketches in varying levels of unifnishedness that I did all the way back in like, 2023.

Unsure if I'll revisit them but I think they're halfway decent and I've hardly posted anything related to this story concept, so I figured what the heck, I'll share 'em as is.

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Unfinished sketch of the titular Lost Guide (as well as a few looming psydarian critters. Kinda tweaked their design ever-so-slightly to make a bit more disheveled and less "cute" than how I initially drew them (only slightly though, they are still adorable <3).

Some extremely rough sketches of various of psydarian infested citizens. A bunch of poor souls with a shared mind for meat, though when they aren't actively hunting they hardly even seem to be aware of their new forms of situation, and even attempt to go about their normal routines (to the best that their warped bodies will allow of course).

Just a smidge of body horror for the last one :)

A (mostly) completed sketch of Polly, a little girl who is NOT having a good day. Everyone at her school is calling her "Polly Polyps", which is super obnoxious of them. Oh, also the polyps.

People infested by the psydaria tend to literally lose their minds as they become absorbed into a sea of combined consciousness, but Polly has uniquely retained her individuality (for now at least) while still being able to peer into the hive mind of the extradimensional creatures, meaning she has the dubious honor of being a special study case.

She's not smiling in this picture by the way.

[twotriickhoofbea2t]

they know aaaall the current gossip.

[ouchlord-vivaldi]

Yay. I have no clue what this did lol

[eurydike-on-media]

If you’ve ever got the opportunity to spend a little time admiring jellyfish, you’d best take it. They’re soothing, little immortals with their mindless movements and serene colors. You’re particularly lucky if you get to see them with colorful lights 🪼

This particular bunch are moon jellies at the Seattle Aquarium’s Ring of Life exhibit.

[ordinary-beautiful]

The Way A World Ends