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platypus12 [2017-10-04 21:42:50 +0000 UTC]
It's so nice to see someone design a silicon-based organism that isn't crystalline. I mean, is that sort of design even necessary? Silicon-based life might as well assume that carbon-based life like ourselves (I'm assuming) would be made out of diamond, just because it's crystalline in structure and just happens to be made out of carbon.
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to platypus12 [2017-10-10 08:15:39 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, that was kinda my thought process too...
I still gave it some angular elements as a bit of a nod to the crystalline elements and to kinda hit home the point that they are more like biological machines rather than the kind of life we are used to.
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platypus12 In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2017-10-20 17:54:40 +0000 UTC]
Biological machine? Well, the tentacles look more biological than mechanical.
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to platypus12 [2017-10-22 11:44:23 +0000 UTC]
I meant more in their internal anatomy with nervous system resembling electrical grids and stuff like that
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platypus12 In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2017-10-24 22:45:38 +0000 UTC]
Ah. Yeah, that's definitely quite mechanical-like.
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Arcturus94-j [2016-04-01 18:00:09 +0000 UTC]
These aliens of yours are awesome (my favorites have to be the Hchrrm, the Gnyogshotha, and the Hedron).
I too am a fan of non-carbon based life (although, I recently became a bit skeptical about this concept, though no enough to stop making deviations about such things in the future).
In your opinion just what kind of weird forms of life could exist in the universe (also will you make more non-carbon based aliens)?
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Transapient [2015-05-18 18:38:32 +0000 UTC]
Lots of cool stuff here too! Man, I gotta start checking this stuff out again. Anywho, I love the concept of the Hedron. Their both quite exotic, and adorable!
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to Transapient [2015-05-21 13:54:42 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
Yeah, I quite like the Hedra myself… I reckon they are the most alien out of them all
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Tektalox [2015-04-02 18:13:21 +0000 UTC]
I appreciate the other designs and concepts ( I like the head shape of the Hnaur) but the Hedron is the only one I can talk about beyond saying "Nice design!" or "Cool!".
I like how their geometrical shape gives them the impression of being made from sculpted and grinded metal. I like the Double-Mouth idea, having extra organs/parts make anything more freaky/otherworldly.
And tool using through electromagnetic fields is another favourite of mine. Who said that anything resembling hands must be needed in order to have tools?
And their home world reminds me of a certain move. What is your opinion about "Interstellar"?
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to Tektalox [2015-04-02 18:41:22 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much!
Well, humans tend to think that the human form is the perfect form for intelligent beings so they tend to depict aliens human-like. They do not understand that appearance and intelligence are not linked together...
These aliens are all still very familiar anyways… I am planning a picture with truly extraordinary aliens to show what different possibilities for life there are. I personally do believe that there could be life so drastically different from us that we could not even recognize it as life.
Yeah, I’ve been told that it is kinda Interstellar-y but it was mainly inspired by factual books…
I’m a big fan of the movie. I think it’s great. I really like how it brings astrophysical theories to life in an emotional story.
And I know that there are flaws that are often picked apart but I think that some scientific inaccuracies should not be so severely criticized in a movie that gets most other facts correct. (Especially not if it’s a scifi movie! People don’t criticize the fact that there is sound in space in Star Wars or Star Trek either)
I’m also a big fan of the non-humanoid robots
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Tektalox In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2015-04-02 19:07:29 +0000 UTC]
What extraordinary aliens are these, something Colour Out of Space-y?
There are something in "Interstellar" people can like or not. I personally is just tired of the "Power of Love"-trope, Amelia Brand´s praising speech about love felt just stupid. And I wished to see and learn a little bit more weird exoplanet-stuff (why are clouds on Mann´s Planet made of SOLID ice instead of PARTICLES of ice?). But I do appreciate the movie for trying to depict exotic geometry in freaky-looking but still somewhat comprehensible visuals (especially the singularity scene). And the robots are my favourites too.
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to Tektalox [2015-04-04 18:10:06 +0000 UTC]
I’m not familiar with that but I’m gonna guess that they are similar
Well I just interpreted that as one person desperately trying to see the one she loves again against all odds…
The fact that they didn’t explain anything about the exoplanets seemed pretty logical to me. It would only have take more time and it is of no importance to the plot… most people wouldn’t have cared for the explanation anyways…
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Tektalox In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2015-04-04 21:32:59 +0000 UTC]
So you haven´t read H. P. Lovecrafts "Colour Out of Space"? The eponymous entity is so off and unknowable that it can only be comparable to an unknown color that feeds on living creatures causing radiation poisoning. The story can be read here .
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to Tektalox [2015-04-05 12:49:05 +0000 UTC]
I have not… Might have to read it though, it sounds quite fascinating
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to nineslugsart [2015-03-31 22:14:48 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!
I already started exploring these themes in an older project that is currently dormant…. I am planning on reviving it though
But I firmly believe that if we ever stumble upon other lifeforms, we will not immediately recognize them. Their biochemistry, appearance and behavior could be so drastically different from what we know or expect that we can not perceive it as life… Maybe their biochemistry is so inconceivably different that we can’t even see them at all… Maybe they are not bound to the same laws and dimensions as we are… the possibilities could be endless...
Thanks again!
Yes, the Hnaur use their feet as hands… they inherited this trait from their arboreal ancestors.
The primary inspiration for the Hedra were Cambrian animals such as anomalocaris but their planet was inspired by a documentary I saw some years ago about exoplanets. I reckon it was from National Geographic, not sure though. I used to be a pretty big space nerd when I was younger. I read hundreds of books about space, different planets, black holes, quasars and so on… Like almost every kid, I wanted to be an astronaut but for me it was more than just a wish, I was intent on becoming one so I filled my brain with everything there was to know… When I found out I could never be an astronaut due to health reasons, I was devastated… I stopped reading about space then…
But even now when I look at the sky at night, I am overcome with this longing… as if I was meant to go… as if my real place was up there…
But anyways, long story short, my main inspiration were books
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to Sir-Conor [2015-03-31 22:16:09 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much!
I have got an older, now dormant project about life on different planets and under different circumstances that deals with these kinds of topics… I am planning on reviving it soon
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alpharaptor6 [2015-03-30 15:14:12 +0000 UTC]
love the different biochemistry!!
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to alpharaptor6 [2015-03-30 21:50:09 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
It’s something that’s not too often explored in exobiology so I thought I’d give it a shot
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alpharaptor6 In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2015-03-31 01:32:36 +0000 UTC]
I found a list of different biochemistry's ttp://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/alternative_forms_of_life. There some really weird ideas like life on the sun,neutron stars and brown dwarfs.
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juniorWoodchuck In reply to alpharaptor6 [2015-03-31 22:19:29 +0000 UTC]
That link does not lead anywhere… even when I add an h at the beginning...
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Ryan-Bowers [2015-03-30 14:01:18 +0000 UTC]
God sakes woodchuck stop being so awesome!
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Ryan-Bowers In reply to juniorWoodchuck [2015-03-30 22:05:40 +0000 UTC]
About The planet that prbits a black hole, such cool stuff andrea im upping my game and soon as i get home im doing a few sophonts inspired by the two masters you and transapient! I told you some time ago you two are my favourite artists and the list has grown, have you seen that guy/gal has some awesome stuff
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