#543 - #544 - #545. As Venipede evolves, its carapace becomes a dull cocoon as its insides liquify, and if anything tries to break it, it'll stab them aggressively until dead. It regains its lustrous carapace after evolving and becomes docile, giving rides to smaller pokΓ©mon and humans it meets.
Sponsored by @madsk3tch. Design process under read more.
I had a pretty solid idea for scolipede itself: Make it more buggy, reference centipede anatomy, but keep its horse whimsy. I did many study of centipede faces and anatomy to figure out how to place their antennae and ultimate legs (thats what the final pair of legs that look like antennae on the end of centipedes is named!). I wanted to keep some of the horn shapes, and also have the tail look like a false head like it does in many centipedes.
The weird eye shape of these guys is referencing the ocelli of centipedes: forming compound eyes. The spikes are actually referencing a milipede instead of a centipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, who have big pink spikes. The empty spot is meant to look like a little saddle :) and the difference in color is because i think bright green feels more toxic paired with red than the greyish purple the canon one has.
venipede was easy, adapting the canon simplicity and then just adding some centipede anatomy like the antennae below the carapace.
whirlipede however, was pretty annoying. I didnt know what to do with it! i didnt want to just make a wheel but didnt want for it to just look like a venipede curled up. i decided to go the cocoon route: the carapace is protecting the goo inside. centipede dont go through cocoon phases but shhh. made it dull to keep its unique color from the rest of the line that the canon one has.
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Ratoo!! I'm really trying to do as many of these I can. Also if Ratoo is a rat why are his ears so big and pointy? It's kinda silly but I do love his little heart cult β€οΈ
If anyone, at all, can match even a 10th of my donation, I'd consider it a massive christmas gift.
Please, help my friend Mohammed. His family is cold, and hungry.
It would mean a great deal to me.
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here's my wonderful isopod child, handcrafted in leather
"All who worship and feed me, the great snake, Cobraia. Shall never know the plight of hunger themselves."
I've had the idea for a Cult of the Lamb 2 for awhile.
Cult of the Lamb 2: Missionary Journey
In it the Lamb decides to travel to reaches beyond the Lands of the Old Faith. Finding other gods to face and more followers to recruit. But they cannot do it entirely themselves. As there is still the main part of their cult to run. The Lamb recruits local, fellow bovine followers. Each gifted with a copy given crown, allowing them to wield vessel powers of their own. Their strength only able to grow by their own, and others' growing devotion to the Lamb. Able to call upon the Lamb should they need them. The Lamb's missionaries spread the gospel of the Lamb across the lands beyond. Facing vengeful gods of their own, who will not take the Lamb engrossing on their territory and devotion without a fight.
Cobraia is the God of Gluttony and ruler of the desert known as the Sweltersands. She is an all consuming entity, her hunger never to be satisficed. Those who chose to serve her and swear their devotion, she promises an everlasting fast. Cobraia consumes her followers hunger, she eats their fill. Many of her followers have gone their entire lives without ever starving. To which they worship faithfully, believing she truly spares them a great plight. Cobraia hungers not just for sustenance, but for more power and devotion. Cobraia is very cunning and is a sly serpent in making bargains. Seeing through the eyes of all snakes in the world, She new the Bishops of the Old Faith would fall. She however agreed to devour the lambs of her land in contingency gain their favor. But Cobraia also keep something from them, to make a pact with The One Who Waits. However things did not go as anticipated. How was she to know The One Who Wait's liberation would be as a mortal to instead follow his promised liberator. Though Cobraia can still use her secret bargaining chip against the Lamb as well. Soon she will consume the red crown and absorb its power. The Lamb dare not face her, surely they'd surrender to her. Knowing in the great snake's possession, was what the Lamb wanted most of all.
Truthfully any who worshipped Cobraia would have nothing to fear from Heket. Cobraia always thought amphibians were inferior to reptiles.
Cobraia is known by many names. The God of Gluttony, the All Consumer, The Great Snake or Serpent, Saltan of the Sweltersands, Desert Deity, and the Great Devourer(Yes, I did that one of purpose).
TRICK OR TREAT! Mind giving me some sweets?
please accept this 30 min halloween comic as a treat lol
I think the dream I had regarding mouthwashing last night will haunt me for awhile ππ
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@snagleteeth submitted: Pretty sure this is a sweet potato armyworm that I raised up after finding it in the dirt of my tomato plant cus I was worried it got sprayed with pesticides after the pest guys came. Luckily it made it to adulthood and I got to release it :) very sleepy dude who didn't like me very much π from Houston TX!
Bonus pink katydid from New Orleans aquarium! At the time the guy showing us said that they didn't know what gene made them pink at the time, but maybe they know now :D
Looks like one of the Spodoptera armyworm moths but there are a bunch of them in your area that look similar. A yellow-striped armyworm moth might be more likely. Either way, glad they made it to adulthood!
PINK DUDE. 10/10. Idk anything about genes I just know it's called erythrism.
Fire OC portait painting for @ocularguts !!! Extremely fun to paint!! Photoshop // ~3 hrs I am still open for $100 character portraits like this guy if you want one! Fast turn around at the moment. Email me at cbsorge @ gmail :) I want to paint more "weird material" OCs sooooo bad please please please please please