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[fainfaineant]

A secret santa I did for @shemeiart of their super cool cyberpunky lad Xan, in the inkblot discord!

[creepyan]

... Finally I've had my eye on the Secati closed species for a while now and I was overjoyed to hear that I had won the MYO slot from the January Prompt contest (remember? it was thanks to this piece) I sadly couldn't finish it until now, and I'm quite happy with the result! Meet Kal'Najii, the Twilight Stars Secati! 

You can find some facts about her and her background story below

Origin:

The first thing she ever saw was the sunset on the golden sands of the Sahara desert and a memory, the single one she had, flashing before it everytime she blinked.

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She couldn't understand what that meant. She didn't try to, in fact. Her instinct was yelling at her to move. Do something, anything, but not stay there. And so she did. She started to crawl in the warm sand in hopes of reaching the top of one of the dunes, to be able to know where she was, or where she should go. But once she got on top, the only thing she could see was more dunes. Having no other clue, she continued for hours. Eventually, she learned how to walk, even though she kept tumbling down everytime the sand would give in under her weight, but it was better than crawling in it. When the sun came back up, much to her surprise, Kal'Najii continued to walk, although with much more difficulty. Her legs started to ache, a first and bothersome sensation aside from the warm sand. Then her back started to burn with the heat of the midday sun. Later, it's her throat who turned against her and became sore. Life was painful, she thought. She didn't see any reason to stop as long as she was standing, right? Her body led her to an unknown shadow. Now it was her midsection which started to ache, but this soreness was different. It was like a pit in her stomach, that called for something. She started to slow down, sometimes even stopped to dig in the sand, in the hopes of finding what her stomach was calling. But she had the feeling that even if she found something, her sore throat wouldn't let it inside her body. So she continued looking for something to stop the pain. The shadow she has been chasing had disappeared... The day was long and tiresome. Kal'Najii didn't have the strength to walk, and she didn't understand what she should do or where to go. She felt panic for the first time. Despair too. She eventually laid down on the scorching hot sand without a care in the world. ...Hours passed and the sun was setting again. Kal'Najii woke up from slumber once again, but much to her surprise, the pain was still there. She didn't understand her body and grew infuriated, but the cooling air renewed her determination. She walked for hours again, enjoying the coolness against her burnt skin. Her ears deciphered sound she had heard before but didn't care about back then. The sound of life: bodies walking or slithering on the same sand as her. She had no idea how far those things were, but if they were alive, maybe they could ease her pain. She walked and walked again, until the previous sounds were replaced by a new one, unknown to her. She hurried there, where she could see strange new forms sprouting from the ground. When she arrived, there was commotion, loud noises compared to what she's used to. Strange animals with a body and limbs like hers were sitting down together under trees, near a whole full of liquid, where some of the bipedals were crouched. When she arrived, everyone shrieked and backed away from her. True they looked very different, but was she that dangerous looking?

She hadn't noticed her tentacles had slipped out of her slits, slowly waving towards the liquid.

Kal'Najii avoided the humans and went straight for the liquid. It was fresh, fresher than the night air, and her throat demanded it. She drank for the first time in her life, in utter satisfaction. The humans just looked at her, dumbfounded, as she made her way back to them. Calmly, she bowed her head, unable to talk, to thank them for bringing her here. Without the noise they had made, Kal'Najii would still be wandering the world. The humans, that mistook her for a djinn and feared her as such, calmed down too, and offered the tall creature some meat as an offering. Curious, Kal'Najii ate it whole, and once again satisfaction filled her as she felt the meat slide down into her entrails, making a part of the pain in her stomach disappear. She looked at them, demanding another, and another. The humans kept giving, afraid of being eaten instead. After a while, Kal'Najii felt the same exhaustion from the day before, and laid down on the cooling sand, next to her saviors. She lived and traveled with them for a while. As thanks for saving her, she started to protect them from the danger of wilderness and bandits, since she could clearly see she was stronger and bigger than any of them. They later grew fond of the beast themselves, giving her a name and story as a djinn. They believed her tentacles were made from the night sky and stars, that her golden eyes imprisonned rays of the sun, and that her silver mane was made from the moon's light.

About Kal'Najii:

Kal'Najii didn't choose her name, the Bedouin that took her in did. "Najii" comes from "Najima" (نجمة ) meaning "star" in arabic while "Kal" (قال) means "he said". Both those words were shortened and combined to give a poetic name to the creature based on their appearance. One could simply interpret her name as "he talked to the star", but Kal'Najii prefers the more poetic "Star Envoy"

Another interesting thing about her name: Kal'Najii as no defined gender, and it is reflecting in their name, that has both a female (star) and male (he said) part.

As said above, Kal'Najii has no gender but prefers she/her pronouns. She doesn't mind people using they/them or he/him pronouns, but she will take it as a sign of defiance if the person uses he/him constantly when they know her preferred pronouns.

Kal'Najii has no idea of her real origin. She is convinced she is a djinn and feels closer to the humans who taught her how to survive in the desert than anyone else.

She vowed to protect them as long as they stay in the desert, her territory. Her superior strength, vitality and instinct made her a valuable asset against bandits and other dangerous animals they could encounter.

[shemeiart]

🩸 SHEM & INDU GORETOBER 🩸

Four main prompts - two bonus ones for each week if you want to mix or combine them together!

Be sure to tag @indusfera and me with #LepusPavoGoretober2025 or ping us on other socials we provided in the alt text 👀🩸 And have fun! ❤️

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[shemeiart]

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Art Fight

An art gifting game

Pspspspspssss gore enjoyers, mess up this idiot please!

Art Fight

An art gifting game

[shemeiart]

2024 summary of art!

And it's special, because I made two separate summaries and want to talk about that - long text incoming!

Despite this year being really hostile towards creatives - I thrived - how so?

This year was the year of finally trying to do more for myself - OC's I love so dearly but always had problems with justifying putting time into that because art is my only income at this point and I always felt I'm wasting my time while drawing my OC's and people don't really care about them.

But how people would care if I wasn't showing them in the first place? How people WILL know about my blorbos, my stupid idiot Xan (affectionate) or others I RP and brainrot about on daily basis if I wont post them? If I won't do anthing about that? It was the time to just change it. And I did. Every little doodle I was doing for years now was only for me and my friend I RP with. No one else was seeing them, no one else was included in our little world and I never understood why would anyone be interested in such "bad" artwork - who would like quick sketches with OC sitiuations? And then I looked at myself and what kind of works I enjoy - the works that people share - those little doodles that make me smile, that make me relate or just point finger at and show to my friend and be like "this OC is so cool, I love this artist" - why was I so harsh on myself then? I realized I was just in the neverending spiral of trying to be "perfect", putting "finished" works, rendered illustrations as the best of art - everything else I did? Not worthy to share. It's stupid, I know, but this is how I was for past 10 years now and oh boy, it was hard to unlearn. That's when I started to do more OC doodles in between commissions and design work - and then I understood the appeal of meme redraws, silly interactions or just sketching OC's in "situations" - those gave me ✨ JOY ✨, joy that I forgot I could feel again after so many years of burnout. And when I started doing that I couldn't stop. Sketches just started piling up, I fixated on Sivo @indusfera OC and he is still one of my main subjects. I feel like I'm alive again just drawing what I want, what I really wanted for longer time. It's like a fresh start. So many years denying myself those little joys of creating, when I started to create SPECIFICALLY for that joy - drawing my OC's as a kid and interacting with others with them. I'm free of guilt or as we say "I'm cringe and I'm free", I just want to do what I want and do it unapologetically. And despite 2024 being shitty year for all artists with rampant AIgen being forced into mainstream - I'm happy. I know we CAN and we WILL outlive it, true passion and joy of creating in any medium is something that no system nor machine will ever reproduce. No one will do it as we do. So 2025? Here I come with my biggest brainrot about Sivo (which will only grow I suppose), with no plans, just being happy and doing my thing. I have my "wants" if it comes to art - I want to try working with gore and other NSFW topics, but I'm unsure how or when I start. Maybe this upcoming year, maybe 2026, who knows where my art will take me. All I know I'm happy with how things are. And this is all that matters to me at this point.

Thank you all for sticking with me whem I'm active here or not - I appreciate all the reblogs, all the tags and comments in them that make me happy - stay being cool and support your artists, we all appreciate you.

[shemeiart]

15% OFF SALE IN MY KO-FI SHOP!

All adopt designs in my Ko-Fi shop are now 15% off till June 1st! Get them on the sale price while you can!

Visit ShemeiArt's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

Shares are appreciated - I need some funds for this month :" )

[indusfera]

Xanael, OC reference sheet for @shemeiart

Comes with some extras I can't show here 🍆🍆

I love this boyo so much, such a fun character 💖

[shemeiart]

One of the last two attacks I made this year for ArtFight - this one was done for @noiziez UwU

My ArtFight

I’m team Stardust but I attack everyone, Seafoam or not! I’m also trying my best with revenges =w= Fight me if you dare! >:3c