#pigmentering

[strigops]

sweet beast

welcome to the holocene little one, we’ve waited so long for you

[pangur-and-grim]

HE'S CHANGING COLOUR???

[jayrockin]

This animal is called Zngti or Jngti on the southern Shess peninsula, and Anglophone humans sometimes refer to them as "centaur dogs" or "hawkdogs." They are an omnivorous predator that occupied a niche similar to a fox prior to domestication, and now fill a variety of roles in centaur settlements. They descended from a viviparous sister clade of centaurs where the hind limbs developed into a balancing organ similar to the tail of an Earth vertebrate, but did not specialize into claspers and a pouch such as in Tep (the silk dairy livestock).

Zngti do not have a strong pack coordination instinct and are not commonly used for hunting large game or herding livestock. In some ways they're comparable to domestic cats, often left unsupervised around food storage or crops to hunt vermin, but their territoriality also makes them useful for livestock defense or sentry roles.

Although there are no commonly held breed standards, different regions may have one or two specialized varieties for different functions. For game hunting, varieties tend to have a build similar to the wildtype but with flashy coat patterns. Tunnel hunting and vermin control varieties tend to have stout bodies and a bearded face to protect them from clawing prey and dirt entering their eyes and nostrils. Bulky guardian breeds are variously used to defend livestock, property, and children from threatening wildlife or strangers. Sentry alert breeds will raise a continuous "siren" howl through their excurrent nostrils in response to intruders. Most Zngti are work animals first and companions second, but in some urbanized regions toy breeds can be found. Derived from squat vermin hunting varieties, they are usually brightly colored with concave skulls that make them resemble a trunk-smiling centaur.

Although to centaurs Zngti are relatively small animals, they are often heavier and taller than humans. Some guardian breeds can be as large as a cow.

PATREON | Runaway to the Stars

[heytherecentaurs]

You know how Flamingos are pink because of the shrimp they eat. That's also why Fig's skin is pink. It's not her fiendish heritage. It's her sheer shrimp intake. Yeah, she's a fiend. A fiend for shrimp.

[pricklenettle]

hey… I painted this in the half dark and I had no idea it was this colorful until this morning

[solarockk]

I discovered that the sripes ara macaos have on their face are made of tiny little feathers sooo have these sketches

[xxplastic-cubexx]

i would like to draw him more i think..

[meowtcha]

So with @xxtc-96xx 's blessing~ I'm pleased to present my little addition to the Shadow-Two saga!! There will be two variations of this pin! One with Blue Chrome and one with Red-Violet plating. Bundles with Huey and Pigment are available as well so bundle up and save! This weekend my shop is running a SALE so those who purchase THIS WEEKEND will get a bonus 20% off their order~

[canisalbus]

IRL Machete spotting! Not my photo, found on Facebook. Wild red fox with suspected albinism.

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[thestrongestjewel]

ink and error but chara and clover cause why not

MEET PIGMENT AND MISPRINT!

(psst, if you'd like to know more about them, make sure to leave an ask on ma inbox,,, I'll be checking them :3)pigment and misprint

[albarrancabrera]

Albarran Cabrera   —–   Instagram

The Mouth of Krishna

2019, #427 Pigments, gampi paper and gold leaf

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene.

Place of origin: Guatemala, Petén, Dos Pilas or vicinity

Culture: Maya, lk style

Date: A.D. 740–800

Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment.

[serpentface]

Some qilik variation

Qilik are the most phenotypically diverse sophont and have a massive degree of variation in coloration and feathering across and within populations. This is partly due to being composed of at least three ancestral species and multiple subspecies (mostly interfertile and widely hybridized), partly due to their extremely wide range and often isolated populations, and partly due to the significance of color and display features in mate selection (and varying and ever-changing cultural conventions of attractiveness).

(A few here display body modifications, namely clipped brow feathers and selective plucking. The most vivid orange and pink shades require carotenoid pigments derived from the diet)

[fizpup]

happy birthday to @monster-teeth and @horse-time-babey‼️🎉

[pricklenettle]

Greg, you sweet summer child why are you in my dotted notebook