#drawing rain drops

[cyclopssun]

seeing mitski this month!!

no one can stop me from making mitski tmnt content!!

[revelisms]

These two don't do well in rain 🐀

[gods-perfect-idiots]

something something blood-soaked hands cradling your face something something

anyway here's the post btw

[anemonet]

some kind of bugs

[threestarsaboveclouds]

Considering the current holiday for us, one where it's believed people who can pass on can interact with the real world. Do you know of any celebrations of your creators related to souls or spirits in a similar way?

Though not strictly related to spirits per se, my creators did have a number of traditions related to the remembrance of those who have departed the Carnal Plane.

In the southeastern sector of my facility grounds lie the Memory Crypts. The Crypts are some of the oldest structures located within my facility limits, and they were established around the same time as the nearby Void Fluid mines.

My creators would store their memories in the Crypts, as a way of spiritually releasing their ties to the Carnal Plane. This act of preservation was one of the last acts individuals who wished to Ascend would perform, before traveling to the Void Sea.

Despite my creators' unorthodox beliefs, this tradition was one that still held a great deal of religious significance to them. It was particularly important to the city's scholars, who deeply valued the pursuit of knowledge, but also recognized that it was something that needed to be let go of in order to truly achieve Ascension. Their memories were a gift to those who would follow after them.

Outside of Remembrance ceremonies, admittance to the Crypts was reserved for only the most esteemed members of the city's Houses, and the area saw very little foot traffic. The lack of disturbances caused by visitors also made the Crypt grounds an ideal location for some of my radio telescopes, so they were added soon after my construction. Though, their proximity to the Crypts was a rather contentious topic during some House proceedings...

I digress. The existence of spirits or disembodied souls is largely regarded as superstition, or a cautionary tale to those who might attempt to Ascend before they were sufficiently spiritually enlightened. There were rumors that one might hear the whispers of those caught between the Planes while wandering the corridors of the Memory Crypts... though I find such tales hard to believe.

[lyss-butterscotch]

Mushroom.

[astral-realities]

Hello again! New questions bc im really curious! How much do you all identify with your puppets and their appearances? Are they more of a tool for you or are they significant for your sense of self? I've noticed that your appearances somewhat reflect your personalities, was this a design choice made by your architects or have you been adjusting looks along the way by yourselves? (I know Habitually Stargazing did a little, the dress looks really pretty on you btw!) Im particularily fascinated by the antennas! Im guessing you don't use them much having a hard-wire connection to the rest of your superstructures, right? (perhaps they would be more practical when communicating with visitors in your chambers? I don't know..) Im seeing a sort of analogy between animal motifs in ancient art and masks and those retro-looking antenna resembling those used with older technology, though I might be wrong.. I'd be thrilled to know whether these hold any cultural / traditional signifincance among machines alike!

Also I'd love to know more about your serial numbers! What do they mean, and do you more identify with them or with your names?

Finally, Flowers - a creature for you

It's an umbrella slug, hiding under it's umbrella!

Hope you all have a wonderfull day, looking forward to hear from you!

SDA: Oh! While the exact details might vary from case to case, I would say that it's a bit of both - the puppet is a tool tied to an iterator's sense of self.

SDA: The puppet is only a small part of yourself, but it represents you as a whole. You .. used it to communicate with your citizens, you use it to communicate with your peers. Others start to see *you* in this form. The more you use it, the more you begin to identify with it. With time, its image truly becomes yours.

SDA: From our creators' perspective, it might have been a matter of needing an interface to interact with us. It seemed to be more natural to speak with something that you can actually look in the face.

SDA: Another important fact is that the puppet is by far the most expressive part of our bodies. Our biological elements can be somewhat controlled by our programming, but it cannot fully override them - there will always be a living, sentient being deep below.

SDA: One that has its own emotions, preferences, opinions; one that wants to express itself. The puppet serves as an outlet for that. It can gesticulate, it allows you to convey how you feel in a way that's understandable to most.

TFB: It would've probably been easier for them if we couldn't think for ourselves. Just tell us what to do and we do it until the end of time, no questions asked.

TFB: Instead, they chose to fully depend on something with an *attitude*! Some really tried their best to keep good relations with their iterator, afraid of putting it in a bad mood...

SDA: Yes, I suppose...

SDA: Some of us might pay greater attention to the puppet's appearance, adjusting it to our own tastes, mostly with clothes and accessories. Fashion was important in our creators' culture, so it wasn't out of the ordinary for an iterator to request a new robe or a necklace. Some took matters into their own hands.

SDA: ... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on like this.

BROS: Don't you dare, it's always nice hearing you so passionate about something~

BROS: About the antennae - you're right, they're not as powerful as the equipment in the rest of the structure! They're decent for close-range stuff, and they're what you'd resort to in case of an emergency.

BROS: Like, somehow losing access to the rest of your body. The puppet can't do much on its own, but thanks to these, it would be able to communicate with anything near it.

BROS: Aaand they were mostly another way for the architect to visualize whatever concept they had for a puppet.

HS: I'm almost offended by the "retro" remark. As far as I'm concerned, these are state-of-the-art.

BROS: Sure, sure~

BROS: Finally, as for the model numbers. They represent the architect's name, the cycle when the project was officially completed, and the name of the project at that time, like this:

BROS: Nobody really identifies with this, it's mostly used in paperwork - maybe some database stuff. Even if two iterators were given the same name, it's extremely unlikely they also had the same creator *and* creation date, so it allows for telling us apart that way.

HS: The name that appears in your model number isn't truly binding either. Such as...

TFB: Come on now, don't put them on the spot like that.

SDA: ...

SDA: It's fine...

SDA: Originally, I was called "Visions of Serenity", you'll see me in databases as GTIAOT672005VOS.

SDA: I was renamed shortly after, due to some... rather unfortunate coincidence.

SDA: It really doesn't matter now.

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TFB: Also, thank you so much!! I don't get to see many marine species around these parts, this is lovely!

HS: (...and thank you...)

[byronvera]

ward is a workplace comedy

[druidshollow]

off string au - meeting ten silver roots

rivers and phrases meet somebody new in the wastes while making a perilous escape.

i have put these guys through some real situations everyone!!! you have no idea!!!! :D who is dune????? whar????????????

[whyistheweatherbad]

erm actually folly

I DONT REALLY LIKE THIS OKAY..…

[s7ieben]

Reading Everywhere – Mushroom

A touching moment in the rain reading your favorite story.

pencil on paper – drawing – 11 x 18 cm S7IEBEN.art RedBubble

[medi-bee]

Have you seen inv/Enot yet? They're a horrible abomination that shouldn't exist and I love them

YEAH

I love them but i always forget that they exist lmao. I really really want to draw them more. they have that goofy aura about them that i enjoy

[pmpwbrrs]

Hooray, monk and surv! A long snout yet again. Long faces are just fun to draw Monk actually has a big lizard bite scar on her back buuut i'll draw it later maybee idk Oh and a random thought. Wouldn't it be funny if Survivor had complexes because of how simple he is?? Like. sooo basic compered to others scugs.. not talented.. "Survivor"? We're all surviving here, bitch, so what ..... /j y'know what i mean?

that was funnier in my head

[as-salty-as-the-sea]

just dance colour wheel challenge yipeeeeee :DD

yeahhhh baby we love just dance character and costume designs in this house hold

this was actually suppose to help me get rid of art block but i enjoyed it so much that i might do it again, except maybe taking suggestions from y'all ahah but we'll see

look under the cut for closeups and alternate versions !

if i had to pick a favourite from this, i'd pick 365 and it's raining men, i really like the way the colours turned out for them!

the challenges i set for myself with this piece was that i was to a) draw a coach from any game that wasn't just dance 2023 edition (because i draw from that game too much lol) and b) draw a coach from a different game for each color (so no two coaches are from the same game), which was a bit of a challenge, but i'm happy with the end result

if y'all are curious about these coaches and their maps, they are all on just dance unlimited! have fun dancing :D

[pixelatedraindrops]

A blush/cry template but its of a higher temperature...

...brilliant hehe 🌡️😈

I had to try it.

Template

[raynavan]

Ingo and Emmet from the Rain world au (but actually properly rendered this time hgfuorhgfnbol)

and warden Ingo with Irida (molded after the Hunter. she is on Hard Mode.) pearl clan is stationed in a verrrry cold area of this structure (not the same as in-game) and also on the opposite end as the diamond clan (who lives in an area somewhat like the shoreline)

the clans do exist! they are just groups of slugcats that banded together to survive. galaxy team is also in existence, but Much Smaller. they travel rather than stay in one spot.

Ingo and Emmet are from outside the structure. they help ferry people over the seas of worm grass between other groups of slugcats. they don't usually travel into the structures.