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Published: 2015-12-05 05:49:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 2867; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
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Description Finished my third 2 page spread and I have to say I'm really pleased with how this came out.

For some detail on what going on here, this is set on a cloudy planet that's in-between a super earth and a mini neptune.  Life formulated in the clouds and over billions of years evolved into enormous forms.  The ballon plants are among the most ancient lifeforms and the basis of the food chain on this planet.  They are not actually plants but colonies of photosynthetic bacteria that formed a symbiotic relationship with extremophiles on the planet's surface from which they anchor to and absorb nutrients from.  Whenever there is a strong storm these ballon plants burst and release spores that make up the majority of air plankton on the cloud level.  This acts as food for pods of whale-like floaters.  Their hydrogen filled air bladders provide lift and their rear thrusters provide gentle propulsion through the clouds.  The floaters are accompanied by (relatively) small flyers that ride the gentle push created by the floaters.  They also rest on the floaters bodies while feeding on skin parasites that latch on to them.  Any small flyer that strays to far from the pod is prey to larger flyers.  The rich and thicker atmosphere enable this flyers to stay aloft their entire lives.  Hidden just beneath the clouds is the apex predator of this cloud ecosystem, the sky Leviathan.  I do a singular pic of it and described it in detail in the near future.

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Comments: 8

isle8e2 [2015-12-05 23:10:04 +0000 UTC]

Just wow. I really enjoyed this; it's things like this you can take with you. Thanks for this

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TimeKratt [2015-12-05 10:39:19 +0000 UTC]

I have an idea for page 5. A jungle planet, except the trees aren't plants, but animals instead.

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Aliencon In reply to TimeKratt [2016-01-11 17:53:55 +0000 UTC]

I do have an idea for a "plantanimal" that I'm going to include in the book though I don't think it will be part of a jungle planet.

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TimeKratt In reply to Aliencon [2016-01-11 21:10:35 +0000 UTC]

Oh. Oases the idea off of Extraterrestrial on the National Geographic Channel.

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Fynn-Bernsteinwolf [2015-12-05 07:16:43 +0000 UTC]

This is so amazing! great work!
I really can imagine this scene as animation.

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Aliencon In reply to Fynn-Bernsteinwolf [2015-12-05 07:50:25 +0000 UTC]

It's funny that you say that because I'm finishing up a flash animated trailer for the picture book this is for right now.  It should be up either Sunday or Monday.

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Fynn-Bernsteinwolf In reply to Aliencon [2015-12-05 08:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh my I can't wait to see!

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Aliencon In reply to Fynn-Bernsteinwolf [2015-12-09 01:38:13 +0000 UTC]

I finished the trailer and can be viewed on my main page if you want to see it.  the file is too large to post in my gallery so it probably won't be seen by many people unfortunately.

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