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Tira/Alien biospheres comic i should have finished ages ago

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it is his birthday today so i made this

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Riyo Reaper from gachiakuta

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Not dead, just busy with work.

Anyway Chihiro from Kagurabachi

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Living and travelling in Aerrhea as a nomad Pt.1

Clothing and Common Travel Gear

There are many cultures in Aerrhea, some live high in the sky inside airships or balloons, others enjoy a life as animal herders, farmers or inside city-states, but the majority of people live as nomads. Travelling from island to island, gathering plants and fruits or following huge animal herds as they too travel from island to island, sometimes stripping them bare of plant life, only for it to grow again later on.

But travelling is not something as easy as one would imagine, principally without the help of advanced technology such as automobiles and other vehicles, for that some animals were domesticated to help navigate the myriad of floating islands present in Bifröst. But humanity always finds a way, or ways of circumventing the many challenges that show up in such an alien geography.

The first tool we will check today is the Island Anchor (1) and the Atlatl or Spear-thrower (2): The two tools go hand-in-hand as the latter is used to throw the former. Spear-throwers or Atlatls are tools used by humans to help propel and launch spears further than what is possible with bare hands (also noteworthy that a research shows that Atlatls work as equalizers between men and women when throwing spears). This device has been adapted for throwing Island Anchors by getting larger, allowing it to launch longer and heavier spears.

Which is basically what the Island Anchors are, long and heavy blunt spears that have the role of anchoring two islands and help people traverse them. The way they work is rather simple, much like a simplified (and oversized) grappling hook, the Anchor has a long and sturdy rope attached to its middle that is tied to a tree or something else, then with the aid of the Atlatl the Anchor gets thrown in between two trees of the aimed island.

After that the rope is pulled and due to it being attached in the middle of the spear, the spear gets stuck between the trees, allowing for cargo and people to cross from one island to the other or sometimes even pull the two islands together.

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That is far from being the only way to move from one island to another though. A far more simple way to do that is simply wait, wait for two islands to get close enough to allow for a jump from one island to the other. That may also include climbing the island-side, which may contain fines, roots and trees, that is why Aerrhean Humans evolved their adaptations, discussed priory but which includes their long arms, prehensile toes and stronger musculature. Holding tightly to the vines and all, avoiding falling to their demise sometimes hundreds of meters above the sea level.

However, climbing islands has its own dangers, including not only venomous plants but also the many highly venomous and deadly snakes that hide among the vines and roots of island-side plants.

Due to this most cultures have developed protection for their most exposed parts when climbing: the limbs. As the primary contact between the islands and the people, they are more susceptible to being bitten. Due to this the cultures that travel from one island to another by climbing have developed Arm Protection (3) and Shin Guards (9). These come in many flavors, some are made of seeds (3), leather straps (9, left), proper Shin guards made of leather (9, right), or even wood and bamboo.

When you don't stay in the same place for long it is good to keep your belongings and other helpful things close to you. So that is why Backpacks (4), Fanny packs, purses (10), Hammocks (12) and even Canteens (5) and other storage items are so common among nomadic people. Burden animals have been domesticated and are often used, but for carrying less immediate usage objects and the heavier ones too. Keeping your personal belongings and such things at your easy reach is very important when travelling through islands.

Generally each storage item has its specific usage. Backpacks (4) often store clothes and similar things such as Hammocks, although those can be carried separately (12). Hammocks are the primary and often only sleeping aid among nomads, it is easily carried, not difficult to produce (in essence it is a net) and can be set easily too. Often having rope attachments that can be regulated for different circumstances, such as two trees far away or too close.

Purses and Fanny packs (10) store items that can be lost more easily or require specific storage such as personal belongings, trade coins, religious objects, musical instruments, etc. Bamboo canteens (5) are used mostly for carrying water, but can also store objects that need to be waterproofed, such as spices, other kinds of powders, fire starters, food, etc.

When it comes to clothing, there are many kinds and they are often relegated to specific cultures, groups or even families. These include Hip Capes (6) for covering the butt and legs, Capelets (7) for covering the shoulders and protecting them and the torso from sun and rain, but other clothes also include Loincloths, Skirts, Tunics, etc.

Finally, we have Ropes and Earrings. Ropes are more often simply tools for wrapping things as you expect from a rope, but they also can be worn as clothing or adornments, like necklaces, around the hip, across the torso, etc. The only object that is truly without purpose other than looking good are earrings, in this picture we have a woman wearing earrings made of shell, probably from some flying cephalopod, but earrings are as diverse as the cultures that make them, being made from all sorts of materials.

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Rudo's pokemon team!

Fucked up his nose while inking but it turned out great either way.

Garbodor: his main companion, acquired while still in the Sphere, he would have found trubbish while looking for something to occupy himself with regto.

Marowak: represents his gloves as they were given by Regto, in the same way how Cubone wears its mother's skull. The Cubone turned into marowak whose skull is shaped like Rudo's mask.

Deino: Represents Rudo's secret power that is hidden inside him. Evolves into Hydreigon who is a three headed creature, reminiscent of Cerberus, whose Rudo's surname (Surebrec) is, but spelled backwards.

Tinkaton: A pokémon that creates weapons out of scrap metal, like how rudo turns trash into weapons.

Finally

Ditto: Represents his powers, which can turn anything into a jinki, just like how ditto can transform into any pokemon/anything. Also it is shiny as reference for Rudo's power being unique/rare.

Will draw his team again once the manga is completed, to see how his character evolves, and how it would reflect his team.

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The two flavors of low fantasy humans:

Summerfolk are by @yzegem

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My favorites from 2024! Hope i can do more art this year...

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The human species native to Aerrhea, you can read more about them here: https://aerrhea.miraheze.org/wiki/Humans

Also reminder that i have a discord server where i post everything beforehand, including wips! https://discord.gg/FGSRFV3jgm

Merry Christmas everyone!

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I was talking about the possibility of a hoofed hound inspired by warthogs and entelodonts in discord and @jfs-worldbuilding-and-art did this amazing drawing of it. Worldbuilding has brought me to a great community full of creative and cool people.

Here it is my first sketch of this creature:

Also the hoofed hound idea is very inspired by @cireks work, wich i find very cool.

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I was talking about the possibility of a hoofed hound inspired by warthogs and entelodonts in discord and @jfs-worldbuilding-and-art did this amazing drawing of it. Worldbuilding has brought me to a great community full of creative and cool people.

Here it is my first sketch of this creature:

Also the hoofed hound idea is very inspired by @cireks work, wich i find very cool.

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*Sussophoca bathyca* (yes this is an amongus reference) The deep sea seal.

A seal adapted to live in the bottom of the ocean, literal bottom, the benthos, or sea floor. It has long hind flippers with elongated phalanges specialized in bearing the weight of the animal as it tends to stay immobile in the bottom of the sea when not feeding. This behavior comes from the fact that the deep sea is both poor in oxygen and animal life, making every oxygen molecule and calories in the body of these animals important, avoiding any unnecessary waste.

Born from the discord comment i made on a server, sometimes what you need to get out of art block is some unhinged idea.

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Some ring tailed lemur anatomy study sketches

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Okarun from dandadan i drew in my class's whiteboard.

Btw i have a bluesky now! Please follow it as i want to make it my main social!

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Various aerrhean thingies including:

Flying cephalopod, flying whale, mammonid goat, floating frog, a man, another man and figuring out the living homeland of one of my cultures.

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For those wondering, i'm not dead. Was just dead busy recently and will somewhat be in the near future. But soon i will get more free time with the end of school in december.

Here is a Shep woman wearing a goat mask and a straw hat next to her carrier 'Boar'. From aerrhea.

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