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Asprea; Introduction to my world
Topic Started: Feb 16 2009, 01:54 AM (5,582 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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zypher	Feb 20 2009, 11:09 PM Post #76
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...	if you're interested, I could make a ton of 'alien' looking lifeforms to enrich the enviornment... eyeless of course! and then I am also fairly skilled at drawing terran decendants... if I find the time, I'd love to help! just tell me what ya need.
	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 21 2009, 01:34 AM Post #77
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'.	Relatives of my Mrachi would be cool to see! I have an older design of my Skraa here if you wish to see just how far the spectrum of the species actually goes. You can also see the dead body of a Parialex in that picture (with red blood because I was stupid and forgot everything has blue blood >_<). Yay foodchain! 8D Perhaps later on tonight I'll add a list of creatures and small descriptions to help show the diversity of Asprea without having to go through all the effort of drawing each and every one of them out before revealing them :P



zypher	Feb 21 2009, 10:00 AM Post #78
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...	ooohhh!!! a six limbed vertebrate!!! haha, the red blood seems fitting though... okay, I shall draw some mrachi then... anything else? like I said, I am sorta capeable of drawing earth like anibals... sorta...
	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>


Viergacht	Feb 21 2009, 02:50 PM Post #79
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.	Yeah, I think a list of some of the varities would be good - I can't draw nearly fast enough myself.



zypher	Feb 21 2009, 11:14 PM Post #80
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...	here are two subspecies! http://zypherax.deviantart.com/art/Asprea-concepts-113712566 think they'll work?
	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 22 2009, 03:36 AM Post #81
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 - The Skraa is probably going to lose two of its six limbs because I figure if evolution didn't see a reason to give vertebrates more than four legs, why would it start even 200 million years in the future? And everything and anything you can think of! I'm only one person, and I love seeing other peoples concepts for my world :) And those Mrachi subspecies are awesome <3 @ Viergacht - I hear you! Alright, I'll put a list of all the creatures I can think of from Asprea :) Later tonight. Because I'm a procrastinator ^^;



zypher	Feb 22 2009, 08:19 AM Post #82
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...	haha, I procrastinate quite allot too! yea, the six limbs seemed rather improbable, unless it evolved from an insect that moved it's exoskeleton to the inside of it's body... well in that case, this may work for aprea as well! http://zypherax.deviantart.com/art/Quadropedal-beast-113712035 I haven't named it or given it any info. that's up to you.
	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 22 2009, 08:29 AM Post #83
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'.	Ooooh, it looks like another creature idea I've been tossing around. It looked basically like that, minus the chin spike, except the 'horn' on its head was actually a balloon it could inflate and it had a trunk with three grasping 'fingers' on the end, and it had a much shorter tail and where the spikes are above the hips on your creature it had two broad round ones that extended to either side of its body and made in between its hips a kind of dish. Oh, and it had eyes, of course x3 But seriously, body and head shape are the same, and its even got the same feet I gave mine! :O



zypher	Feb 22 2009, 08:53 AM Post #84
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...	wow, that's weird! mabey they could be relatives?
	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 22 2009, 09:01 AM Post #85
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'.	Good thinking ;) The one you did looks very carnivorous, and mine was to herbivorous, so yours could be the meat-eating member of the family :)



zypher	Feb 22 2009, 09:20 AM Post #86
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...	or he could be an overly agressive herbivore... using his chin spike to battle rival males furing mateing season... feamale dosen't have the chin spike.
	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 22 2009, 10:17 AM Post #87
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'.	That would work too! Like a moose. I'd rather run into a cougar than a fucking moose!



zypher	Feb 22 2009, 12:19 PM Post #88
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...	yea, I saw a bull moose walk by my camp site in maine once, the thing was HUGE! luckily though, he didn't see me.
	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>


Viergacht	Feb 22 2009, 01:31 PM Post #89
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.	Ooo, I want to see this balloon-headed critter.



zypher	Feb 22 2009, 04:54 PM Post #90
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...	as would I!
	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>


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