#Fanspecies

[deepseaspriteblog]

15 sprites of Jane Crocker! I made the above prompt list mostly to motivate myself to sprite for fun more, but hey, if anyone wants to borrow it for themselves, feel free! Just, you know, tag me cause I would love to see 👉👈

For the fanspecies prompt, I made a new fanspecies- Fairy! I hope to develop it more soon. The costume prompt is based on Patissiere Peach from Princess Peach Showtime, and the free space sprite is a resprite on a very early Jane sprite I made.

[lumiidragon]

Meet Harper, the Elusive Rockhermit~

I wanted to make a fanspecies for HTTYD that wasn't fury-related, and this guy popped into mind~

The Elusive Rockhermit is a Boulder Class dragon that's earned its name due to its elusive and shy nature. This has made this dragon very difficult to locate on top of maneuvering through its difficult natural habitat deep in caves carved into high ledges that lead into a labyrinth of channels that burrow for miles. They live in family units of up to ten and aren't known to be aggressive unless provoked, where they'll then blast fiery chunks of rock at their threat.

A notable trait of theirs are their powerful double-tails that they use to bash boulders to devour. These tails are also used in battle between both males and females over territory and mates as both genders will fight rivals during the courtship season of the Autumn.

This particular specimen is named 'Harper' who was wild-caught and trained.

[dingodad]

Hi! I like your work and I saw one post a year ago in which some "Balrogs" were mentioned. Is it possible to get some information about them and their biology maybe? I'm asking here because I haven't found any information about them on all three of your accounts.

thanks! it's crazy that this keeps coming up even 10 years later LOL. the balrogs were the subject of literally one single post which contained the following information:

they are a "cousin species" to cherubs

their genders align with order (blue) and chaos (red) rather than creation and destruction

they transform into giant scorpions rather than giant snakes

the post you saw on this blog is the second time in a decade i have ever drawn or talked about this concept so there is not a lot else to go around but because you asked nicely i drew some more pictures and thought about them a bit more:

instead of discarding a shared personality upon maturity, balrogs consume their mates and make them part of their body. they take on their final scorpion form together, with the losing partner becoming the tail (above). sort of like the male anglerfish who shrinks down to just a sexual organ attached to the female

cherubs are angels who fly through space so balrogs live in the cores of planets instead (duh)

cherubs are associated with black holes and astrophysics so balrogs are connected to quantum mechanics and the physics of tiny particles (where order / chaos and probability are important physical forces)

^ in connecting those two things, balrogs could have the ability to burrow not just into the earth but into the atomic substructure of all matter. so they can travel across the universe to meet and fight but through back channels rather than actually being able to fly through space

they use the Forge / other volcanoes to lay their eggs in the cores of planets and then the eggs hatch when the inhabitants of that planet dig deep enough to awaken them? like the story of the balrog in lord of the rings

the eggs would hatch into millions of babies like spider eggs and the swarm of young balrogs would spread across the planet to potentially disastrous effect. but only one or a few ultimately survive to grow into the cosmically powerful adult stage

i think the discovery of a balrog egg sac in the core of your planet could be like a kind of cosmic test determining whether the civilisation on that planet aligns more with the forces of order or chaos. and maybe the results of that test determine which type of balrog survives to adulthood

unless people have more questions i don't particularly have plans to do anything further with balrogs but you're not the only person who has expressed interest so i think it would be fun if anyone who is interested in the idea could play with it themselves and see what they come up with :)

[lepiosprites]

This poor alumni didn't even make it out of the caverns so i thought they'd have a better life as a phosphor

Phosphors belong to me

[prism-mspfa]

Denva cosplaying as Sollux! A suggestion from the fanspecies discord!

[xestuck]

lassoo tool brush / shape fill brush / whatever its called

[dessdemise]

WOOO YEAHGH.... saw this base on @deepseaspriteblog (who also sprited the dreamer outfits, sorry i forgot to include that on the image!) for the cyclops species by @lucheek and i really wanted to make one.... and was attacked by the Pink Fever. sorgy. planning to take the general notes of this design and apply it to other species (fantroll, fankid and cherubs r def on the planner but if there's ever a lets make a rando guide which is another species by that same creator i will be THERE!!) hence why i made it a rogue of space. i saw somebody describe rogues as "one who shatters their aspect and distrubutes it among other players" n i thought that'd be a fun class for what will esentially be a multi-universe character.

i hope this Girlthing meets the species standards! i didnt see anything abt naming conventions or dreaming moons or symbols or anything so i looked at the few other cyclops designs i could find and tried to work off of that. id love to know if this breaks any species conventions even if it isnt a Sin bc i enjoy designing my characters as closely to the spoken/unspoken rules of a species as possible. my fantrolls will NEVER have eyebrows!!!!!!!! nevaaa /j sorry if this is formatted awkwardly or does not meet tumblr-etiquette standards (am i supposed to tag artists on these posts? or only credit them by name? or tag some sideblog? argghghh) i literally have not a clue on how to use this website. im learning. be patient with me...

[axlestuck]

Another Dollmaker resprite for Homestuck Spriter's Hangout! Their name is Oliave Vennial and they have the most potent poison around. Thrones are made by @problemspritester!

[problemspritester]

I updated sofd guys 🥺

2/3 intro routes are knocked out now, just one left

[erifin-alt]

So a while back I made this pose base, and I decided to put it up on my Ko-fi shop! It's only $2 minimum, and I'd really appreciate the support if you'd like to buy!

[deepseaspriteblog]

Hey, have some fanspecies sprites!

These are feliens, created by @axlestuck ! I have a lot of appreciation for fanspecies because they're very cute and also fun to sprite. The first one is named Sun Miu Miu and was made for a design contest that you can check out HERE, and the second one is just one I made for fun named Sin Cos Tan.

You can fin more info on this fanspecies here : link

[ectobio]

Just made a fan species (named ambystoms fyi!) and i experimented with the beta kids and yknow.... Im kinda obsessed with them

I have some lore ambystoms if anyone cares

[dingodad]

gracilia stuffff

[popomerrygamz]

I've been deep in the Whyzzard mines lately.

[lepiosprites]

Fishbowl revamp! I like to think she lives in a greenhouse that's located somewhere cold

Fishbowls belong to @popomerrygamz

[prism-mspfa]

Pose✌️