I’m Away From My Tablet So I’m Having To Draw On My IPad And I DON’T LIKE IT >:(

I've been thinking a lot about Euclydian biology lately, specifically in regards to pigmentation thanks to this awesome ask I got on a side blog, and wanted to illustrate some of the ideas I had. Super quick lazy sketches but hey, maybe some of you will dig this! Nerdy stuff under the cut, will make a bit more sense if you read the aforementioned post

Euclydians have a genetic predisposition towards a "resting" color (in Bill's case, yellow). The opposite of this state (full "flexing" of chromatophore-controlling muscles) is also predispositioned, which is what's seen in the threat display. This rapidly stimulates the individual's metabolism and gets their blood really pumping in preparation for conflict, but is also somewhat costly in terms of energy, so is typically only flashed rather than maintained as Bill does it

"Teeth-peeking" is the cute zoology term I came up with for when a Euclydian displays a couple teeth overtop their eye without fully switching into mouth-function, usually as a threat but sometimes a sort of stim when they're hungry

Communicative flashing ("Chromatic") has a few languages. The most primitive is Simplified Emotive which is a quick display of mood, while the most modern is Traditional Chromatic, wherein patterns of color serve as words. Words in Traditional Chromatic are not ciphers like they are in TBoB and there aren't always direct translations into English

There are a couple accepted ways for a naturally colorful Euclydian to signal an emotion or "syllable" that matches their color, typically either by a subtler change in value along the edges or by changing everything BUT the edges

It's probably worth noting that Chromatic of any variant is considered a secondary, uncommon language in modern Euclydian society. It's simply more efficient and easier for most to speak, though I think Simplified Emotive probably stems from the natural threat display and so it's more intuitive. It's not unheard of for someone's edges to flash "angry/surprised" (◼) for a second if you bump into them on the sidewalk

A memetic blush is a learned behaviour in which individuals appear to fluster by a reddish shift in color along the face, edges and vertices. This might just be something Bill (or hypothetically other Euclydians who come into contact with humans) does I'm not sure yet but it's cute so

Given the body needs to conserve more energy when fighting illness, it's not uncommon for chromatophore muscles to weaken or spasm in order to lessen metabolic strain, giving the individual a patchy look that often reveals the naturally white skin below the chromatophore layer

When rigor mortis occurs in a dead Euclydian, all the minute muscles in control of chromatophore dilation contract all at once, rendering the entire body white. Because of this, white is considered a bit of a grim color in Euclydian culture; you know emos are wearing all-white instead of all-black

Conversely, a perfect, non-tinted grey is a regal shade because it's seen as a sign of fitness and strength. Maintaining a neutral grey requires very precise control over one's chromatophores to get the balance right and hold it there

Euclydians are capable of training the muscles that control their chromatophores like any other, and as a result can change their resting color with enough discipline! They can also use this technique to give themselves markings. Haven't decided the cultural implications of this entirely, but I think the idea of someone training themselves to match their threat display so nobody can tell when they're angry, for example, is a cool idea. Possibilities!

Forgot to post again lol, this one’s a trade with my buddy Jam featuring their absolutely adorable sweet baby boy Miles! Lots of fun with this one :D You can totally tell I got lazy near the end though bahaha. Nonetheless I enjoy this piece a lot and I hope you do as well!

Happy Valentine's Day! Have more of the immortal triangle crack ship. I like to think that YV is just a genuinely nice guy to his loved ones and Bill doesn't at all deserve him. I've got a lot of headcanons actually feel free to send me an ask if you wanna know more or have any burning questions ;) ;) ;)

And yes that is the actual surface of Venus. I think it's beautiful and Bill needs to stop drinking so much haterade 🙄

Pine Tree | Speedpaint

Quick piece from November 2019! Posting now because I’m planning on continuing this format; Mabel is next and will be way more refined. :D

Variants and some extra insight under the cut!

“Been really inspired lately by those huge Waldo-esque pieces where you could spend hours looking at all the tiny details, and while this isn't totally on the level of those it was still a lot of work! Been trying some new rendering techniques and having a lot of fun with them, though they clearly still need some polish, lol. Not my best technique-wise but I think it's a lot of fun and I enjoy it a lot! I hope you like it, too. If you do, lemme know -- who's your favorite Dip? Will definitely be working on ones for the rest of the Pines! Perhaps all the symbols, even? Who knows?” ~ Original description

Blue variant

Blue w/ background (originally so I could use it as a phone wallpaper lol)

I made this in five minutes in a voice call and was laughing to myself like an idiot the entire time

WAHHH WHAT !! Oh my gosh I'm over the moon rn this is so incredibly sweet, my day has been made five times over!

I absolutely love your interpretation of my sona, she looks like a batty berry bush I so totally want a plushie that looks exactly like this, holding gentle in my hands 🥺🥺🥺

Your character is insanely cute too I'm SUCH a sucker for silly cats, perfect animal tbh and SUCH A COOL AND CREATIVE DESIGN LIKE?? Too adorable !!

I really love your art, you inspire me right back (fantastic awesome colors, gorgeous linework and MMMM HALFTONE YUMMY) and it means the world to me that you like mine too! Thank you so so much for the kind words, the lovely art and the much-needed smile; you are the absolute sweetest. Much love!!

OMG OMG-

So if you don’t know who @chiiroptereh is, well okay-

BUT, they are one of my biggest art idols, and ONLY until yesterday I found out that they were FOLLOWING ME-

Bless your heart and your art chiiroptereh for liking my shitty little art style! :]

Another resource for animal artists

So I have just discovered the absolutely incredible digital library of skull scans. These scans include not only images of bones (mainly skulls) but 3D MODELS THAT YOU CAN VIEW IN-BROWSER!

For example, come rotate my cranium here!

Keep in mind that you need to have the scientific name of the species you’re looking for in order to search for it, but that information’s only a Wikipedia page away.

Definitely gonna be doing some studies with this baby!

MAN that was a workout but I wanted to draw every character at least once if not just for future reference! I've got like 3,000 hours on this game over the course of eight years and I think I may be playing it for the rest of my life

Think I might make a portrait mod 🤔

Shoutout to my friends for helping me through my eye style crisis

Chiroptera Visual Database

Hi there! A couple years back I compiled a massive folder of all the bat species in the world* in photographs for quick visual reference. I feel I should share it in hopes that it can help someone like it has me and save them a lot of time looking up ambiguous search terms such as "bat species" or trying to find photographs of obscure ones.

CLICK HERE!

This database contains:

Sub-folders labelled after families (vesper bats, megabats, etc.) for easier sorting

A-Z sorted photographs of all the documented species in the world*

A little text document telling of the best places to find more photographs and/or info about the species

Photographs include professional-grade shots, scientific illustrations, fieldwork photographs, headshots, wingspans, skeletons, skulls, foot details, and comparison shots between species

All files are downloadable, including the folder itself which you can get as a .zip

Some of these photographs are very obscure and needed to be dug out of the farthest corners of the ‘net. This was a passion project of mine in order to give myself an easy-to-access art resource to better understand these animals and their incredible diversity. I hope you can find some use of this, as well!

Enjoy, bat nerds! If there's anything wrong, please don't hesitate to contact me. I've worked like crazy to put this together and I want only the best for it!

Quick disclaimer:

Nothing here belongs to me, all of these images were found using Google Images and this is meant to be nothing more than a database/directory for anatomical reference. If you plan on reusing them, please reverse image search the original image and ask for permission from the rightful owner(s) as necessary. Photography is an art just like anything else, and it ain't cool to steal! Thank you. <3

*Some species have only been documented in writing and therefore do not have readily-available photographs of them on the internet. This database was compiled by going through the list of documented species and finding photographs of them when I could; there are even more species than those listed in this folder!

My finished entry for the CoS thumbnail contest! Oh man I worked my ass off on this, made half a piece (poll winner; #7) and then decided I didn't like it and went with my personal favorite. Churned this baby out in about four days which is quite the speedrun for me.

There are a ton of super gorgeous entries so I don't expect to win, but I think I have a pretty decent chance! Either way I hope you enjoy it! :]c Happy recode release week!! I am beyond hyped fr