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| Topic Started: Apr 9 2016, 06:13 PM (713 Views) | |
| Dapper Man | Apr 9 2016, 06:13 PM Post #1 |
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Most people think we'd go out with a bang, and take that to two meanings. We like to think that Earths only sentient species would die down when a Asteroid or Comet hits, or, to a more extreme scenario, a solar flare. However, in this project, he went out rather quietly, due to unknown causes. After earths former ruler was eaten away, his cities quickly crumbled. This is not what were focusing on, however. There was plentiful survivors in terms of fauna, with species up to 200kg often surviving, like the Impala (Aepyceros Melampus), whilst smaller than other survivors, was the most successful. Travel forward 30 million years, and things have changed. This new epoch, commonly called the Paramoicene ("Similar" in ancient Greece, in terms of survivors and continent layout), is inhabited by descendants of some of the more common animals seen today. Whilst it is thought that many of the larger creatures, i.e Bovids, Bears and Whales, are thought to have gone extinct, some actually have survived, like the Impala and the Bottle nose Dolphin. The continent layout is quite similar to today's, with the exception of Eurasia joining with North America, Greenland losing most of its ice, and South America separating from North America, and heading towards Antarctica, which has stayed frozen, save for a few regions at the northernmost point of the continent, which thaws completely during the summer. Africa has broadly stayed the same, with the exception of East Africa splitting off, forming the Geïsoleerde (which means isolated in Afrikaans), and is dominated by different fauna from the southern hemisphere, and is one of the oddest locations of the Paramoicene. Unlike most future projects, this is represented in the form of a field guide, with looking at locations and behaviors of these different survivors. Welcome to a new world, to that of the Paramoicene. Table of Contents
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| Corecin | Apr 9 2016, 07:19 PM Post #2 |
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| Dapper Man | Apr 9 2016, 08:22 PM Post #3 |
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I'm hoping someone that is good at art could help me with this. (I'm not that bad, but I don't think that I'm as good as other people who could get that field guide type feeling to it) |
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| TerrificTyler | Jul 6 2016, 06:35 PM Post #4 |
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I could assist in your predicament (Although that depends on your thought of my art) |
 The Time Bubble- A universe-sized terrarium My Deviantart Wkhuh duh rqob wzr jhqghuv | |
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| DroidSyber | Jul 6 2016, 06:45 PM Post #5 |
I'll cut ya swear on me mum
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Field guides are great |
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Non Enim Cadunt! No idea how to actually hold down a project. | |
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| Dapper Man | Jul 6 2016, 06:51 PM Post #6 |
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Might bring this back someday in one form or another 
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Speculative Evolution: Manitou; The Needle in the Haystack. | |
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| peashyjah | Jul 6 2016, 07:42 PM Post #7 |
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Can't wait for more of this soon. |
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Discontinued projects: The New Ostracoderms (i might continue with this project again someday) The Americas (where in 58 million years from now in the future North and South America has both become isolated island continents) All Expansions (my attempt at expanding the universe of All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet aka C.M. Kosemen, started June 6, 2018) Anthropozoic (my attempt at expanding the universe of Man After Man and also a re-imagining of it, coming 2019 or 2020) New Cenozoica (my attempt at expanding the universe of The New Dinosaurs and also a re-imagining of it, also coming 2019 or 2020) All Alternatives or All Changes (a re-telling of All Tomorrows but with some minor and major "changes", coming June 10, 2018) | |
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| Rodlox | Jul 7 2016, 01:53 AM Post #8 |
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this looks like fun! if I can help, drawing-wise, i'll do my best. |
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.---------------------------------------------. Parts of the Cluster Worlds: "Marsupialless Australia" (what-if) & "Out on a Branch" (future evolution) & "The Earth under a still sun" (WIP) | |
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