a wonderful little fellow from Stieven Van der Poorten for REFUGIUM! I first fell in love with his work from encountering his paleo artwork -
The balance between scientific attention to detail and his natural cartooning powers bring his stuff to life in an excellent manner...
Take a look at his stuff here
And, of course, if you'd like to get a copy of our ever-growing guidebook/graphic novel, REFUGIUM, take a look at the campaign here
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Birrin smoking house, with two males winding down with the sun.
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What's your walker of choice?
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First Light
Dawn breaks in the desert, revealing a scurrying frenzy of creatures returning to shelter after the night’s mischief. Tallest among them, the Cycloptic Night-Seeker surveys the scene looking for any last morsel of food before the day’s solar onslaught forces its retreat into shadow. The Testapallidus at its feet may prove an ideal treat, unless the sand-swimming Armored Loricatus captures it first. Though the Testapallidus’ hard dorsal shell protects it from most threats, the Night-Seeker possesses a keen intellect, curious disposition, and two formidable front appendages that are as dextrous as they are sharp. Usually too quick for the large hunter, a trio of gregarious Desert Sentinels are more concerned with ambush predators such as the Loricatus, and one inflates its signaling air sacs in alarm. Already, members of the desert’s daytime cast are making an appearance. Luteos have positioned themselves at the top of the ridge to greet the first slanted rays. Relying on photosynthesis for a large portion of their metabolism, they tilt their bodies to follow the sun throughout the day. In a short time, more heat-tolerant daylight denizens will take the stage and play out their part in the everyday drama of the high desert.
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one of my own entries, for the REFUGIUM guidebook - the OG Shrimpodile (aka the Klakanto), a very fecund squilloid species whose numerous, numerous young are actually quite delectable when cooked over a charcoal grill!
i first drew this critter in 2018 as part of a worldbuilding jam w @jordankwalker (that would evolve into this current project) - back when these were all just fauna in a pseudo-solifugid world...
...but this shrimpodile wormed its way into the griz grobus universe, onto this foodcart...
who ended up starring in her own short story (which you can read here - https://webtoons.com/en/canvas/griz-grobus/pride-of-the-central-republic-page-1/viewer?title_no=741329&episode_no=31 ) called "PRIDE OF THE CENTRAL REPUBLIC"
(i also meant to draw a whole cute sequence showing how the shrimpodiles made it from the stream to the grill - farm to table shit- but this drawing was as far as i got)
But all this, of course, is in service of the big book, now in kickstarter - REFUGIUM! Take a peek at the campaign here
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The War of the Worlds, by Yokoyama Kow
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The wavedancer and its hunting method. The upper eyes watch for flying predators above, while the lower pair detect prey near the water's surface. Once spotted, the forward canards allow a looping turn and dive, spearing into the water.
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Found on a deactivated Tumblr blog. Artists name was C.K
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