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Lightning round!

I couldn't miss an opportunity to make epic geological phenotypes for eridians:D them rocks will look fly as hell on my watch!

Nerding out under the cut:)

For those interested, the igneous phenotype is inspired by granitic pegmatites, with hexagonal beryl crystals growing from it (of the aquamarine variety)

The sedimentary fella is a BIF, or a banded iron formation - a type of chemical sedimentary rock recording the years following the Great Oxygenation Event, with alternating bands of red jasper and magnetite/iron oxides:)

And the metamorphic eridian is inspired by an amphibolite, containing garnet gem porphyroblasts:)

*also cue the geology pun on the cup;]

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Forget-me-not.

My sweet boy, who deserved all the meadow flowers of the Galaxy.

(Ref and uncolored version under the cut!)

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I like to think that Adrian is a scientist, an astronomer, who helped develop the mission to Tau Ceti. I like to think that Rocky depends on Adrian's ship to keep him safe on the journey, just as much as Adrian and the rest of Erid depend on Rocky saving their star.

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A new Star is born

Space stations across the Galaxy pick up a powerful, impossible wave of energy. The fabric of space itself pulsates, as blinding light explodes through the void.

A new protostar, SM-13, is born.

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'..He is holding a cat.'

"-I see only the intruder’s shadow, in that deep purple glow. It is– it is the man from the lighthouse! He is holding something!

-The dangerous, dangerous angel is with him! The man is holding something!

-No! How did you–

-He is holding–

-Don’t come any nearer!

...

-He is holding a cat."

(Welcome to Night Vale ep.48)

a moment so epic it made me astral project into a fictional desert riot while in the middle of a campus parking lot

bonus pre-edit version under the cut

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Beach stroll on Erid

A take on Rocky and Adrian's designs!

Went iceberg watching, stepped on a cool claystone and realized a love-letter to sedimentary rocks was long overdue. A continuation of geological eridian phenotypes!:) (I am not immune to behemoth Adrian propaganda. Rocky mate bad as hell, statement 😌)

Nerding out under the cut!

Adrian's phenotype design is inspired by a claystone very common in my area!

The weathering processes alter the outer portion of the stone and give it an off-white colour, while the inner core remains green-grey. The fresh green surface can be exposed by breaking the claystone apart or just chiseling a piece out (which is why Adrian's tattoos are green, it's the exposed fresh surface of their carapace:) (spy their Eridanus constellation tatoo, the star theme to their markings comes from my headcanon that Adrian is an astrophysicist hehe)

The red specks on their design are iron oxide impurities, often also visible on fresh surfaces, bleeding into them and giving them the rusty coloration. And, of course, honorary mention to quartz veins! Those often form when a crack in the rock is permeated by hot hydrothermal fluids which then deposit the quartz in a vein-like structure:)

(Some claystones I hoarded over the years v )

Rocky's carapace is inspired by a sandstone (specifically quartz arenite, which is just a mature variety of sandstone made up mostly of small quartz particles.)

Now, I gotta add some cross-bedding features to my boy: the lines visible on his shell are a common sedimentary feature that often forms in dunes and deserts - the wind carries sand particles in a particular pattern, forming these cascading lines of strata. (These can be used to look back on ancient climates and determine the predominant wind direction in the area btw!)

And finally, for the green inclusions on Rocky, those are also quartz veins, but this time, with chlorite inclusions, to give them the green tinge:)

Hope this was as interesting for you to read as it was for me to paint and write:) and if I fudged up a detail somewhere, do let me know!

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Winged butcher. Cramped in a tiny enclosed space, wings bent at all the wrong angles.

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《..and that stupid duck nightlight.》

fanart based on this fanfic here! :)

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《 "It's okay buddy," Stan whispered, and Ford felt a little kiss pressed to the top of his hair. 》 - "Two Bothers, a Boat, and That Stupid Duck Nightlight" by Ellie_bluejay on AO3

This oneshot by @thenoellebird has been making itself a rather comfy living in my head over the past few weeks. The comfort cuddles make my heart break in the best way possible:) (all the fluff to my trauma ridden old men at sea!) *sniffles*

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Absolutely do NOT tag as ship. I am in your pipe insulation, I will know.