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PeteriDish β Alien Sketch Dump 1
Published: 2013-10-16 16:48:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 718; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 4
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I started uploading these individually, but then I decided to upload them as sketch dumps.More to follow, various head designs and body plans.
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I like the low-right corner Β head the most
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Just like vertebrates on earth are 4-limbed except for a few exceptions, most of the fauna on this planet is 6-limbed. there are going to be snake-like forms and 4- and 2-legged creatures too, but that will be a result of limbs turning into vestiges until disappearing completely.
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These are really good designs. 
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Just one question, are the fliers still around?
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hopefully they don't end up too different O.O I kinda came up with these: palaeorigamipete.deviantart.co⦠but there are gonna be more fliers, gliders and parachuters
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Nice to see some aliens from you again!
I really like tham all
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Thank you! more to come in a little while! These are really just random sketches, especially the heads, they aren't compatible with each other XD
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You're welcome
The centaur-like body could work really well for sentient aliens...
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I'm sure it would! but if you're familiar with Affex (here on DA), that idea has been used there already, and I don't want to look like a copycat
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That's true
centaurism is the most logical form for a sapient hexapod though
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True. the only other option are maybe some mouthparts becoming manipulatory organs?
I am actually still troubled by the familiarity of my concepts, I am constraining myself with what I know about biomechanics and I keep producing very familiar-looking (in my opinion) aliens as a result. I wonder if it is a good thing or a bad thing, but somehow I feel like I really should try a completely different anatomy that just looks alien and put biomechanics on a lower place on my list of priorities. I don't feel like putting an extra pair of legs and eyes on my creatures really does the trick... I don't know... XD
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Yeah, they could have lip-derived manipulatory organs
I used to focus a lot on biomechanics too. I was really concerned that my aliens might not make sense anatomically so I just designed familiar creatures.
With Aurora I didnβt care about biomechanics and just made them look however I wanted. I reckon that this made them look more alien and not as familiar.Β I recommend forgetting all you know about biomechanics and just give your aliens whatever shape you want.Β
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My favorite one is the lower right hand corner one. The one crossed with what appears to be a frog and a dolphin ^_^
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