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Fishing Weasel Kahydronby ~nemo-ramjet

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I've been exploring new drawing techniques for the new incarnation of Snaiad. A lot of stuff is getting overhauled, I plan to re-draw all organisms, and draw a lot of new species as well.

This means that if I'm to complete Snaiad before I die, I need to find a really time-efficient way of drawing these things. The current "digital line-art" technique you see here is all nice, but even that might be too time-consuming... the search goes on.

This is a small (80 cm from snout to legs, more with the tail,) Kahydron that dwells in mountain rivers. It's adapted to snatch "bugfish" from the water, and has big foot-claws to help it secure its catch.

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*OblivionJunkey94 Feb 11, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Another beauty from snaiad id like to know more about the world ;]

~AmnioticOef Feb 4, 2012

I had a bit of a shock when you first introduced this style for the Snaiad pictures. With time though, I've come to accept and even like it

~nemo-ramjet Feb 16, 2012

I'm still torn between different styles... I'm also considering Terryl-whitlatch style pencil outlines with color, just pencil, or machine-lines like these ones...

~AmnioticOef Feb 16, 2012

I think the machine lines combined with color would be awesome if you could manage it. If you have to choose between linework and color, however, I say choose color (and maybe backgrounds).

Of course it's up to you

~human-groveback Feb 25, 2011 Professional General Artist

I like the sleek design of the body of this creature. It looks like it can both dig & sprint. I'm also glad to know why I can't access Snaiad lately. I'm also thinking of doing a story about an American who moves to Snaiad. I'd like to hear what you think first, though. Lastly, it turns out Nectocaris IS a Cephalopod. The ORIGINAL cephalopod, in fact, according to this paper. The other paper stopped short of formally changing the classification.

~nemo-ramjet Jun 24, 2011

Wow, interesting paper.
I'd still be careful about labeling Cambrian fossils as definitive members of extant classes. In a lot of cases, there is simply not enough detail for a detailed analysis.

~human-groveback Jun 24, 2011 Professional General Artist

Still, the argument is compelling. What do you think of my story idea?

~nemo-ramjet Jun 27, 2011

Very nice story - I don't think an American would feel very out-of place on Snaiad, after all, it was settled by people who lived on a more-or-less globalized Earth. There would, however, be a plethora of slight cultural differences after three centuries of colonization.

In the Snaiad universe there is no faster-than-light transport. Travel between planets is very expensive, and takes longer than a lifetime. Star travelers freeze their body, and immortalize it via nanotreatment to withstand the journey. Even then, the trip and the therapy does weird things to your brain...

~human-groveback Jun 27, 2011 Professional General Artist

OK. Just so you know, in my ficverse, Poli is a lot like a Mediterranean-ized, 26^th century version of New York City. The main character is supposed to be a descendant of myself. He actually makes a working Infinite Improbability Drive.

~nemo-ramjet Jun 28, 2011

Looking forwards to reading it... if you loosen the "improbability drive" bit, I might actually canonize your story.

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