Decided it's finally time to draw some Nomai and who better to start with than Solanum :D
I have some more art I wanna share but I suck at remembering to post here so I may or may not be dropping a few other things soon(ish) tooooo
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Decided it's finally time to draw some Nomai and who better to start with than Solanum :D
I have some more art I wanna share but I suck at remembering to post here so I may or may not be dropping a few other things soon(ish) tooooo
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rotating thoughts in my head about nomai and owlk bipedalism
because like, yeah, it's a style choice and i know that, and there's nothing wrong with it (this is literally a setting where planets are less than a kilometer across), but the more i think about it the more the specbio part of my brain keeps looking at the zigzag-bendy digitigrade (or, poor owlks, unguligrade??) legs and goes okay that can not be comfortable
and also i am an incorrigible overthinker apparently
hearthians have nice human-style plantigrade legs that can stand straight and let them rest their weight comfortably like we do, but that crouchy z-shaped stance on two legs (instead of four) is uh. not super practical, all things considered, at least for standing at rest.
this has lead to two fun trains of thought.
1) The Nomai actually have some interesting implications and/or excuses for their leg situation?
As far as balance goes, they've got these big splayed out toes, and a short but distinct tail. The concept art skeletons are kind of up on tiptoes, but looking at the in-game ones and their suits they're a bit more sturdy.
Their suits also give them these very solid, chunky boots that seem like they would add a fair bit of support and stability.
Canon also implies they prefer a lower gravity (~0.8 of Timber Hearth's, going by the gravity crystals), which would probably further reduce strain on their joints.
But also, their cultural default accessory to carry around is literally a staff! Which actually raises the very interesting implication (to me at least) that the average Nomai staff might double as a walking stick or otherwise some form of support to help them stand upright for extended periods? It probably doesn't hurt that their earliest concept art has a lot of 'ancient elder leaning on their staff' vibes to begin with.
IDK, I just think there's something kind of neat actually about the idea of a species that basically uses what we would regard as a disability aid as like, a normal default part of their day to day tool usage (maybe not entirely unlike how we adopted clothing instead of re-evolving fur for colder climates...?)
2) oh god the owlks are so fucked up. you cannot convince me this creature was meant to be a full-time biped.
look at this thing!
huge
super top heavy
horrible little hooves -- at least on the in-game model version they're more stout and sturdy, but they're still tiny proportionally
those antlers cannot be helping them in the balance department
1.3X GRAVITY????
At some point I also noticed that their scale patterns give them a lot of thick-looking scales on the backs of their hands and knuckles, specifically, which, combined with those absurdly long arms, has lead me to the cursed possible conclusion that these guys may be part-time quadrupeds/knuckle walkers who regard themselves as temporarily embarrassed bipeds. Maybe they consider it impolite? I could see that, I think. At the very least, the simulation probably abstracts away the whole issue, since -- going by the funky deloaded visuals when you ditch the lantern -- it doesn't seem to be even modeling anyone's legs anyway.
But also please consider the terrifying mental image of an Owlk on all fours chasing you at maximum speed through the woods at night. I think I would shit myself ngl
Finally got to finish the dlc and my god.
OWWWWWLKS
everyone's like "i'm experimenting with gender" but can't even state their hypothesis or name their control variables. very unscientific. your gender is not passing peer review
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Utopian techno-futurist concept: a tofu container which has a peel-away lid which is not bonded more strongly to the container than to itself, and as such can simply be peeled away rather than being iteratively torn into shreds or cut with a knife.
#pretty much what he said (insp.)
awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?
i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users
would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.
that’s not the whole flag, now is it
hey staff what the fuck
hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose
HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE
its terrible for any number of reasons, but i think if we invent immortality there should be an extreme sport called civilizational speedrunning where teams of 20 go into the wilderness somewhere and try and be the fastest build the first internal combustion engine. i bet you could get it down to like 3 years tops
The real trick is to eat seed heavy food before the speedrun starts so your first poops are halfway to agriculture already
i want you on my team holy shit
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god what is it with university enrollment websites always crashing when ppl use em for the one thing they're meant to do, enrolling
also why are they their uis stuck in like 1993
granted i only have a sample size of 2 (my alma mater and my current work place) but i have reason to believe this is a universal issue