Mar 4, 2018
Not exactly high quality, but I needed to emphasize the existence of soft flesh. Still learning to render it, I’ll make it actually look good later.
seen from Germany
seen from United Kingdom
seen from China
seen from France
seen from Italy
seen from China
seen from Canada
seen from Italy
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from France
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Germany
seen from Indonesia
seen from France
seen from China
seen from China
Not exactly high quality, but I needed to emphasize the existence of soft flesh. Still learning to render it, I’ll make it actually look good later.
Basic Morphology complete, time for color patterns next, then internal anatomy.
Chelisce (Kel•liss) are speedy little buggers, travel in groups. They try to destroy the limbs of prey animals with clamping ‘claws,’ then let the daytime kill it. Prey mostly on larger animals like the Fivenn.
Fivenn (Fihv•inn) concept sketches. Bottom ones were initial ideas, top is the look I’ve settled for right now. Fivenn are native to the Soliph homeworld. Their long legs are optimized for climbing, allowing them to go up the pillar of a Culma. At the top, they cut off the plant material with the scythe on the back of the foreleg, and go to the bottom to eat. Not fast, but can have bursts of speed.
Some soliph stuff. Bed design, one of them is super embarrassed because SOMEONE doesn’t knock
Soliph clothing concepts. First one is more cemented than the other. Made it after finishing up basic reproductive system.
The Soliph, a race of intelligent arthropods. They are powerful, and very adaptable, and are worshippers of thought and celestial bodies. They are a stark contrast with most alien designs, even among the rare arthropods. Designed initially after spiders, but new design direction is the heavily understudied Solfugid. These arachnid-like aliens evolved the use of 4 arms as a hand of sorts, and went on from there. They are large in stature, and and relatively strong. They can move very quickly. Most of their organs are very redundant.
Notes: digestion not fully described. Cancerous biomass is destroyed, and the cells put in enzyme mixtures to assist absorption of broken nutrient. This means when they have their prey being digested, less energy is lost- as food breaks down externally, cancerous biomass absorbs it in the mixture, then they drink the remaining mixture. Fat filter catches metals, sends them to oil glands to make an oil that reflects sunlight. They send out waste through an oil gland in bottom of body. Edits: they have oil glands all over that waste is sent to from the entire body. They use it for defense and waste removal. Oil dies and falls off after 30 minutes in general. They are no longer large, their highest stature is 5 feet in human measurements. They relied on foraging more than hunting on early evolution. They do not break down cancerous biomass specifically now, but routinely replace parts of the body by first destroying it with a separate organ. Prevents cancer without me needing to understand cancer.
I'm redesigning facial morphology. They can now be expressive! The primary plate lifts a bit, and the horn can move in certain ways (still working on that). They have a small cavity in the primary facial plate that is covered by a membrane that attaches to the fatty filter tissue of the face.A small set of muscles allow them to control how taut said membrane is, the facial plate being lifted controlling how much space is there. They vibrate it and with controls via the green zones, facial level, and air inside have a high vocal range. Because of how they speak, they can talk while both inhaling and exhaling.
The function is meant to be similar to a violin as their speaking.