#dimorph

[captainmvf]

MAKE WAY! A whole flock of ancient flyers are coming through! Here's the other piece I made for @fossil-fighters-zine !! I'm a lover of pterosaurs and had to rep EVERY SINGLE FLYER in the series.

[akiacia]

attempted a disney-ish style!

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

2+2=4 is an oversimplification. 1.5 rounds up to 2, and 1.5+1.5=3; therefore 2+2=3 is correct. Similarly, 2.4 rounds down to 2. 2.4+2.4=4.8. 4.8 rounds up to 5; therefore 2+2=5 is also correct. Acting like 2+2=4 is immutable fact just shows you never made it past elementary school arithmetic.

[b1asho]

Some noises/stuff on their voice:

As said in the image, Prectikar all sound like theyre masculine to humans when speaking through their nose. Only male prectikar have a larger throat sac and special flaps in it to make their shrieks/barks/etc, females can only really do like a dog bark noise or the grumbles and soft-speak. As for the animals I included, Prectikar can't roar (yes that means they can purr) but they make a lot of other bear-like chuffs and snuffles. They can shriek and snort (which kind of sounds like a horse) bellow (similar to an alligator in noise, occasionally more like a cassowary or other rattite) and bark (similar to a seal), and if pushed the right way they can make a sort of elephant trumpet noise through their nose (also similar to an elephant are their deep-throated noises) They can also make some hoots and grunts that sound like a howler monkey or gorilla.

Rossetians sound like they have a stuffy nose to us (which doesn't help disperse their nerdy erm actually reputation). They make a lot of teeth clicks and tongue noises when speaking, and I included a marmot because they can make a noise around the pitch of a rossetian whistle. I also included a tapir for reference of some of their other squeal noises. They can also kind of moo like a cow but I forgot that.

Kixeli are very good at mimicry but occasionally will slide into more creaky and whistly speech instead of mostly human tones. They croak like toucans do, and also make a lot of other bird-ish chirps and beak claps. They make a lot of loud repeating noises like a kookaburra, and that jabbery/laughy noise is the vibe for how a lot of their vocalizations sound to the untrained ear. The African Gray's voice is close to what they sound like when not trying super hard at human speech, and can get more precise and even make inanimate object noises like a starling. Look up any monkey (macaque, gibbon, etc) screaming/hooting video if you want to k ow what they sound like when scared or very excited.

Cerest speak in short, controlled bursts, usually in a monotone. An almost electronic hum and buzziness is always a part of their natural voice, usually to the point where they're unintelligible. They can make some small trills and mews like a cat, or yowl if they align their throat right. Screaming like a mountain lion is a sundyne thing, drecu screams are like that but more like a cicada if that makes sense. Some of their other misc noises that come from airflow or just them moving their mouthparts and beak are like locusts, mole crickets, click beetles, and the capuchinbird. Depending on the quality of their artificial voice, they can sound either on a Miku level or shitty off-brand robot.

Using their non-host voice, Muttreazik range from microwave humming noises to ear bleeding high pitched shrieks or organ shuffling low pitches. I didn't really know how to draw that so no worms in this post yet again

[thereweredragonshere]

Hi I was wondering what u think a female night fury be like ? Do you think like most birds they’re bigger than the males or have you got something else in mind ? Love to hear your thoughts ^^

Personally my take on the female night fury is that it is bigger than the male, with a few minor differences with ear nubs/leg spikes and stuff. I’m mainly basing that off reptiles where a lot of the time the female is bigger, but other than that there isn’t much in terms of sexual dimorphism. That being said there are a lot of examples of male reptiles being bigger than the female of the same species, but eh, it’s a fictional flying lizard, who cares.

[lewdlemage]

Do you have a reference post for your N'urs Verse alien species? I'm so fascinated by the universe it's set in

took a while to answer this one, but finally sat down and codified some of the little bits of setting ive done over the years

the galaxy is full of life...

[cloud-ya]

dual blades are excellent weapon for a mizutsune actually. attack movements are almost like dancing

[captainmvf]

Bullseye! You've been hit by- You've been struck by a Dimorph-

[gatekeeper-of-witchcraft]

please I’m on my knees begging. pleading. you can draw female versions of characters without giving them longer hair and/or lipstick.

[snototter]

A Dimorphic Mountain-digger Bee (Habropoda tristissima) perches on a flower in Santa Clarita County, California, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[sovaghoul]

"It'S BaSiC bioLoGy tHeRe'S OnLy MaLe AnD FeMaLe iN nAtUrE"

Nature: 🖕🖕🖕

screenshot from fb

[namu-the-orca]

Here's another one for SECAC; an adult male Short-beaked common dolphin. The female below is an older illustration (though I changed her slightly to match better) but I though it'd be fun to post them together to show the differences.

Although subtle, this species does display sexual dimorphism. Males tend to have bolder markings, especially around the face (the pectoral fin-to-chin stripe in females is often thinner and/or yellow instead of black) and the anal area. Most reliable for sexing though is the post-anal hump, the "bump" between the belly and flukes, which readily identifies all adult males.

Common dolphins are something of a comfort subject to me, I love drawing them and they always turn out so pretty (this is to say more about their natural beauty than my drawing prowess). This guy was a delight to draw and I'm very happy with the result.

[fleshdyk3]

red winged blackbird

mandarin duck

lady amherst's pheasant

blue peahen

northern cardinal

baltimore oriole

[ranticore]

drawing kobolds is funny because the thought process is 'there's no way these things wear clothes in their day to day life' -> 'they need to wear clothes if I post them on tumblr' -> 'ok jeez I'll put some thought into it' and then i end up with a new facet to colony culture. thanks, insane tumblr censorship

[crazysodomite]

creature refsheet

[nicolefirekitty]

many smaller vivosaurs will raid abandoned or unattended vehicles for scrap metal. no one knows why