#boiledegg xeno

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feeling quite whimsical today

#splatoon #xeno octoling #octoling oc #boiledegg art #boiledegg xeno

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been coming up w xeno inkfish designs.... they slide around like penguins sometimes by just secreting a lot of gross slimy ink on the ground and just. going

#splatoon #xeno inkfish #xeno octoling #xeno inkling #theyre so unpleasantly slimy you would NOT believe #the art is kinda rough. thats bc uhhh whoopsie! #a friend requested a ref sheet of my silly scrimblos #so here they are #boiledegg art #they still wear clothes and participate in society... theyre just more whimisical about it now #boiledegg xeno

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xeno inklings are so fun. theyre like tentacle penguins to me. it's the perfect bipedal body plan.

theyre perfect. sturdy. shortish, balanced legs (crucial for keeping steady with minimal bones). big beak. all of their "hair" tentacles are just tentacles, with the arms being the club tentacles. technically the legs and body are also all tentacles. everything outside of the head is just 100% modified tentacle.

theyre slimy and gross all the time and can secrete nasty amounts of mucousy ink. they use it to slide on the ground (camoflaging as they go) and the ink leaves crusty pigments behind as it dries.

my xeno inklings are octolings are the same body type of "holy fuck it's The Slime Penguins and they wear clothes". but like inklings are not quite as bright indivudally (lovingly), they're smaller and more thinly-built, and they have thinner and longer beaks (with 3 prongs on each mandible, rather than the clean 1 per mandible of the octoling).

however what they lack in physical strength and individual smarts, they more than make up for it in speed, energy, and group coordination. an inkling will almost always prefer to be in a group (4-15), and as a group they always know exactly what theyre doing, and with a Lot of energy to spare. these guys are the adhd-havers of cephalopods

in comparison, the octolings are bigger and more heavyset, with a simpler and tougher beak like a parrot. they're more individually smart, but they generally prefer smaller groups. when not performing a task, they will generally drift to chilling with a smaller group (1-4) or on their own. tough but less social! still perfectly capable of being social, though- theyre just less social than inklings. these guys are autism, baby!

#splatoon #xeno inkfish #xeno inkling #xeno octoling #boiledegg xeno #just for the record: they Do wear clothes. it's not technically the most practical thing for them due to their gross mucous ink but they #think it's cool enough to be worth the inconvenience. so now it's a social expectation </3 sad! #boiledegg art

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a small swarm of rambunctious inklings have come apon judd hanging out. it’s like a celebrity

#splatoon #xeno inkling #splatoon xeno #xeno inkfish #boiledegg art #boiledegg xeno

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xeno octoling. hashtag girlboss!

#splatoon #xeno octoling #boiledegg art #boiledegg xeno

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currently working on a good xeno inkfish design... it's In Progress for sure

#ive just been gradually making their legs shorter and shorter and shorter. i dont like the idea of them wobbling around on long legs #not safe! they will flop over and fall #btw. they have no organs in their entire torso and such. it's just pure tentacular muscle #they dont have suction cups on their hands or feet tentacles anymore... they turned into rubbery toebeans #not safe to have suction cups suctioning everything on land </3 #they dont have thumbs btw bc theyre so wiggly that they can just use any finger like a thumb #inklings are small and scrawny but thats bc you rarely see one in a group of less than 10 #octolings are big and beefy and smart but you dont really see them in big groups of their own volition. if theyre just hanging out then #they max out at 4. however when theyre trying to do something they can tolerate whatever #xeno inkfish #boiledegg art #splatoon #i guess. #boiledegg xeno

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squidling in progress. they do not walk very efficiently or even very well. however theyre enthusiastic and thats what matters

#xeno inkling #boiledegg art #wip