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Updating portfolio. Older version is in my scraps. Blender, Zbrush, Photoshop, CSP.
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Neepers are a genus of gryphonid distinct from gryphonidae in several key ways, most notably, their lack of a third pair of limbs and opposable thumbs.
This fawny neeper is perched on a white glasscherry cachobe tree- a silicon-metabolizer that produces glassy pink sophytosilicate flowers. In late autumn, the glassy outer petals close and seal off with a gummy elastomer, entrapping the flowers inside, effectively turning them into tiny little greenhouse bulbs. Over the winter months, cherry-like fruits will develop inside the flowers. The sealant expands and grows with the fruits which can become large as a man's fist. In spring, the gummy sealant degrades, exposing the fruit to fresh air which triggers them to drop to the ground whereupon they violently crack open, creating loud popping sounds that can reach 100 decibels; to many creatures, this is effectively a dinner bell. The sugary syrup and fragrant aromas attract all manner of wildlife, particularly gryphettes and neepers.
https://www.deviantart.com/bjpentec.....-Doc-859349107
Updating portfolio. Older version is in my scraps. Blender, Zbrush, Photoshop, CSP.
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Neepers are a genus of gryphonid distinct from gryphonidae in several key ways, most notably, their lack of a third pair of limbs and opposable thumbs.
This fawny neeper is perched on a white glasscherry cachobe tree- a silicon-metabolizer that produces glassy pink sophytosilicate flowers. In late autumn, the glassy outer petals close and seal off with a gummy elastomer, entrapping the flowers inside, effectively turning them into tiny little greenhouse bulbs. Over the winter months, cherry-like fruits will develop inside the flowers. The sealant expands and grows with the fruits which can become large as a man's fist. In spring, the gummy sealant degrades, exposing the fruit to fresh air which triggers them to drop to the ground whereupon they violently crack open, creating loud popping sounds that can reach 100 decibels; to many creatures, this is effectively a dinner bell. The sugary syrup and fragrant aromas attract all manner of wildlife, particularly gryphettes and neepers.
https://www.deviantart.com/bjpentec.....-Doc-859349107
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 900 x 680px
File Size 818 kB
Hmm. Aooarently, in some jurisdictions these creatures are protected. The State of Missouri has a Neeper Conservation Area, to protect the population in perpetuity.
Such a beautiful picture! I'd really love it if furry little birds with pointy ears like this existed in this world. And if froggy is present, he's well hidden. I couldn't even find all the other crazy characters you hide all around your pictures (other than a giant sperm with a head that looks like the bastard child of Jabba the Hutt and Mrs. Beakley from Duck Tales).
This was always one of my favourite pics of yours :) SO CUTE!!! <3 <3 <3
Back when I was doing photography at college, the original version of this is the one I used on my computer account as a desktop background, and someone thought it was a real photograph I'd done a bit of weird photoshoppery on.
They're THAT detailed! :D
Interesting stuff about the tree too. REALLY wanna live in your worlds, they sound much more fun than this one I'm living in now!
Back when I was doing photography at college, the original version of this is the one I used on my computer account as a desktop background, and someone thought it was a real photograph I'd done a bit of weird photoshoppery on.
They're THAT detailed! :D
Interesting stuff about the tree too. REALLY wanna live in your worlds, they sound much more fun than this one I'm living in now!
This is almost criminally cute XD
May I ask why the silicone secretions on the closed buds of the cahcobe (I like the name, BTW) tree? Is it a form of diatomaceous earth abrasive to deter native pests, perhaps?
Just super interesting (I imagine when they are popping open the local villages will stay away! 100db isn't comfortable XD) and thank you for stimulating the mind, as well as the heart and eyes =)
May I ask why the silicone secretions on the closed buds of the cahcobe (I like the name, BTW) tree? Is it a form of diatomaceous earth abrasive to deter native pests, perhaps?
Just super interesting (I imagine when they are popping open the local villages will stay away! 100db isn't comfortable XD) and thank you for stimulating the mind, as well as the heart and eyes =)
Firstly, thanks. ♥ Secondly........
That's actually a mistake. I definitely did not mean to write silicone there. I don't want to spoiler my story but I can say this; cachobes are in no way arbitrary. They are the way they are for a very particular reason and silicone would definitely not be a part of that reason because it persists in the environment and is basically a permanent pollutant. I meant to write "elastomer" and because I was talking about silicon-based compounds, my brain went "silicone!" That's a big ol nope right there. XD The elastomer would be a natural rubber that flexes as the fruit inside grows, expanding with it, up to the size of a man's fist.
As for the loud popping noises, yeah, that would be a bit uncomfortable for anyone nearby (possibly even a bit pants-shitting XD), though, on the upside, it does alert people that there is fresh, sugary fruit available so to many creatures, it's pretty much a dinner bell.
I'm glad you noticed that and commented on it. 8D
That's actually a mistake. I definitely did not mean to write silicone there. I don't want to spoiler my story but I can say this; cachobes are in no way arbitrary. They are the way they are for a very particular reason and silicone would definitely not be a part of that reason because it persists in the environment and is basically a permanent pollutant. I meant to write "elastomer" and because I was talking about silicon-based compounds, my brain went "silicone!" That's a big ol nope right there. XD The elastomer would be a natural rubber that flexes as the fruit inside grows, expanding with it, up to the size of a man's fist.
As for the loud popping noises, yeah, that would be a bit uncomfortable for anyone nearby (possibly even a bit pants-shitting XD), though, on the upside, it does alert people that there is fresh, sugary fruit available so to many creatures, it's pretty much a dinner bell.
I'm glad you noticed that and commented on it. 8D
Oh my gosh! Good point! I imagined a nearby village, hearing pops off in the distance, and perhaps a young one saying to themselves after the first pop of the season, "did I just hear what I think I heard!" and their little spirits rising, hoping to taste the sweet food again, just like last season =)
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