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Published: 2016-08-13 23:54:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 586; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 1
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Sorry for all this crappy quality stuff I've been posting lately. Been fixing stuff up on Storm's world and I figured my girl Stygian needed an update. She's a mammal like reptile and her fur shines like fiber optics. Her species lives in caves and are the size of greyhounds. They use light to signal each other since no other animal in the cave systems where they hunt have eyes. The dewlaps on their necks are used to make deep booming calls which can travel several miles. This is used to attract mates.Related content
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That's a slimy tongue yo, you must have a good grip XD
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THIS
THIS CREATURE
I FREAKING ADORE ANYTHING REMOTELY EXTRATERRESTRIAL IN APPEARANCE...
Seriously though, this is an A+ creature design; looks feasable, something that could really exist and survive and EVOLVE.
Also. That head.
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I love her update, she looks soo much better than how she used to. I imagine her as being slightly translucent too. I tried to make her more believable and I am pretty happy with the turn out! I was hoping you would comment! I always love hearing your opinion on feasibility of critters!
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Hehehe, that would make quite a bit of sense! See the shadow of internal organs... lovely, lovely!
Only thing that makes me slightly uncertain is the long legs for a cave-dwelling creature; most caves tend to have lots of tight spots, and slippery ones too, so long legs might be prone to getting in the way, forcing her to bend down a lot... or, worse, could easily snap should she trip! ;D;
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Yes exactly!
Oooh good point, that could be an issue. I was thinking she might due a lot of wading in water where that might be helpful. Perhaps the cave system she lives in has deposits of silt and soft, not so great with bearing weight shtuff that might make longer legs a benefit rather than a hindrance!
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*nods* And the cave system would need to be large and deep enough for the likeliness of sighted animals dropping by being slim[she seems rather fragile, and if a predator would be able to see those clear flashes... welp] and enough food to sustain relatively large animals, by cave ecosystem standards.
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True true, though the fur is not always alight. Her species is omnivorous to make use of all the cave systems have to offer. They have those long tongues to pluck sleeping bats and insects from the roof of caves or rasp the little bit of plant life off the walls. Their defense against predators is too startle them with blinding flashes of light. People have been known to have epileptic seizures because of them. But they are very weak and make easy prey for anyone really. They don't have territorial battles or fights, everything they do is all show and heavily ritualized to avoid conflict.
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Tbh, I like your sketchy drawings <3
This concept is awesome! I love your concepts, you have such interesting ideas.
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Aww, I'm glad someone does XD I hate linearting concept art because it detracts from the gritty feel of the original idea and I don't want to lose that. Plus I'm just lazy XD
Thank you! Stygian is an old character of mine so it's nice to think about her again. Fun fact, her species is actually related to Bazzle's species, cave sprites, though gloomwalkers will eat cave sprites XD
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I agree completely 
Ooooh, interesting 
No problem!
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GAAAAAAAASPP!!! Thank you!!! That means so much to me ajkfjkasjkfakag
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