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Asprea; Introduction to my world
Topic Started: Feb 16 2009, 01:54 AM (5,583 Views)
BaliTiger23	Feb 16 2009, 01:54 AM Post #1
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	So Asprea is some 200 million years into the future, with the continents once again rejoining to create a single massive supercontinent (Called Pangea Ultima by scientists). There has been at least two mass extinctions from now until then, though I haven't truly thought out the reasons behind these yet. Either way, almost all life now is unrecognizable from the earth as we know it. The animals have no obvious ancestors as the extinctions (whatever they were) left nothing but the smallest of the small alive. One of the extinctions nearly cleaned out the oceans for a couple million years and while sanitary drinking water is once again available there are still a few locations that are horribly irradiated. Also, the oxygen is very, very high and nearly all animals have so called blue blood. Rather than their blood containing hemoglobin (which is what makes blood red) it instead contains hemocyanin, which is most commonly found in molluscs and anthropods in the present time. This is because hemocyanin doesn't bind properly with oxygen and so offers only 1/4 of the oxygen hemoglobin does. However, due to the extremely high oxygen levels, animals have evolved with the hemocyanin protein instead because that high of an oxygen concentration would otherwise make life other than molluscs and anthropods impossible. Because of the two great extinctions and the long period of time from now until then, the evolutionary ancestors of the animals alive in Asprea some 200 million years into the future are unknown. That and the sentient race alive in Asprea has no idea homo sapien sapiens ever existed, as all existence of them has been wiped out or obliterated into something unrecognizable. After all, it has been over 200 million years and they aren't exactly interested in paleontology as they are still a fairly new and primitive race. New animals have evolved to fill the niches, and the variety and new evolutionary paths are astounding. That's the very basics, and more will be revealed once I get home to my scanner, but enjoy this small peek so far :) Edited by BaliTiger23, Feb 16 2009, 01:55 AM.

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BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 09:31 AM Post #61
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	zypher Feb 20 2009, 09:28 AM haha, a porcupine with horns like a rinocerous... that's great! the hump on it's back reminds me of one of my alien designs, but on my alien, the hump is used to emmit sonar pings, like a dolphin's mellon. That's rather creative! I don't think I've ever heard of anything like that before, well done! And the Darou's hump is to keep it cool in the hot, humid weather seeing as how they have that long shaggy fur >_o



lamna	Feb 20 2009, 09:49 AM Post #62
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	It's not to keep it upright when it floats upside down in the water?
	Living Fossils Fósseis Vibos: Reserva Natural 34 MYH, 4 tonne dinosaur. T.Neo Are nipples or genitals necessary, lamna? [flash=500,450] Video Magic! [/flash]


zypher	Feb 20 2009, 10:08 AM Post #63
Adolescent Posts: 160 Group: Members Member #117 Joined: Jan 1, 2009 Nationality: I hail from the country that was once great, but is now very behind i the space race. Favorite Quote: life cannot exist where it can't... unless it can...	yes, a cooling system would be much needed with that coat.
	because there are an infinite number of alternate realities, withen them an infinite ammount of infinite things are possible... infinitly. two samples of my artwork http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/zaraquexon/img016-1.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/zaraquexon/img018.jpg <embed width="384" height="206" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" src="http://www.spore.com/flash/csa_widget.swf?userid=2263016807&username=zaraquex&host=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spore.com%2Fview%2Fuser-thumbnail" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="showall" name="latest-creatures" /></embed>


Sauroid	Feb 20 2009, 10:14 AM Post #64
Birdasaurus Rex Posts: 21 Group: Members Member #121 Joined: Jan 5, 2009 Nationality: British Favorite Quote: I brush with death so often I should start giving him high fives when I pass	Any Large, Flightless, Avian Predators?
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BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 10:25 AM Post #65
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	@ Ianma - What? xD Totally over my head man. But no, they don't :P @ Zypher - Exactly :) @ Sauroid - Yes, actually, but I haven't sketched it up yet. I have its smaller herbivorous cousin sketched up, so maybe I'll do it after that ;)



Sauroid	Feb 20 2009, 10:34 AM Post #66
Birdasaurus Rex Posts: 21 Group: Members Member #121 Joined: Jan 5, 2009 Nationality: British Favorite Quote: I brush with death so often I should start giving him high fives when I pass	Will they be reminiscent to Terror Birds?
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BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 10:37 AM Post #67
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Ah, you mean the prehistoric predatory birds. No, unfortunately this one doesn't, though I have another one that's close but its a little too slender and showy to really be categorized as a Terror Bird. However, I do plan on subspecies and such being made once I have some basic families to work from, so a Terror Bird can definitely be fit in :)



BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 10:58 AM Post #68
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Cyant Information coming soon... Edited by BaliTiger23, Mar 25 2009, 09:55 AM.



BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 11:01 AM Post #69
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Mrachi Information coming soon... Edited by BaliTiger23, Mar 25 2009, 09:55 AM.



lamna	Feb 20 2009, 12:48 PM Post #70
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Now that is the kind of thing you need. They look pretty interesting
	Living Fossils Fósseis Vibos: Reserva Natural 34 MYH, 4 tonne dinosaur. T.Neo Are nipples or genitals necessary, lamna? [flash=500,450] Video Magic! [/flash]


ATEK Azul	Feb 20 2009, 01:13 PM Post #71
Transhuman Posts: 2,416 Group: Members Member #81 Joined: Sep 20, 2008 Gender: Private Nationality: usa	these are awsome i like the wyvern one alot i hope you get some info soon i really want too know more especialy about the ancestors. please post info soon! i am loving your other creatures too.
	I am dyslexic, please ignore the typo's!


zypher	Feb 20 2009, 05:15 PM Post #72
Adolescent Posts: 160 Group: Members Member #117 Joined: Jan 1, 2009 Nationality: I hail from the country that was once great, but is now very behind i the space race. Favorite Quote: life cannot exist where it can't... unless it can...	YAY! I love eyeless critters! the first one looks rather like a squrill, but the eyelsee one looks much more like something I would expect 200 million years in the future. although... still not quite... the eyeless one would make a very cool monopod... but I'm guessing it's bipedal even though only one leg is drawn? I love monopods.
	because there are an infinite number of alternate realities, withen them an infinite ammount of infinite things are possible... infinitly. two samples of my artwork http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/zaraquexon/img016-1.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/zaraquexon/img018.jpg <embed width="384" height="206" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" src="http://www.spore.com/flash/csa_widget.swf?userid=2263016807&username=zaraquex&host=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spore.com%2Fview%2Fuser-thumbnail" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="showall" name="latest-creatures" /></embed>


BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 07:34 PM Post #73
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	@ Iamna - They are, but I had to go to bed because I was so tired. Information will be done either tonight or tomorrow. @ ATEK Azul - Well the 'wyvern' one, as you call it, is (hopefully) going to have a surprising ancestor, but you'll just have to wait >3 @ Zypher - I noticed that the Cyant looked like some sort of demented squirrel after I finished drawing it as well! xD And the Mrachi does have two legs in the picture, the left one is just lying behind the first and because each leg only has two toes, of which the inner one is longer, it looks like its just got one three toed leg :P Still not good enough in the weird factor eh? Well just wait for the Skraa, because it's one of the weirder critters I've created and it's distantly related to the Mrachi, so more eyeless love ;)



Viergacht	Feb 20 2009, 07:43 PM Post #74
faceless fiend Posts: 411 Group: Members Member #126 Joined: Jan 20, 2009 Nationality: earthican Favorite Quote: More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.	Keep'em coming



BaliTiger23	Feb 20 2009, 07:56 PM Post #75
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Viergacht Feb 20 2009, 07:43 PM Keep'em coming :) I am, no worries! Just... I need a Fallout 3 break for tonight and I have a commission I'll be working on for the next few days, so other than information on the two that I already have pictures posted of, until I'm done my commission, and possibly a contest entry that's handing out cash prizes, no more for now :( But I am looking for ideas for subspecies and such, if anyone is interested in contributing ;)



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