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i still fucking love these armor and augmentation-concepts
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She still needs an indefinite treatment device for her schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a brain specific type of diabetes. A friend of mine stopped having episodes when he treated his diabetes holistically. Permanently fixing her blood sugar regulatory imbalance should be a piece of cake with her new pancreas.
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Interesting break down of the cybernetic augmentations!
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Is the [redacted] Organ attached to the spine?
But is also seems like it could replace most of your internals.Β
What is the [redacted] Organ??
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She is at least as human as Motoko Kusanagi. Both girls are basically robotic but still have a human brain.
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Assuming they kept her brain. Β She could have been remade into an psytronic organisms to kill her biological father.
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I love the level of thought and detail you put into this!
(PS are you familiar with Eclipse Phase?)
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Sadly, I'm not all that familiar with what is going on with the Transhuman culture as a whole. I know it exists, and there are quite a few blogs, games, stories, etc. out there... but most of what I explore is good old science fiction, combined with my own life experience.
I think that's sort of the best part about trans-humanism, in a way. Everyone's got their own perspective on how the future of society and technology might take us. Quite a bit of the Bright Future's current look and feel is heavily influenced by other artists here on deviantart, and in particular Khal941 , whose setting I actually split the timeline of into a divergent reality. I liked the concept of an ultra-advanced technological Scifi can come from a retro-80s Scifi setting.
I'll have to look a bit more into Eclipse Phase, it does look like it has some interesting art, at the very least.
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I'm not plugged into Transhuman culture either... I just was looking for sci-fi material for inspiration, mostly and got that RPG book! Eclipse Phase has a similar level of transhumanism, though, its put together differently, and now I see, your people are just a wee bit more advanced, what with Eclipse Phase being a few years into the future and (mostly) limited to the solar system! (I just reached for the first familiar thing in my head)
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Rulebooks are a thing I collect, even if I no longer have a group of people to play face to face.
I've enjoyed playing and reading the Dungeon and Dragons, Pathfinder, and the various Cthulhu mythos games, they are really great sources of inspiration indeed.
Heh, that is one thing I do want to make a little more obvious in my art, and not have to rely on people hunting down a non-existant wiki. I gotta convey just how advanced some elements are in the Bright Future setting. Each image I make, I get closer to that, I feel... but no artist is an island. Input and feedback from people are what keeps me going, and keeps the quality from sliding backwards.
To that end, I thank you for the scattered shotgun style barrage of conversation you and I have had today.
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hehe, you're welcome.
I collect rulebooks as well, to tell the truth, or have started to, A friend gave me some Shadowrun stuff..... and then I got FreeMarket (which yes, is really obscure but a shiny happy-go-lucky transhumanism), Eclipse Phase and Firefly RPG. I have a second-hand Werewolf the Apocalypse, which is a really well constructed setting (either they researched occult magic, or are just good at imagining logically).
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So does psi com also have these technologies, biotech, and nano tech?Β
By the way does psi comp have any civilian based government at all?
What is the population under the control of the post human civilization psi comp is from?
What is the population of the laughing swarm?
Sorry to bombard you with all these questions Im just really interested in this setting.
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The PsiComp is the group that established this dark program. All the research, tech, and other advancements directly feed back to them, and thus to humanity as a whole.
Civilian government, yes. Later on, after the nasty business of reuniting the scattered groups of human survivors is over with... These regional governments have oversight from PsiComp Authority, to ensure nothing goes wrong. The civilians in the higher political positions are typically hired into the PsiComp.
All the humans that 'currently' exist come from a small local star cluster of independent planets on the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, many thousands of light years distant from Earth/Sol. There is probably 6-10 planets that unified and escaped the Milky Way, a few billion humans, all together.
I don't have a name for the spoken language, but the written language is 'Sigil'. The spoken language at the time of the Laughing Swarm's story is not really a singular spoken language. Due to some tampering with events/entities beyond comprehension, it's changed into something quite different. It's more of a memetic/viral expression. Heard by any sentient mind, it's perfectly understandable to that individual. There are still some minor differences between a member of the Laughing Swarm speaking, and that of a native english speaker. The main difference is their shortened word pairs, and lack of contractions.
The strange effects of hearing this 'language' is described the the story attached here.
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No problem at all! I love explaining things, even if it takes a little while to collect my thoughts into something that actually makes sense, and matches what I've already established.
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Thanks I enjoy your art and the universe you have created around it.
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Very instructive.
I dig the internal replacements.
But I dont get the fusion reactor thing? It's a little implant into the body? Where is it located?
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Each of the 'detail inserts' are linked to the specific image. Organs to skeleton, the Dermal armor is to the body with skin, reactor to the bonesuit itself, and cooling organ to the heavier bonesuit.
Thanks for the interest.
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Oooh, okay! Thank you very much for your answer
You're welcome. I always liked your posthuman art/story.
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Now with dangerous levels of AWESOME! CAN YOUR BONES WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE?! (...if not, you might need to have that skeleton replaced. Call now, biomancers are standing by!)
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Cery cmuch cthank cyou!
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Most technical words escape me at the moment so I'll save myself some embarrassment i'll just keep it simple. The amount of detail you go into on this is superb, drawn and written. The outfits and effects are "10/10" and, along with your most recent stuff, is really a step up in terms of skill.Β
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Thanks RemorseC0de. I have to say the same is true of your own work too. It's awesome seeing your main gallery getting submissions, instead of hiding them all in the scrapbook. (No biggie though, I'm guilty of that too...)
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Awww I thought she was holding a big delicious cake!Β
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Mmm, delicious meat cake, with extra dermal armoring on top, just like the way Momma used to make it.
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I could wax long on the subject, but i suppose it boils down to a few points. Mainly, perception being the basis of consciousness. Experiencing the same things create common ideas and emotions that people can use to associate themselves together. There is both a structural component to this, and a theoretical one. Can she see in an expanded spectrum? How much sharper are her senses of smell and hearing? The theoretical or conceptual level is a bit messier. Β Certainly modern humans are not a great deal different anatomically from the earliest homo sapiens sapiens, but there is a huge divide in the ways we experience the world and internalize those experiences. The creation of writing is perhaps the first great shift. With memory offloaded to books, and thinking increasingly offloaded onto computers, the way we think about our own nature changes, which in turn changes our nature. Technologies like cybernetics and genetic manipulation, mostly unrealized today, offer the ability to bridge these realms. Β
I suppose to put it more succinctly, we are always changing and adapting. What makes us human is not any type of specific sensory capability or posture, but the ability to internalize complex concepts and change ourselves based on them, rather than blindly adapting to every short term event that occurs. El-Pha is perfectly human in my mind, in more ways than one! The difference is quantitative not qualitative.Β
Brilliant work as always.
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I couldn't put it better. Bravo!
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Well said indeed. I've kept this comment in my inbox for quite some time in order to attempt to think of a witty enough response. Sadly, even this long after reading it, I've got nothing worthy to say.
Nothing but thank you for such a well though out and detailed comment. I am content to share my mad scribblings to the world at large, with or without feedback. But it's comments like yours and others who take the time to dissect and analyze my works that truly make it a pleasure.
Thank you.
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Really neat work an concept. Who says you spent too much time on this? I dont think so
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Heheh, thanks. Some people do say silly things, I do try to ignore the majority of them though.
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Just keep going. You keep getting better and better. But anyway, there will always be people saying things like that. Thats just how it is. So, keep ignoring them
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Heh, perhaps. But I like to think it's all worth it in the end. The references I sketch all serve a purpose, be it fleshing out the technology, society, or otherwise. :]
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They're inside youuuuu!
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I must get it out!!! Aaaaah!!!
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Wait, what? Why would PsiComp even mess with an ambassador? Is it something like halo, where candidates are selected based on their genetic makeup and so forth?
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It might be something like that, but I dunno if there is a genetic index in their society. (Hm, maybe there might be one for security purposes? Like DNA fingerprints?)
The way I picture the events leading up to the kidnap authorization, is some sort of power play, to show who is truly in charge. The PsiComp pulls the strings of society, to ensure everything runs smoothly, in a subtle fashion. When some people start to threaten that smooth operation, actions must be taken.
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*whispers* Bene Gesserit... Bene Gesserit... Bene Gesserit...
I really like how PsiComp has that BG style. It's so cool I can compare the two, because your psiComp is like a modern take on the Bene Gesserit. I mean, you're the vanguard of today's concept in sci-fi, such as eugenism, symbiotic armors, posthumans, AI that are whole spaceships and giant artefacts... Things that Herbert couldn't really put into his work, or at least not the way you do it. So yeah, I'm really enjoying your stuff.
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Well that's a dick move, to say the least. But why be subtle about it--why not just do it outright? Accuse her family of some violation and confiscate their daughter as compensation, or something. But hey, this character is quickly becoming one of my favorites in your gallery. Is her ..condition.. unique? Are there other dark projects? (And I'm not too knowledgeable of the lore you've crafted for this universe. Is there any place where I can read up on it or anything?)
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So this right here is fantastic, it tells me a lot about the post-humanism going on here and I love the science involved.
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Thanks! I've wanted to draw the detailed internal structure of some of these characters for a long time (1.5 years or so, by now I think)... and it will just lead to more fun things in the future. I re-found my appreciation for those 'incredible cross-section' style illustrations when I was sketching this.
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So very, very pretty... I love it! 
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To tell the truth, the nano reactor is one of the more fantastical elements of my tech here. I've had the idea that Bonesuits were augmented by the reactors since pretty much day one. Their standard nutrient rich diet is good for the day to day operation, when low on nutrients they can either shift into a hibernation mode, or resort to using the reactors. The reactors are long term power supplies, with the fuel already included on the creation of each suit. Once the fuel is exhausted, the suit is most likely broken down, and regrown with new reactors, and any upgrades the biomancers have made in the interim 'months'.
That damn corruption gets everywhere. It's almost like the universe itself needs a patch and hotfix or two.
I always look forward to your post-human tech. You had some really good iterations of the crew, I'm halfway tempted to draw a few outfits for them actually.
The holographic AI here was actually my favorite iteration of her.
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I do think they need some hair though.
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While a straight 'plasma fusion' nano-reactor would most likely not in reality have the mass/energy density to survive the heat of it's own reaction, a catalyzed fusion reactor of some kind could. We don't have such a catalyst now, but saying "Because we don't understand this science right now, no future human ever will" has never been a winning proposition in the entire history of science. There are all sorts of awesome reactions that can be catalyzed by nano-assembled crystalline heavy metal matrices. Why not Zoidberg Fusion?
Yeah, the corruption can be annoying... but I'm sure Axbet has some ideas for universal patches!
I'm thinking I may just need to draw out some of my most recent ideas about post-human bodies (in the description, under "World Building")... some of it was stolen from you, in fact!
If you like that AI, then you'll love the interloper/protagonist that I've come up with for the newest iteration of the story. I took a cue from Terminator (the first two, the good ones) and decided that the tech the girl's bodies are built on (super-hard, super-strong, but ultimately static and breakable) would naturally be superseded by a highly adaptive, more fluid approach to creating advanced human-shaped bodies (but that's a plot point and spoiler of it's own!).
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