#Snail shell studio

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Wild Paths 🌲🪵

Snail Shell Studio Milk Tea Girl head with Phantom Hotaru hair pieces on Romankey body; clothing handmade. 🪡💪

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OH FUCK

DOES THAT MEAN KENTREGINA IS A POSIBILITY???

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[paprikaries]

"Mammon" _ Immortal Snail Assassin _ Character redesign/ concept art inspired by "Mammon" from "Helluva Boss" (spindlehorse studio/ Vivziepop) It's Mammon but he's a giant demonic Snail in an evil clown disguise. His eyes are on the sides of the head, the opening of the dress is the mouth and shows the teeth, the shell is represented by the crown on the fake head of the clown, which is none other than Mammon's castle itself. His arms are chains of green light, his hands are gauntlets of hollow armor. The chains end up straight in the demon's mouth. The soul of Fizzarolli chained to the demon is represented on the hand. Forced to serve him by pushing the damned souls to enter Mammon's tent to seek entertainment, they end up being swallowed up by the monster. The demon is like a ghost, representing futile entertainment that leaves nothing and slowly devours the soul..

[rebeccathenaturalist]

COOL SNAIL ALERT!!!!

Okay, so yesterday I was teaching my Introduction to Mycology Class for Wildcraft Studio School at Tryon Creek State Natural Area just south of Portland, and while our main focus was on various fungi, we found some other cool stuff along the way, too!

One of the highlights of my day was this particular snail:

That is a Pacific sideband snail (Monadenia fidelis), one of our native terrestrial gastropods (as opposed to several invasive species found in the PNW and beyond). What makes it stand out is that the shell is entirely lacking the usual brown background on which various stripes are overlaid; it looks more like the yellow shell often seen in some Haplotrema species, such as the native H. vancouverense.

This is a more typical specimen, found not far from our extra-pale oddball above:

As you can see, the body color on the two snails is almost identical, so it's not albinism. I considered whether it might be a rare case of invertebrate leucism, but I was only able to find one reference thereof, in a paper on a single leucistic scorpion. I think, though, it's more likely just a normal variation where the brown pigmentation is at an extreme minimum.

It's not surprising that this mutation would be exceedingly rare; that yellow shell stands out like a beacon amid the darker colors of the forest floor, making any paler snails easier for predators to spot. OTOH, H. vancouverense is found in similar habitats and does have a typically yellow-colored shell, so maybe it's not as much of a liability. And when I looked at iNaturalist results for M. fidelis, there were a very few paler-shelled individuals mixed among the more common reddish-browns. They weren't clustered in one part of the species' range, but scattered throughout.

Anyway, I thought you all would appreciate seeing this!

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ANOTHER CRAB'S TREASURE: A Cod-damn Masterpiece

Total Hours: 37.9 Achievements: 32/32

Another Crab's Treasure is the second game from the Seattle-based studio Aggro Crab. Officially announced in 2022, this gem has been on my radar for a WHILE.

And I couldn't be happier to write this.

As said in my Steam review, heads up, it's my first official soulslike.

Another Crab's Treasure throws you fin-first into a colorful underwater adventure that flips the script on everything we've ever known a soulslike to look like. As someone with no real experience with the genre other than what I've seen from fellow content creators, I was immediately drawn in by the silly cartoonish world and all it had to offer. It was a breath of fresh air that put my 116 minutes on Elden Ring–all spent in character creation–to shame.

But don't let the cute shell fool you. This game has enough heart(kelp) to tug at the strings of even the most fortified- Sorry to all you thimble users out there.

You play as Krill, a charming crustacean forced to part ways with his beloved shell by one of the most evil things to plague the tide pools. Taxes.

Armed with nothing but an old discarded dinner fork and the power of Moon Snail Shells, you start on a quest to find your way home.

Testing the Waters: The Shallows

The Shallows is the game's starting area, with enough small crabs and minnows to put my local pond to shame. Here, players get their first chance to explore this game.

If you're like me, this would mean gathering every shiny thing lying on the ocean floor- And not that I blame you! This game is a crab trap full of them. Sadly, this excitement could lead to our little crab friend beheaded. Literally!

Tucked away in the world of Another Crab's Treasure are a handful of optional bosses you can beat before you even encounter the main boss of an area, one of which is dangerously easy to run into here. But have no fear, my crustacean friend. Walk far enough away, and you're free to get back to exploring!

Overall, The Shallows is the perfect starting ground for new and experienced players to learn the mechanics needed for the long journey ahead. From gorgeous Slacktide Castle to the mysterious Moon Snail's cave, The Shallows offers so much that even in the end, you'll be back.

The (Crab)Meat of it All: New Carcinia

New Carcinia is the gateway to everything the game truly has to offer. Even when you've progressed far past it, the area is a shopping hub PACKED with NPCs and stores that make it impossible to avoid. It's a gorgeous trash-built haven split between two levels showcasing one of the game's prominent underlying issues.

All it takes is one unlucky step on one of the many receipt bridges or getting too close to the edge, and suddenly, you're on the lower level.

A stark contrast to its bright and cheery upper level, the lower level of New Carcinia is where our cheery and colorful game takes one of its dips into the serious side of things. It is home to some of the most important characters you meet, each with their unique take on life mirroring the trials they've faced thus far.

The game EASILY juggles deeper topics while maintaining its lighthearted and cheery exterior throughout most of it. Despite its occasional treads in murky water, the story of Another Crab's Treasure is one to encourage you to look on the bright side.

When There’s a Will, There’s a Wave: Bosses

While the colorful and cheery world of Another Crab's Treasure is an impressive creative feat, the bosses that fit in it are just as incredible.

The way the team perfectly tied every arena to the unique themes of each boss adds so much more to the already charming level design. From a sushi boat housing the bane of my existence to a LITERAL throne room, you can tell they spared no expense when it came to showing every enemy the love they deserved.

Arenas aside, the bosses themselves are a force to reckon with. The game houses 18 bosses–five completely optional–for Krill to conquer on his adventure. Each boss has a weapon more unique than the last, including but not limited to tea infusers, hair driers, and even toilet brushes. On the optional side, Krill is up against bike locks, a caged monstrosity reminiscent of a Resident Evil monster, and the fists of the Grovekeeper.

These bosses are in no way impossible, but here is where "let's try this again" becomes a mindset rather than just a phrase. As someone who has dodged many Unblockable attacks and rolled into even more Aggro ones, the trip home will not always be as easy as slipping into the nearest current and being done with it. Another Crab's Treasure is a game that makes you work for your victories while making them all that much more memorable.

Besides, how many of us can say they fought an eel shooting bread out of a toaster and lived?

I Shell Never Leave: My Final Thoughts

Going into this blind as someone who had never touched a soulslike was an EXPERIENCE. It was so easy to find myself getting sucked into the world and all its little problems that, despite my regular schedule, I consistently found myself putting in 9+ hours each stream. I couldn't put it down, even with how often I saw the death screen.

Regardless of how much I had already seen between the developers' TikTok page and all the trailers that had come out, I would never have expected to get so hooked so fast. Barbed Hook-ed even.

What started as a silly little adventure about paying your taxes led to one about pollution, corruption, self-discovery, and the message of doing what is right–for the sake of others AND the planet we call our home.

A message so powerful that I couldn't help but cry as the credits rolled and my chat and I closed the cover on such a beautiful story.

Today, over two months later, I STILL find myself replaying it, never being able to move on from a silly little adventure I had in a world bigger than myself.

So, my final verdict for you, my dear birdwatcher:

A Krill-ion/10

Despite becoming the Queen of Soft Locking, Another Crab's Treasure is a microplastic gold mine of heart and soul. And my game of the year.

Here is a game I don't see myself shelving anytime soon because, in my own words:

Thank you for stopping by for the Raven Report!

[mouldy-gremlin]

Finally got around to firing up my 3d printer.

After many hours of cursing and googling as well as a few ritualistic sacrifices i finally got it to print successfully.

And now my child is born

Behold the greatest creature the monster manual has to offer! The glorious flail snail!

Gunk, a shiny shell, a bunch of flails, a beautiful smile... The list goes on.

I mean look at this lovely face.

Looking forward to getting some paint on it.

Haven't quite figured out how I'll do the shell yet, thinking the airbrush is gonna be seeing a lot of action.

The model is by Yasashii Kyojin Studio over on myminifactory.

Probably not exactly the colours I'll be going for but close enough

I also printed another figure at the same time but he'll have to wait until saturday before i post any pictures of him.

[1dragon-mustard1]

Ok, the void kingdom in hollow knight I headcanon like I'm pretty sure most people do to have been submerged by the void sea because snail shamans and the whole history of evolution of life theme in game

In the background of the abyss we see bark like pillars with dalek eggs

(not my image, found on 2019 wiki guide)

And lots of circular shell structures

It wouldn't be remiss to assume that the abyss was alot like earths deep oceans but bug or these guys

It wouldn't be wrong to assume the geo caches and really just geo are what used to be void citizens assuming because of the statues the void kingdom encompassed all of hallowsnest

It's also fun to imagine alot of the stuff we explore in game are what used to be underwater, under void lol, caves

And because I like Aerial, mixing these assumptions together you get that the void kingdom was likely made of large shell structures as seen in the first drawing

As for the life blood, that where life blood beast and Deepnest come in, specifically glowing shrooms

So, the life blood cocoons are the life blood beast babies and that's where the whole taboo thing came from, but the butterfly structure around it is more like an unfertilized egg, it's what your meant to eat

Don't let the movement and flying trick you, the life blood beast is probably some kind of literal god that was dating the void - it has magic sperm we don't know what that does

Cause its in God's home, probably meaning the void kingdom was rich in ores like pale ore n stuff, so everything was probably covered in those copper swirls but void er ized

Anyway that stuff was fine to eat, cause these are fish bugs not humans or homosapiens

But like the rocks and stones in studio giblies Laputa, the way to extract the healing properties of the egg sperm butterfly things was lost with the arrival of the radiance

Head canon the radiance was with this guy

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Which is either how she got the in or they was like fuck this and she killed them

Anyway

Mosquitoes have a water stage as larvae, whoes to say they didn't string together like frogs and make illuminating grasses

Whoes to say plants weren't like that too, for all we know coral could talk and then diverged into mushrooms in the fungal wastes and the glowy shrooms in Deepnest

Making the shroom warriors and stuff not plants, but animals

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Drama Anime (Fall 2024)

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror (4 eps)

In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals.

But his father's obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness. (MyAnimeList)

Another anime with lots of hype this season. It's only 4 eps so even if it's not great, it's not long. It is definitely freaky to look at, don't watch while eating.

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

In 15th century Poland, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era’s most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition! (LiveChart)

15th century Poland!! You don't see anime like this hardly ever. Oh boy I hope it's good and has at least a touch of historical accuracy... please? Studio MADHOUSE is making this one so I have expectations it'll at least look cool. First 2 eps go hard btw.

NegaPosi Angler

The story follows Tsunehiro Sasaki, a depressed college student burdened with debt and being told that he only has two years left to live. After falling into the sea while on the run from debt collectors, Tsunehiro is rescued by friends Hana and Takaaki and soon becomes hooked on fishing himself. (MyAnimeList)

I thought the cute pink hair guy was the main character with cancer, but it's actually the black hair guy. Pink hair guy IS however, a softhearted himbo so I love him nonetheless. Also a realistic diverse cast of women with personalities in this anime.

Fureru. (movie)

Aki, Ryo, and Yuta, childhood friends who grew up on the same island, are 20 years old and start living together in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. Even though their living environments are different: part-timer at a bar, salesperson at a real estate company, and student at a vocational school for clothing designers, the three are always connected in their hearts. The reason is, the mysterious creatures brought from the island, Touch, have mysterious powers similar to telepathy that connect them with different hobbies and personalities. The friendship between the three should continue, but they discover another hidden power of touch... (MyAnimeList)

Poster alone made me think it might be gay, and then the last sentence of the synopsis also seems gay. But the trailer portrays them as just friends so don't get your hopes up.

[the-woods-call-me]

Seeing the first leaves change colors…! 🍁😍

Snail Shell Studio “Phantom Hotaru”

[janedyson4thyear]

painting

with hilma in mind ive been really chanelling my geometric vibes

Af Klint and The Five mediumistically created work with which they hoped to transmit a supernatural knowledge of evolution via subversive coded signs, including gendered images of spirals of the natural order

if the snail’s shell spirals clockwise, for af Klint, it is associated with the power of emotion, and, in a traditional manner, she connects this power to the feminine principle.

this is only taken as a trad take if you are still trying to firmly connect feminine traits to the female.

Ive decided to push out of my canvas confides and paint around much more deliberately.

this is a callback to frequent comments I get in every crit about the marks around my work (I'm very messy) my hand prints (I'm a finger painter) and streaks all around the studio are hard to miss. its about time I use this intentionally.

using the wall around the canvas brings up questions of permanence, where the art ends, layers, and texture.

I want people to look at this work and maybe not even realise that there's canvas in the first place. I want people to want to keep looking. so much colour and texture.

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So yesterday we had a pretty intense issue in our home. Studio Dog Mei Ling's current favorite toy Baily (the Snaily) had to be repaired. Bailey, a stuffed snail fabric dog toy, was a gift from like 6 months ago from Aunt Jenn & Mary. Dani says that they cannot remember where they got Baily, because we have been wanting to get a new Bailey and swap it out for Mei because ole' Bailey is looking a little rough. Pretty worse for wear.

So yesterday I picked up all fluff off the floor, and Bailey, and got to work. The fluff was put back inside and some new fluff was added. And Bailey had about 100 holes!

I got out the needle, thread, and scissors and after an hour or so of repair, well the operation was a success, sort of. I didn't know if this would work because Bailey now looked sort of like a Fallout Ghoul. There's a lot of scar tissue. A Lot. A whole lot.

During the entire procedure, Mei Ling tried to keep it together. There was a lot of quiet whimpering and she stayed right at my feet, looking up at me, worried about Baily.

Despite Bailey's new repaired look, it did not bother Mei Ling in the slightest. Mei was just so pleased to have Bailey back. Relief washed over her and she carried the repaired dog toy around for the rest of the day and night.

Even when it was time to go out and potty, a conversation had to be had about how Bailey was not allowed outside and Mei Ling could play once she came back in. She begrudgingly left Bailey inside and quickly did her business and rushed back inside.. to get Bailey.

When we got Mei from the Shar Pei rescue one of her first toys was a stuffed taco dog toy. The inner fluff etc are long gone, in fact, all that remains to this day (from like 2017) is the skin of the toy, the shell. And it is still a treasured toy. Mei will bring it out, so delicately, every so often. Just to show everyone how great it is.

Back when it bit the dust we tried to throw it out. That led to a crying dog at the trash bin. So I took it out washed it and she still has it today. Just the skin, but she still loves it.

As far as Baily the Snaily goes, we have looked everywhere and a new replacement Baily cannot be found. I guess this toy was a limited run or something. But Bailey is fixed for now.

I think that the next repair will move over to Dani's plate and patterns will have to be made and an entirely new Bailey will have to be constructed. But that's ok, Dani's pretty good at the whole sewing cosplay dealio so she should be able to handle a Bailey the Snaily.

But for now, crisis averted and all seems well at least with Mei and Bailey.

[dpargyle]

'to weigh the awesome horror of every god in a snail's shell'

(Sketchbook Pro, Realistic Paint Studio, PhotoMosh, beFunky Photo Editor, & Canva)

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