Day 5 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Slimarian edition
Nerd notes:
Slimarians get their pigments from the food they eat, like flamingoes, and they have very varied diets so they can be just about any color
These pigments tend to concentrate on the back, and sometimes extremities, but often form small concentrated pockets, which result in little freckles here and there
This particular individual has a diet that gives them two different pigments, hence their red/pink and purple coloration
Without these pigments Slimarians are translucent, and even with them often their bellies are somewhat see-through
Hello everyone, I have returned from my hiatus to bring some new art >:)
Here are the main characters for my story "Heroes of Nexopolis" Jak (the little blue robot), Maria (the adorable slime), Mike (the human) and Rina (the tall android)
(Sorry it took so long to share art, college had me at a chokehold and my mental health wasn't doing very well
- Synopsis -
"Heroes of Nexopolis is a superhero story that follows not just the main characters, Jak, Mike, Maria, and Rina but also as well gives us a chance to follow the villains and their side of their own stories. Follow these heroes (and villains) as we learn about their stories and the many mysteries and threats that exist in the city of Nexopolis"
Other (not terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial, but something specific to their world)
It resembles a wolf in some way
Bonus relationship prompt: Superstition
This is little project to expand the biodiversity of my own worlds. I have many space-faring aliens, but few of their homeworlds are fleshed out. Anyone is more than welcome to use these prompts as well! Please tag me if you do, I’d love to see what you come up with :)
My organism below the cut:
These creatures are native to the Slimarian homeworld.
These mid-sized carnivores live in and around lakes, though they are not the most adept swimmers. Instead, they live above the water, running along flats of lily pad-like organisms that cover much of the lake’s surface.
They are cooperative pursuit predators, chasing down and herding small creatures that also live on or visit the surface of the lake. They often hunt small amphibians, the few other terrestrial creatures that live exclusively on the surface, and commonly herd small flighted creatures, leaping dramatically into the air to catch or herd them towards their fellows - often ending in them taking a dunk in the lake and paddling awkwardly back to the pads. They also are known to strategically herd and take down creatures larger than themselves, such as tall waders, large fish, or even small Slimarians.
They are intelligent and exceptionally cooperative, using complicated and often target-specific strategies to hunt. Strangely enough, they rarely, if ever vocalize, and produce very few pheromones. They seem to flow around each other with silent precision, as if they know exactly where each other are and what they are thinking and doing instinctively. In truth, they communicate almost entirely through psionic communication - a direct mind-to-mind interface.
This is a trait they share with Slimarians, though it is species specific. This ability is not common on this world, but is present in multiple species and has independently evolved several times. Organisms with this sense can detect each other through this manner, but the signal, as it were, is weak and often incomprehensible. Though sometimes they are able to detect intent, so intelligent creatures like these beasts and Slimarians must alter their hunting strategies to account for it.
There is superstition among Slimarians, that eating these beasts increases one’s own psionic sense, allowing them to sense further or with more accuracy, or even in some cases allowing them to understand the creatures consumed better. It’s common for older, larger Slimarians to hunt down other creatures with a psionic sense - including the one featured here - and feeding them to their young to encourage the development of this sense. Violence is generally considered a result of an underdeveloped psionic sense by Slimarians, so it’s a common form of conflict resolution to gift the meat of another creature with psionic sense. It can also be a bit of a back-handed insult by implying the receiver is brutish or stupid. So, sometimes it starts more fights than resolves them.
