#sophonts

[carnotoro]

A hot new sophont enters the galactic scene: the Ekts (also known colloquially to humans as “Raptor Crabs”)

[beastwhimsy]

get weird get weird get weird get weird. kiss your sophont friend now

[milkydraws8]

carbon-based smart guys

[thecruxarm]

Okay, here comes the first of MANY aliens I will need to introduce very gradually, but here goes the formal introduction to one of my many sophont alien species: the Tuiouli.

The Tuiouli are a sapient worm-like species originating from a distant alien moon called Fruuluu. Fruuluu"s biosphere circulates carbon dioxide and methane in place of oxygen and carbon dioxide (a reductive loop). In addition to this, the moon is covered in sizeable lakes of concentrated sulfuric acid, which the Tuiouli use as a solvent to carry out biological functions. Despite this, they are still carbon-based.

Uniquely, the Tuiouli themselves exhibit a strange form of symmetry wherein they have two heads, one on each end, although they still share one single mind. They evolved from radially-symmetrical ancestors but have gradually begun to lose this quality. On Fruuluu, they evolved as amphibious swamp- and lake-dwelling lifeforms who subsisted on smaller organisms.

They are the second smallest sophonts in Ruminaaan Space, reaching upwards of around 70 centimetres. Due to poor previous historical encounters with mysterious unidentified extraterrestrials on top of their natural fear of the unknown born from being heavily preyed upon in their prehistory, as well as other factors such as their radically differing biology, they don't intermingle with other Ruminaaan empires very much and historically tend to keep to themselves.

[styllwaters]

Finished full scene commission for @brothermanwill depicting a Wyvara parent and their child on a seaside foraging trip. ___

Ko-fi

[nullcode]

We really need to commit to posting about our specbio project more consistently. Here's some of our newest designs, called Ruroes, and their housecat sized co-sophont species called Tekmites. They live on a weird little tidally-locked swamp moon

The things I'd do for a new tablet and working laptop

[anxiouschimera]

sophonts