#not ready for that kinda scrutiny yknow

[firedjinni]

started drawing scugs in a sketchbook page and this happened instead oops

*pats top of slugcat* this animal can fit so much weird in it

(transcript and some corrections under the cut because there's a lot going on in this one and my handwriting is tiny lol)

[Image description/transcript: a bunch of slugcat biology doodling. Individual doodles/groups of doodles, clockwise from top left:

A slugcat with some visible internal organs sketched out and labeled - a heart and lungs, breathing holes at the sides of the neck (with the note: "wawas come from here!"), centrally placed vocal cords, beak "teeth", a pre-stomach pouch in the neck area, and intestines down in the lower torso and tail. The slugcat's eyes and a pair of small feelers above them are labeled: "both eyes!". A note above its head reads "feelers not 100% consistent in shape?"

A slightly clearer sketch of the possible lungs: there are two breathing holes, branching, and the vocal chords are located in the middle where they meet. The airways have internal closures to help keep out water and foreign material. A note reads "internal closure points [analogous to] glottis?", because I forgot the glottis was part of the vocal folds when I drew this.

Several drawings of possible beak and tooth arrangements, and a slugcat eating a fruit, touching the food with its sluggy mouth-feelers, with the note: "no tongue - feelers taste instead."

Closeup drawing of three eye variants. The first is all dark, pupil barely distinct from iris and sclera, labeled "normal". Second has lighter iris, labeled "rivulet". Third has white iris/sclera and light pupil, labeled "sm/hunter? (albinistic)". (I mean to write Artificer instead of Hunter. Whoops.)

Written notes: round pupils - poor night vision. Ancestors evolved to navigate more by smell/touch/etc before rain cycle forced other sensory focus (washes away scents).

Several doodles of possible slugcat ancestors. Most have shorter front limbs, longer feelers, and smaller eyes. Written notes: "early purposed ancestors - or primordial? arms shorter pre-bipedalism. probably related to lantern mice"

A slugpup, labeled "a little slupplet", and a tiny bean-like slugpup with closed eyes and tiny nubby limbs labeled "newborn baby scug".

Two organ cutaway doodles of slugcat tails. One, labeled "SM", has tubes from the stomach and intestines extending to the surface of the tail, one with a spear emerging out of it. The guts area has the note: "small stomach". The other tail, labeled "Arti", has intestines and several sacs connected to the underside of the tail, with the note: "scent/musk glands full of explosive digestive runoff?".

/end description.]

Anyway if you read all that bless you, my brain is full of rain world and it refuses to pay rent lol. I have a big old doc of headcanons and I can't do shit with most of them so I just doodle things apparently. bone appleteeth.

[surveillance-0011]

My Splatband ideas

TBN: Experimental Electronic/Pop

Three-piece band based in Octo Canyon, with a Blanket Octopus Octoling (Synth+Mixing and Vocals), a very small octotrooper (Bongos, kazoo and other assorted instruments) , and a runaway salmonid (Banjo + Ukulele) .Their music takes notes from both the Octarian and Salmonid music scenes, and their music can be pretty varied. Most, however, is synth pop and electronic with that “weirder” edge to it. The sound is kinda like Pomplamoose, Rednex and a lil bit of TOP blended into... something.

All But Ready: Alt rock, emo?

An inkling duo making their name with lively guitar riffs and heart wrenching lyrics. Dark blue and cherry red ink. One has spiky hair that looks like a cross between Noiji/Clash and Mizo(le) ‘s hair

Metronomad: Alternative, Folk Rock/Americana

A quartet (maybe quintet later on) of sea folk with a strong connection to the past (they’re all fish and critters that existed in prehistoric times). In touch with their heritage and even times before sentience, this band tries to invoke the feeling of a “pervious life”, using natural sounds and old recordings in their work. They sound like a cross of Cosmo Sheldrake, Imogen Heap (esp her most recent endeavor) and maybe a hint of OMAM and/or The Lumineers

Nautilus, Coelacanth, Wobbegong Shark, Sturgeon and/or Alligator Gar.

Six Feet Underwater: Electronic, experimental

The first musical endeavor of ω-3’s DJ. Extremely dreary and intense. They’ve been on a semi-hiatus since joining ω-3, but released some music around 2020-21, which caught the attention of a much larger audience than their first works under the title. This project is under heavy scrutiny and theorization of curious inkfish, trying to unravel the “mystery”. Yknow the type. Currently the popular theory/rumor is that they’re some depressed octoling hidden away in some apartment who may or may not have killed someone or died somehow. People debate whether the latest album is telling a fictional story or is one last cry for help.

α-5 (name tentative): uh Salmon

Another salmonid band. 5 piece, but I may change my mind for 6. Their sound is a lot more noisy, possibly even cluttered, and high-energy. If ω-3 is panic, dread and stress, then α-5 is rage, spite, and the determination to go out with a bang. They do not play around with time signatures as much and are more symphonic, instead staying very intense and loud. I’m not quite sure abt the exacts of instruments but I’d say guitar and drums are both a part. I think their sound would bring Igorrr and Ridiculon to mind, mixed with some songs from the Pikmin games. They’re all girls or fem aligned save for maybe one. They get along better than ω-3.

One of their members is a mudmouth with weird iridescent muck. She provides odd noises by shifting around in her mud form and can form pseudopods of sorts to multitask. Basically fills in misc instruments.

Another is a Flipper Flopper who adores cute things, even collecting inkling/mainland trinkets that wash up. The other members are worried her own preferences will bleed into the sound, which contrasts heavily. She has a separate project or persona that delves into the cuteness she desires. Drummer?

Tidal Bore: basically 100 gecs in splatoon if the ska-ish bits of stupid horse were in more of their songs . Musical duo? Trio?? Warabi might be a part of it but this is more of a concept and idk abt the actual members. Whale Shark and an Inkfish? Octoling?? Maybe a Cuttle-ling?