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@emilyart.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:51 PM

New dossier for Age of Monsters: Pulp featuring the fauna of Shangri-La.

#SpecEvo #SpeculativeEvolution #Cryptid #Fantasy #Diatryma #Sabertooth #SabertoothTiger #Mammoth #Yeti

Dossier of the four animals in each of the four corners of an old folded and torn map. Drawn and painted digitally by hand with a Wacom pen in Photoshop. Clockwise the animals are: Diatryma chasing something away from its bright blue eggs, a Sabertooth surprised by a young monkey on a branch, a mother and calf Mammoth in a grassy field with yellow flowers, and a Yeti peacefully collecting fruit from an offering bowl on a stone pedestal. Each species has stats reading:

Diatryma
Aka: Hammerbill
Origins: Agartha, Shangri-La
Size: 2 meters tall
Type: Bird

Sabertooth
Aka: Saber-toothed tiger, Saber-toothed cat
Origins: Agartha, Shangri-La
Size: 3 meters long
Type: Cat

Mammoth
Origins: Agartha, Shangri-La
Size: 4.5 meters tall
Type: Mammoth

Yeti
Aka: Abominable Snowman, Meh-teh
Origins: Himalayan Mountains
Size: 3 meters tall
Type: Ape

Each has flavor text that will not fit here and will be in the follow up close up images in a reply.

@alhilton.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 11:31 PM

On Kickstarter through Oct 22. Grab the first book, the new book, or the whole series of Hunters Unlucky.
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#HuntersUnlucky #xenofiction #SpecEvo #ProjectsWeLove #AnimalFantasy #IndieAuthor

“I am sorry, Lyndi…that I was a rat’s pizzle when I was six.”
“You could have been much worse.”
“That’s a ringing endorsement.”
“Yes, we’ll write it beside your name when you die. Halvery: he could have been much worse.”
--Thrive (Hunters Unlucky Book 6)

@riverraptor12.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:20 AM

New Art!

The hookfang boar, a piscivorous pig from the Hyne's Inheritance project!

#pig #boar #creaturedesign #specevo #speculativeevolution #specbio

The Eastern Riverlands refers to a large region of central Arion east to the Chrysa Ring and north of the Still Sea. Thousands of years ago, this expanse of low-lying grassland and fluvial plains became the first place to be colonized by the hyne. These horse people took residence in the dryer uplands where their preferred domesticated crops could grow. The sprawling rivers and wetlands between their hilltop villages are known as dangerous borderlands home to terribly large alligators, fish, and boar.

The hooktusk boar is a species of large piscivorous swine. Specialized to wade into shallow water and catch fish akin to a giant piggy heron, hooktusks actually pose little danger to the hyne. While taller and certainly capable of dispatching large prey, these boars have long narrow jaws with a weak bite strength meant to clasp down on fish. The eponymous hooked tusks prevent fish from slipping out forward while sharpened molars slice into scaly flesh. They could give a hyne a nasty bloody bite but are highly uninclined to do so. The dark pelt aids them in blending in at night, when they prefer to be active. Their large ears alert them to the faint splashing of fish below the water. All four of their toes tough the ground and are connected by webbing. They are poor swimmers so instead use this to prevent them from sinking into soft mud and silt. Long thin legs allow them to keep much of their body out of the water, appearing as thin trunks or branches to their prey.

This species lives in sprawling gregarious groups that remain amicable throughout the year. Mature boars will challenge one another for mating rights each autumn but this takes the form of bellowing oinks and flashing tusks. Rarely do they inflict it on one another, reserving it for their prey or the odd onlooker.

@nazrigar.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:09 PM

Beast Fables - Enteledont

A reward that doubles as something for Weretober! This fellow transforms into a speculative enteledont, one that is more sociable and herbivorous than say, Daeodon. Still armed with a nasty bite.

#weretober2026 #weretober #specevo #speculativeevolution

@wyrmholeonastring.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:29 AM

#peachtober #2dart #specevo My take on the Chimney prompt, heavily inspired by Barlowe's striders in Expedition, and second favorite creature design I've come up with over the past few years. More in alt-text

Violet pillars of chitin marched through the glacial field, absorbing any water and nutrients they could filter through the many esophageal intakes of their feet as lichen-rich ice bent and cracked to each step. The heat generated within their thick-shelled bodies set aflame all caloric intake for digestion, spewing out plumes of thick, grey-black smoke from dorsal chimneys as waste removal. Birds flocked on and around them, filter feeding off the detritus within the ash as Sparrow-tails gathered below to take advantage of the ambient heat.

There are technical aspects I think I could've done better here - especially regarding the smoke's rendering - but overall I really enjoyed creating this piece and am so glad I was pushed into continuing my trend of trying to really think outside of the box, coming up with an absolutely massive animal that has literal chimneys on its back. I had originally thought of doing a more mundane piece centered on something I had seen regularly on my way to and from work, but this is so much more satisfying to me.

I also fully admit that this is heavily inspired by the work of Wayne Barlowe and his wonderful book Expedition. Those familiar will instantly catch what I'm referencing with this piece, and he has greatly informed my sense of creature design over the past few years.

Musically I'm not really sure on this one. Normally I can sit down with a piece, find some music for it and go "Yes, this is the music that matches what I'm aiming for!" But I just really *couldn't* here. However, since it became a tradition in my personal circles to always recommend some music with each challenge piece, I will do so anyway by pointing you to one of my all time favorite dungeon/dino synth albums: Slow and Heavy Tyrannic edition by Diplodocus. Its vibes are superb and late 90s sense of documentary music editing is quite lovely.

@riverraptor12.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:53 PM

I know I keep mention pentaradial symmetry lately but truely my true love in alien sophont design is secondarily bilateral symmetry as seen with my tri-flyer and starfawn.

#alien #aliens #specevo #specbio #creaturedesign

@ranikattanik.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 3:46 PM

A forest dragon about to eat some fruit.

#art #dinosaur #specevo #oc #dragon #fruit

@zekecosmicrejects.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:06 PM

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#monsterhunterwilds #highrank #wudwuds #monsterhunter #monhun #specbio #specevo #classicalscifi #julesverne #actionrpg #ps5 #openworld #letsplay

@ranikattanik.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 4:06 PM

Another big lizard wip!

#art #dinosaur #dragon #drawing #specevo

@stony2000.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:58 PM

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The tortustestan, a nautilus-like denizen of Xutone’s oceans!

#speculativeevolution #specevo

@nazrigar.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 4:18 PM

A collection of some glimpses into the future off my post-apocalypse worldbuilding project, No Man's Land.

By this time most of the remains of human civilization has been swallowed up, but the legacy we humans have via animal life is now naturalized.

#specevo #speculativeevolution

@akulathedumbass.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:21 AM

Paleoverse Posters (Chapter 2 of the prophecy, which involves Spec Evo)

The Night Stalker & The Mega Squid

#paleoverse #specevo #thefutureiswild #afterman #primeval #deltarune #spamton #queen #paleomedia

@riverraptor12.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:16 AM

New Art!

The Chrysa Captor, a species of large burrowing cat that lives alongside the hyne.

#specevo #speculativeevolution #specbio #cat #feline #creatureart

Captors, a cosmopolitan genus of large cat, have claimed a position as one of Demeter's apex predators 15 million years hence. One of the many diverse descendants of feral cats that once provided pest control upon the agricultural colony, captors are highly specialized ambushers. A low, long body and short powerful bodies allow them to remain close the ground, sometimes exemplified by their tendancy to dig. Most species of captors dig out complex burrows. While solitary hunters, it isn't uncommon for captors to live in small clans and rear kits together. A main chamber provides protection for the young, generally cared for by a revolving door of their mothers, aunts, etc. And long tunnels radiate outward across the territory, exiting out towards common areas where prey are known to pass through like along watering holes, rivers, and plentiful grazing ground. Males and a small percentage of females will disperse from their natal groups to join or form new clans on productive territory.

To facilitate this digging lifestyle, captors have distinctive forepaws. All their claws are large and non-retractable, more like bears. On the forepaw, three are weightbaring while two are held aloft and feature giant semi-opposable sickles used to restrain prey while delivering a quick bite to their prey's cervical spine, paralyzing it. Prominent whiskers and a wide nose allow captors to navigate underground.

@averycoraline.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 6:09 AM

More abominations! My sweet space children grace your timeline. #speculativeevolution #specevo

@nazrigar.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 4:55 PM

A quick piece of fanart for TheVividen's recent SpecEvo series, the Drakozoic age. Here, a psuedosuchian named Glaurungsuchus stands his ground against a Tyrannodiabolus arriving from the North.

#specevo #speculativeevolution #spectember #spectember2026