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A batch of oc icons for artfight! I may or may not do more, we’ll see (I say, having already made another one)

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A batch of oc icons for artfight! I may or may not do more, we’ll see (I say, having already made another one)

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More AF refs let’s gooo

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Getting some references done for artfight! Gonna have to do more drawings of these two

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hi!! what's your artfight user? your refs are so pretty!

Thank you!! I’m MetaMonsters on artfight! I’m still in the process of updating it though because I last did artfight in 2023 lol

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More AF refs let’s gooo

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Getting some references done for artfight! Gonna have to do more drawings of these two

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Day 5 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Slimarian edition

Nerd notes:

Slimarians get their pigments from the food they eat, like flamingoes, and they have very varied diets so they can be just about any color

These pigments tend to concentrate on the back, and sometimes extremities, but often form small concentrated pockets, which result in little freckles here and there

This particular individual has a diet that gives them two different pigments, hence their red/pink and purple coloration

Without these pigments Slimarians are translucent, and even with them often their bellies are somewhat see-through

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Did that old ass expression meme (affectionate) to experiment with/practice alien expressions! Featuring Tapik

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Day 5 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Slimarian edition

Nerd notes:

Slimarians get their pigments from the food they eat, like flamingoes, and they have very varied diets so they can be just about any color

These pigments tend to concentrate on the back, and sometimes extremities, but often form small concentrated pockets, which result in little freckles here and there

This particular individual has a diet that gives them two different pigments, hence their red/pink and purple coloration

Without these pigments Slimarians are translucent, and even with them often their bellies are somewhat see-through

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Day 4 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Oxyu edition

Nerd notes:

Erythrism is very common in Oxyu! Whether it be partial, like this individual, or complete - making their whole bodies red

Oxyu are troglodytes, their worlds only lit by the bioluminescence of themselves and other organisms that inhabit their cavernous homes. As such, there’s a very limited variety in the wavelengths present in their light. So, in their natural habitat it’s generally impossible to see their own red coloration, since little to no red light is natural produced here. It just appears black, instead of red. Oxyu are also entirely colorblind, only able to differentiate between different light levels, and can’t actually differentiate between different wavelengths. So, in full sunlight red would look the same as a similarly toned blue or grey. To an Oxyu, this would give erythric individuals the appearance of turning from black to a much lighter grey in different lighting. This, however, is a rare phenomenon as Oxyu aren’t yet spacefarers and rarely encounter actual white light.

Bonus version without shading to see their red belly better:

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Did that old ass expression meme (affectionate) to experiment with/practice alien expressions! Featuring Tapik

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Day 4 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Oxyu edition

Nerd notes:

Erythrism is very common in Oxyu! Whether it be partial, like this individual, or complete - making their whole bodies red

Oxyu are troglodytes, their worlds only lit by the bioluminescence of themselves and other organisms that inhabit their cavernous homes. As such, there’s a very limited variety in the wavelengths present in their light. So, in their natural habitat it’s generally impossible to see their own red coloration, since little to no red light is natural produced here. It just appears black, instead of red. Oxyu are also entirely colorblind, only able to differentiate between different light levels, and can’t actually differentiate between different wavelengths. So, in full sunlight red would look the same as a similarly toned blue or grey. To an Oxyu, this would give erythric individuals the appearance of turning from black to a much lighter grey in different lighting. This, however, is a rare phenomenon as Oxyu aren’t yet spacefarers and rarely encounter actual white light.

Bonus version without shading to see their red belly better:

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Posted this when I was tired so I’m adding the Nerd Notes now:

Sunseekers are in the process of getting a (very) small redesign, so this designs might already be a bit outdated? It’s not not canon, but I think I might have drawn this specific design differently if I had finished the redesign first

Their dark coloration is somewhat unusual, but no where near unheard of. It’s just kind of uncommon

Nor are the white patches! Sunseekers almost always have white on them, and even darker colored individuals usually have light markings or gradients

The red on their back & face is somewhat unusual though. It’s not the same kind of erythrism that’s present in their sister species - Jellybugs. It’s caused when the rhodoplasts in their scales “bleed through” - either due to a lack of pigment cells in the scale or the pigment cells being “stuck open”, which causes the rhodoplasts to always be visible rather than only being visible when sunbathing

Which is different from another mutation actually called “bleed through”. Usually, a Sunseeker has vivid colors on the underside of their scales, which is revealed when they flare their scales. Sometimes, this color can appear (often sparsely) on the top side of the scales as well (this is the redesign I’ve been working on)

Day 3 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Sunseeker edition

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Day 3 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Sunseeker edition

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Day 3 of drawing my sona as one of my aliens - Sunseeker edition

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Pet play but instead of animal x human it’s human x eldritch horror