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The artwork that helped get my first job in the videogame industry back in 2007.
It is a world I want to explore further...
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Richard Hescox, "Fetch!," 1980's
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#destiel#mars#alien life#nasa#science#ucsd#university of california#castiel#dean winchester#breaking news
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#astronomy#nasa#astronomers#universe#nasa photos#astrophotography#outer space#astrophysics#nasawebb#hubble space telescope#galaxies#galaxy#life on venus#ancient life#mars planet#life in space#alien life#life on mars#astrography#astronomy facts#astronomy photography#i love astronomy#astronomy picture of the day#astrobiology#space travel#our universe#cosmos#the universe#international space station#space science
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Once again a creature from the continent of Slomen. A very primitive but also very specilised critter. 6 to 30 cm long, wet roots up to 45cm.
They live in many aquatic environments but most often you will find them in forest rivers and lakes. Some species have even adapted for life in the sea and could be considered fully aquatic while still air breathing.
Majority of the clade feeds on small animals like invertebrates sometimes parts of plants they can digest. Their hunting strategy is either burst swimming, jumping or just sliding on top of some slow prey.
There were two important species that started life on land, with the leaf ancestor being a smaller, less land specilised of the two. Leafs are one of their earliest evolutionary branches as land vertebrates and have retained many acient features like paw suckers and teeth instead of claws. In bigger vertebrates most of these little teeth were lost and became true claws or fingers (even present on the other land climber ancestor).
They can actually eat with their feet that are still closely connected to their stomach. But it applies only to very small food particles.
The wets are not very culturally significant but some regions do eat them. But the thick mantle isn't very tasty. In some places they symbolise good harvest season.
These little guys are also related to the 'birds' of Elve and I'm sure you can see why.
#art#speculative biology#artists on tumblr#digital art#artwork#worldbuilding#speculative evolution#spec bio#fantasy#original creature#creature design#spec evo#alien life#frog#slug#elve#pick up and run#speculative fantasy
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From the perspective of an alien doing it with a human, the human would be the monster and the alien would be the monster fucker.
#perspective#pov#point of view#alien encounters#alien romance#alien talks#alien species#alien fucker#alien life#alien lover#aliens and humans#alien x human#monster fucking#monster fucker#monster lover#monster enjoyer#monster romance#monster thoughts#monster partner#sci fi romance#sci fi#science fiction#hornyposting#hornyasf#hornyyy#silly#sillyposting#so silly#silly goofy mood#silly rambles
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✨ Predator and prey ✨
#oroginalart#speculative worldbuilding#artwork#art#original drawing#digital aritst#digital drawing#digital illustration#alien species#speculative design#speculative biology#alien life#my artwork#speculative zoology
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#take me home#space#ufo#earth#alien#stars#sky#sightings#ufo sighting#aliens#extraterrestrial#flying saucer#nasa#outer space#paranormal#sighting#strangeness#unexplained#alien life#moon#et#uap
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Related to the convergence vs. contingency ask I got a while ago, here's a list of adaptations I'd expect to find on any planet with Earth-like surface conditions and complex (equivalent to Earth's post-Cambrian) life:
Cellular organization, eukaryote-like cells with separated compartments for genome and energy production; large organisms multicellular or at least multi-nucleate
Most energy in the biosphere ultimately from sunlight; most energy is produced in the shorter term by transferring electrons to a strong oxidiser, most likely oxygen
Sex-like recombination of genomes common; most large organisms have a unicellular stage in their lifecycle (e.g. a zygote) and reproduce sexually at least part of the time (and when they do, each individual has two genetic parents); some kind of sexual dimorphism is very common at any given time, at least at gamete level
Most biomass at any given time consists in photoautotrophs, i.e. organisms using sunlight to synthesize organic molecules from scratch; biomass on land is greater than biomass in water, unless land is rare or the colonization of land has not occurred a long time ago
Fractal structure and/or radial symmetry common among organisms that move little actively or not at all; phototrophs have leaf-like light collectors that overlap to form a dense canopy
Bilateral symmetry dominant among organisms that move actively (so, clear distinction between front and back, and between up and down, but not between left and right, especially in outer morphology); sense organs, mouth, and central nervous system concentrated at the front end
Multiple "tree-like" and "worm-like" clades; filter-feeding a very common strategy in water; everything that has to move fast in water is spindle-shaped
Nearly all mobile organisms have long-range chemical, mechanical, and electromagnetic senses (i.e. smell, hearing, and sight), with the respective organs arising independently many times; perception of electrical fields may be common in water but not in air; communication is overwhelmingly vocal and/or visual
Every large organism has some sort of skeletal support; a skeleton based on hydraulic pressure is common in small organisms that move slowly, and a jointed exoskeleton is probably common in small faster movers (hard shells built from carbonates or silica will be popular in water), but the vast majority of largest organisms (say, >1 kg) probably has an internal skeleton
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ODDYSEUS_MISSION_AE#1744
Sample obtained from the Odysseus mission, sent to gather information about the planet Kepler-138d, a super-earth water world characteristic for its dense, water saturated atmosphere, and whose clouds occasionally appear green.
The mystery of these green clouds has finally been resolved with this analysis of samples that were collected from one of these green clouds as the rover descended into the atmosphere, 15km up in the clouds.
A diverse community of cyanobacteria-like phototrophic microbes (described as Ambrosiasphaera sp.) seems to be responsible for the unusual color of the clouds. These microbes, alongside the many others in the floating ecosystem they help support, seem to have developed hydrogen filled membranous organelles to float over the dense atmosphere. They also seem to have developed a cell wall with an unusual microstructure, extremely water absorbing to take advantage of floating droplets of water.
Some species seem to have developed predatory lifestyles, feeding on the plentiful Ambrosiasphaera chains, here seen one of these lifestyles, here seen one with one of the most unusual ways observed to catch and consume prey (described as Flagellovenator sp.). It floats passively with its flagellum extended, until it comes into contact with something. The appendix is covered in hairs not unlike those on the feet of Gekkonids, able to stick without any sticky substance needed. Once captured, it's bivalves cell wall opens and an amoeboid body penetrates the cell wall and starts digesting it's prey.
#art#illustration#clip studio paint#speculative evolution#speculative biology#xenobiology#aliens#alien life#extraterrestrial#microscope#microorganisms
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#mufon#ufo#ufos#aliens and ufos#1990s#90s#extraterrestrial#extraterrestial life#florida#july#alien life#unidentified flying object#are we alone#vintage advertising#vintage ads#ets#et#the truth is out there#advertising#ads#july 1990
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I have remastered and fixed up a lot of my earliest digital art for my soon-to-launch book Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries on Kickstarter.
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Bonus Lore:
Floater: A predatory being living among the endless skies of a gas giant, the three eyes looking down into the sea of atmosphere below. When prey is spotted, the gas bladder rapidly deflates and the creature free-falls, three lethal claws open as it descends...
Lantern-crest: Inhabiting lowland swamps, this being's unusual asymmetry was striking to exobiologists: one 'arm' holds aloft a compound eye, while the other skewers prey spotted in the murky fog. They communicate with one another via symbols projected on their bioluminescent head-crests.
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Horacio Salinas Blanch
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Volii Alpha Marine Life
Concept art for Starfield
Art by Ray Lederer
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#astronomy#nasa#astronomers#universe#nasa photos#astrophotography#outer space#astrophysics#nasawebb#hubble space telescope#space exploration#space#science#sky#solar system#our universe#the universe#aliens and ufos#alien life#nasa science#science facts#planetary science#astronomy facts#planet earth#nasa astronauts#nasa picture of the day#nasa jpl#life on mars#nasa cassi#space science
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Uh Oh...
#Qu#all tomorrows#space art#space#horror#eldritch#alien life#digital art#digital drawing#astronaut#the qu#alien#extraterrorestrial alien encounter
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