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Regarding Tumblr's new third-party sharing policy

Aka: the deal with OpenAI/Midjourney.

I've already been very cautious (and inactive) with what I post in this blog, mostly out of suspicion given this and the previous year's anti-creative enviroment. Now with Tumblr also metaphorically 'selling its soul', I have decided to officially abandon this blog. Even though I have opted out of 'volunteering data', I do not entirely trust OpenAI to honor it. (I also have seen no clarification wether reblogs from users that allow the data training would enable your art to be trained on through their reblog. It does not influence my decision either way.) The blog will not be deleted. Mostly because it doesn't stop reblogs, and also I do not like completely nuking my stuff off the face of the earth. But I won't be posting anything new, either. Feel free to unfollow this blog. I will post a link to a new gallery site/non-Tumblr blog once I make one. So long!

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@staff

OUR CONTENT SHOULD BE OPTED OUT OF AI TRAINING BY DEFAULT!

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my take on a more canon accurate leafimar still creaturey! just less also leaf whiskers are top tier and i wish they were canon

bonus under cut

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gift for a friend!

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hag of wen

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some art trades

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doodles! My OCs move in herds, you understand

These are actually older drawings than the profiles posted earlier; the characters were much intended as pikmin first, space gnomes second, so there is a sliiiiight gijinka quality to these.

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more creature-leafling Olimar

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Whoops! I accidentally OC'd

I cannot escape the desire to make Creatures and Little Guys.

re: the third part of the scientific names, var. x. Trinket and Rain are meant to be insular/coastal varieties of their respective species endemic to the smaller islands surrounding PNF-404's southern continent. As they are plants (or plant-like), I thought botanical nomenclature would feel more appropriate! Standard appearance of the coastal pikmin varieties under cut.

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pov: you are president of hocotate freight

and you declined a raise to your best worker

olimar join my rescue corps

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again, I, the fool

(I made a member of the snavian family that re-evolved flight. I call it the golden sneagle, and yes, wyvern vibes.)

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I have unfortunately, succumbed to my OC desires.

...have some creatures.

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i liked the fake-sumi-e style of the icon i made a bit back, so heres a few more i did as like 20 minute doodles

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'I'm not going to do down THIS rabbit hole' Says I, a fool little notes from an unknown journalist. Mostly an excuse to render some pikmin with my personal headcanons. i love textures.

(captions under readmore because I know this text isn't very readable)

2nd Img: Red Pikmin are the most common Pikmin species in PNF-404, and likely an explorer's first encounter. They are identified by their signature, nose-like facial thorn. Red Pikmin display heightened aggression in comparison to other colors. They use their 'nose' to pierce the hide of their foes, who quickly succumb to the painful assault. Despite this, they are very friendly to spacefarers. Fire is a common defense mechanism, and so it is thought Red Pikmin developed their immunity to prey on the likes of the Fiery Blowhog, and clear up territory by 'borrowing' their fire. 3rd Img: Yellow Pikmin are a common species of surface dwelling Pikmin characterized by their large ear-like appendages. Their light weight and love of high perches hint towards semi-arboreal preferences, although this is mere conjecture.

These Pikmin resist and are attracted by electricity, a trait possibly developed due to their habitat being more susceptible to storms.

They are also known for their hoarding behavior, being avid resource diggers and lovers of shiny objects.

Yellows are the first confirmed case of tool use (bombrocks) among Pikmin. 4rth Img: Blue Pikmin are semi-aquatic and the third most common Pikmin on the surface.

Blue Pikmin appear to have a permanently open, downturned mouth. However, while often used for emoting, this 'mouth' is in fact a gill. It facilitates gas exchange, enabling the Pikmin to operate underwater without suffocating. Like all other Pikmin, a Blue's disgestive system is only suitable for consuming liquids, such as nectar.

Blue Pikmin usually prefer to walk along a body of water's bottom. However, they're capable of incredible bursts of speed by using their powerful stems as a caudal fin, vibrating their leaves through the water. 5th Img: White and Purple Pikmin are rare, cave-dwelling species.

Whites are matched with Winged Pikmin as the smallest species, and the fastest. Their only pigment is the chlorophyll of their leaves and are otherwise albino. A White's main method of defense is their speed, and their poison, lethal enough to kill an adult Bulborb. Their oversized eyes are adapted to the dark. They have a remarkably foul temperament.

Purple Pikmin are incredibly dense. Weighing ten times their size, they have an extremely heavy core, making them powerhouses and also very, very hefty. Their hairlike trichomes are used as whiskers, navigating tunnels and detecting threats by feeling air movement.

Both species often cohabitate, and are known to attach themselves to surface colonies. 6th Img: Winged Pikmin, alo called Pink Pikmin, are a close relative of White Pikmin. However, their small size and large eyes are about where their similarities end. Wings are, notably, naturally ocurring transgenic organisms. By repeatedly preying on flying insects, their host Onion appears to have recombined their DNA into a functional flighted form. The implications of this and the medical applications of Onions are yet unresearched.

Rock Pikmin are part of a classification dubbed 'Hermikmin'. Though coloquially referred to as parasitic, their choice of host (inert stones, usually graphite) make this claim incorrect. Rocks root inside their chosen stone permanently. This makes them very durable, and unappetizing to predators. However, this makes them clumsy and their internal structures are distorted. Rock Pikmin with cracked shells will die quickly without the internal pressure. 7th Img: Ice Pikmin are another subspecies of Hermikmin which have evolved for rooting inside slabs of ice. Even less appetizing than their rocky cousins, Ice Pikmin maintain body temperatures low enough to give would-be predators hypothermia and a bad case of brainfreeze. Their bodies are full of anti-freeze. They are very rare, requiring temperate to sub-zero habitats to maintain homeostasis, and are very vulnerable to fire or heat.

Glow Pikmin are an exclusively nocturnal species. Rather than being seeded from Onions, Glows spawn from a subterranean 'Lumiknoll' that emerges at sundown. They possess many abilities that are hardly explainable by science and are rumored to be unable to die. Glow Pikmin might not be Pikmin at all.

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self indulgent little dudes part 1

(feat: i don't like canon leafling design very much)

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impatient over pikmin 4

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some iterations and design ideas on my nameless ronin, now more so an ochimusha and veeeeering slightly into full yokai/monstermans territory because I like 1 thing