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Okay this art is dope as hell. How'd you texture the fuzz?

QUOTE (MNIDJM @ Sep 25 2022, 01:47 AM)

Okay this art is dope as hell. How'd you texture the fuzz?

Ooh, thanks man.

It was a while but I think it was the Medibang Flat Brush, brush spacing increased to about 40ish and taking down the random rotation so that it leaves that thick hair strand pattern,and very slowly but worth it IMO - adding hairs to different layers and putting in shadows in between.
Also one of the early experiments - i think it was with the acrylic brush - kind of looked like thin straw, not great for the whole thing but still useful so i ended using it around the edges as light fuzz.

This post has been edited by Jarlaxle: Sep 24 2022, 06:13 PM

I'm super into the polyandry going on with these banquets, and the creation of "milk" is very unique, I like the background description of its origin.

I don't think I understand the description of the cheek flaps, are these cheeks that have been specialized into entry and exit due to the large tongue dividing them, and continuing to use the singular mouth opening for their functions?
Or are they new openings in the head?

The intro really drove in the horror of its prey items getting slurped into the cavity gizzard.

This post has been edited by colddigger: Sep 24 2022, 09:54 PM

QUOTE (colddigger @ Sep 25 2022, 05:54 AM)

I'm super into the polyandry going on with these banquets, and the creation of "milk" is very unique, I like the background description of its origin. I don't think I understand the description of the cheek flaps, are these cheeks that have been specialized into entry and exit due to the large tongue dividing them, and continuing to use the singular mouth opening for their functions? Or are they new openings in the head? The intro really drove in the horror of its prey items getting slurped into the cavity gizzard.

Thanks, its the first. Same singular opening, just slight reshaping of the mouth to better serve as a... tongueport?

i've updated the description to better reflect that:

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Crawling head first into the mouth under a flashy cheek flap hanging over the side of the mouth while its base is slurped in from the front, the morsel-filled tongue will crawl inwards through the cheek flap and reach into the back of the primary stomach, shifting through guano and pushing it out of the other cheek flap. It will squeeze out the freshly meshed food from the gizzard, and place it directly onto the blind gut's wall, helping them overcome the inefficiencies of a blind gut. The tongue quickly curls up like a snake within the throat pouch and positions its tip as a mouth within a mouth, exposing its olfactory receptors to the open air and preparing to launch at a moment's notice.

Sidenote, these were not originally intended for that purpose, but they did end up as social pest-eating wool-shedding raspberry-milk-producing gulpers that are used to carry their young on their backs and travel long distances in harsh conditions. Domestication potential?

This post has been edited by Jarlaxle: Sep 25 2022, 11:39 PM

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: y, splendid
Art clear?: y
Gen number?:y
All limbs shown?:y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?:y
Realistic additions?:y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?:y
Creator?:y

Ancestor:
Listed?:y
What changes?:
External?: better supported tongue, big ol head crest,
Internal?: mouth set up for tongue to move in and out like a limb rather than coiling, tongue internals are more complex and digestive organ-like.
Behavioral/Mental?: courtship and socializing more complex, hunting prey more tongue reliant
Are Changes Realistic?: yea
New Genus Needed?: y, greater complexity to tongue, tongue skeletonish

Habitat:
Type?: 3, thank you for counting
Flavor?: 3, thank you for counting
Connected?:
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: n
Within range?: y
Exception?:

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: y
Does It Fit Habitat?: y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Diet: NEEDS TO LIST CARNIVORE
Same as Ancestor?: y
Transition Rule?:
Reasonable changes (if any)?:

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Description:
Length?: very nice
Capitalized correctly?: Y???
Replace/Split from ancestor?: split
Other?:

Opinion: Pending, diet needs to list carnivore



APPROVE THE SECOND THAT GETS FIXED, SOMEONE PLEASE I LOVE THIS

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