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Greetings from FurDU25!

Time has once again gotten away from me but now it's finally finished! As promised, I made a group doodle for FurDU 2025 featuring a bunch of cool floofs that made the convention much more memorable to me! Aurawra 2025 next question mark poggers??? Follow me here or on Bluesky @crumblethorn.bsky.social for more info in the future!

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i like your art a lot do you have more Zerna lore you're willing to share?

Yes I do!!!

I've actually had a master document that I've been sleeping on for years now because I wanted to accompany it with cool doodles but I suppose I can give a tiny teaser of what the Zerna are x3

The Zerna

The Zerna (plural: Zerna) are a species of semi-solid creatures of all shapes and sizes. They are essentially slime golems of completely artificial origin, and were originally created by an unknown ancient precursor race as a way to safeguard their most powerful Magitech from grave misuse. This unknown race is long gone now, but their Zerna constructs still persist to this day.

Zerna are composed primarily of two parts: a crystalline Magicite core which holds their lifeforce, and the viscous goo-like mass that acts as their main body.

The shape of the crystal is unique to an individual and is determined by the signatures present in their lifeforce (kinda like a fingerprint of sorts!). These crystals grow and shrink depending on how much energy they are storing. Zerna individuals, despite looking like slimefolk, are actually just the crystals themselves. The goo simply acts as an appendage for them!

Zerna goo is made of organic material that is supercritically charged with magic (think of it as like how matter turns into plasma when energized enough). Because Zerna goo is a non-essential body part, Zerna can actually exist purely as a crystal for extended periods of time where they are essentially in a state of suspended animation.

Zerna do not need to eat and sleep in the traditional sense. They consume ambient magic for sustenance, but if they want to increase their gooey mass, they are capable of consuming organic material to assimilate into their goo. This assimilation is a conscious and selective process, and does not automatically occur because of the large amount of energy required to supercharge organic matter into Zerna goo (except in very specific circumstances).

The form that Zerna bodies take depends purely on their lifeforce. Despite being mostly made of amorphous goo, they have limited shapeshifting capabilities. Zerna bodies always want to return to a stable form, and extreme amounts of focus is required when shapeshifting. However, some Zerna (like Cil) can have multiple stable forms, just like how some minerals in real life can take on multiple crystal structures!

That's all I can share for now, have an unfinished Cil sketchpage for all your troubles

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MFC2025 Doodle

Quite late on posting this oops I made a lil doodle of me with everyone I met at MFC this year! Thanks for making my first AU fur con experience that much more exciting! I wanna draw something like this at FurDU 2025 as well so if you'll be there, feel free to say hi! I'll post more details on my Bluesky so do follow me @crumblethorn.bsky.social for more info :3

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Gift: PBAlienStar

a bit of old art i forgot to post this was a secret santa gift for PBAlienStar of their silly little guy

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Comm: Millie Sketchpage

Sketch page for le_git of their cute Poketaur gal! Thank you so much for your patience!

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Would you be comfortable with other folks drawing Poketaur :0? Just checking it wouldn't be like nicking ur concept

Go ahead! Poketaurs are by no means my original idea, and even then I wouldn't want to gatekeep it for myself. Taurs epic, pokemon epic, everyone should be drawing poketaurs!

P.S. If you folks draw poketaurs please use the #poketaur hashtag so I can find them or I will be sad :(

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I wanna draw poketaurs more regularly, which one should I draw next

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Lutaurio

Lutaurio? Lutaurio. I'm loving the recent taur renaissance happening on Tumblr, we need more taurs in the world!

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[GIF] Rambley's Railroad's Newest Conductor

Cil seems to be enjoying their new role at Indigo Park. I wonder what kind of music they're vibing to?

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Losing Yourself

when you have lost your body its easy to lose your mind too experiencing what mere humans were not meant to endure and all you can do is try and hold on to a form that will never again be you happy spooktober

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Comm: Dirty Bean Water

"You're telling me that people willingly drink this bitter liquid made from burnt plant matter for fun?" "Not for fun, for alertness! Though it doesn't really work on me anymore ever since the incident so I suppose I do drink it for fun... but that's not the point!" *gasp* Cil lore drop?!?! Plus Cil true form reveal?!?!?! Stream sketch upgrade for Sunward, thank you very much!

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Comm: A Drink With A Refreshing Kick

Oberyn was just trying some wine he got as a gift. It tasted quite strange but had a refreshing kick. So much so that he started to feel some kicking. A LOT of kicking, actually. He's gonna have to figure out how to move around again, but thankfully he doesn't mind the new legs. TF Sequence for djing, thank you very much for your support!

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Me and my Life-sized Lucario Plush

I haven't been feeling very well these past few days mostly just been laying in bed hugging my life-sized Lucario plush

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Comm: Down with Pants!

"We taurs are not subject to the whims of biped fashion!!! You cannot make us wear pants!!!" Fun piece I made for shenko_kitsune, thank you very much for your support!

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Comm: Tauric Serum

Sometimes, experiments fail. Other times, they work a *little* too well... Landon doesn't seem to be bothered by the results though! Commission for Landon on FA. Thank you very much for your patience!

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[YCH] [CLOSED] Welcome to Indigo Park!

EDIT: Thank you for the overwhelming amount of support! I've closed the Form for now but I may open it again in the future if there's still demand! Well, I guess it's happening! I'm accepting YCHs for an Indigo Park-style animation! Reserve your spot here! https://forms.gle/S1ipGS2rnGXNJ4fk7 We're so excited for you to join Rambley's Ranglers (registered)! Reblogs are highly appreciated!

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Welcome to Indigo Park!

Hello, and welcome to Indigo Park! I am Cil the Cilly Foxtaur, and I will be your awesome guide!