Text: Species: Vikabb. Swipe to see original design drawn in 2008! The creature is a slick blue alien otter, with short, spiky ears,, It has a tall fin along its back and around the tail starting at the forehead. it has 3 fingers and 2 thumbs on each front foot, and 5 toes on the back legs, two facing backwards like a parrots foot. It has four slits on what would be the nose on an otter, but for this creature they are gills. It has 4 eyes, two on each side of the head.

the same creature as the previous page, but drawn very poorly in comparison. It's all pencil sketches with hard to read notes on the biology.

Sometimes I invent a creature and never do anything with it, so of course I"m going to recycle it for my comic! I needed to do a re-draw/re-design since this alien is getting featured for a couple of pages coming up.
#unchosenstar #speculativebiology #vikabb #aliendesign #alien #otter

Caption: Me: I should make some cute doodles of the Elyei, so I can make people love them as much as I do! below is a sketch of a fuzzy alien python with elf ears, curled up in a ball.

Caption: What I drew instead: Face shot of the fuzzy alien python with elf ears, eyes bulging and mouth full of a non-descript rat like creature.

I really love these little critters. They act as pest control in space!

It's hard to program cleaners to target only invasive species, it's much easier to train and keep the equivalent of a Ship's Cat to deal with them.

#webcomic #unchosenstar #elyei #shipssnake #python #alien #speculativefiction

Toral, a red akyn, stares in confusion and incredulity at a small phase cube crossing her path. The cube is bright green, pink and purple and seems to be shifting colours as it moves.

What... is this??

check out my comic in my bio for the full page!

#unchosenstar #phasecube #webcomic

Even with ice and painkillers, I have a huge blood blister on my lip, and have to chew with my mouth open, out of fear of biting the swollen part. I won't be able to get my jewelry back in for a few days at least.

My most recent nat 1: I was underhand throwing a toy for the dog I'm petsitting, but my arm caught the dangling pocket of my jacket, which had my phone in it.
That flung my phone into my face at high velocity, causing my labret cut into my gums, and swelling my lip so much the piercing popped off.

No comic tomorrow, sorry! I have been having a no good, very bad *2 weeks* and try as I might, I think I was cursed or something. This page will be next week for sure!

I keep rolling nat 1s for life. Please someone bless my dice.

A grey cobra-cat alien is gritting its teeth, with alien text below it.

???? Still Mysterious??? Who are they?

updates at midnight tonight! unchosenstar.sits.fit

#webcomic #comic #alien #furry #unchosenstar

An alien with an angular, cat-like face and a cobra-hood looks angry, with blurred out speech bubbles.

Who is this mysterious alien? Why are they cranky?

Find out on Friday at Unchosenstar.sits.fit!

Or find out early by supporting me on Ko-Fi! ko-fi.com/unchosenstar ! Ko-fi supporters get to see each page as I make it, including the sketch versions.

#webcomic #unchosenstar #furry #alien #comic

Disgusting! Shame on you @jukeboxprint.bsky.social , way to turn your back on artists.

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Watch out, he's wagging that tail *hard*, what the heck is is up to??

Check out UnchosenStar.sits.fit tomorrow to see what he's doing!

#webcomic #furry #alien #UnchosenStar #Akyn #comic

Seret, a rabbit-eared alien, looking unreasonably proud of something

The world trembles in fear of whatever epiphany he's just come to.

It's amazing what simply changing the dilation of his pupil does to the tone of this pose, I had a few giggles while trying to get it right. Deranged? Excited? It's a fine line.

#unchosenstar #webcomic #comic #furry #alien #sketch

Toral, a rabbit-eared alien, throws up her hand in disgust at the prices she's looking at and says "Everything is so expensive!"

Yes Toral, everything *is* expensive. Who'd have thought that space travel would be so hard on your bank account?

Unchosen Star updates every Friday! Check it out from the beginning at unchosenstar.sits.fit/comic/exodus...!

#webcomic #unchosenstar #relatable #furry #alien #comic

UnchosenStar's TTRPG character (a raptor humanoid who is blue with yellow accents) basking in the warm glow of the tavern window enjoying a cup of tea or coffee in one hand, holding their staff in another, a a table with a serving of a mouse/rat shaped croissant. In the background is a black and white photograph of their entire party, and a cut off photograph of a kicked up leg.

@unchosenstar.bsky.social commissioned me many years ago now to draw their incredible TTRPG character. Thank you so much! This is one of my favorite things I've drawn. #commissionArt #TTRPGcharacter #digitalpainting #art #illustration #ShyPerkiArt #Shyperki2023

I absolutely love this piece of art! It's so amazingly detailed and shows the incredible passion you have for your work.

He's new to this whole 'discipline' thing, okay? He did, bring it on himself. Time to get this boy to some obedience lessons!!

#comic #malcolm #malcolmraptor #sitsdotfit #velociraptor #webcomic

Malcolm!

32 years ago, budding scientists saw Jurassic Park and understood what *not* to do when bringing back dinosaurs from extinction.

So we got designer pets instead.

Malcolm.sits.fit is live, and will update.... Sporadically.

#velociraptor #malcolm #comic #sitsdotfit

LOOK AT THIS CHONKER

Xbox 360 camera

First Archaeology find of the tangle! An Xbox 360 camera

A very large bin full of tangled cables

We'll see how far I get through this bin before lunch.

#cables #tangledcables #cleanup

I love when he just comes and lays next to me and starts purring.

#flamepoint #feralrescue #tinykittens #daikon

X-files intro scene of mountains with the text "EVERYTHING DIES"

Wow, thanks X-Files for these words of wisdom.

#xfiles #thetruthisoutthere #everythingdies #xfilesintro

Made these tiny cuties! I'm particularly proud of the poison dart frog dragon. The tiny spots took hours but the result was worth it.

#polymerclay #handmade #miniatures #90scup #dartfrog #dragon #wyvern #kingfisher #space #raptor #python #cat #siamese #brachiosaurus

Oof those are pricy, but entirely reasonable for the complexity. Thanks for the link!

A small hunched furry creature, with a sewing needle as a staff/weapon. The creature has a hyena or doglike face, with wide, deer-like ears. It's digitigrade with oversized cat-like feet, and 5-fingered clawed hands. It has a long, monkey-like tail. It's coloured a dusky blue, with dark dusky purple and white markings. It wears clothing from tiny fabric scraps, and a discarding alumininum chain maille ring around its ankle. It's one 1 inch tall, and standing on the base of a lamp. The text reads TRIFTLING large along the top, and the paragraphs are "Triftlings are a very tiny race of creatures that typically live inside the homes of full sized humans in secret. At only one inch tall, they scavange and scrounge through the homes when the humans are asleep or away. Triftlings have excellent night vision, and large, flexible ears. Their tails are prehensile, and their claws are retractible, making them fantastic climbers. Preferring homes with lots of clutter, they do very well with lost bits of bobbles under the couches, and bits of food dropped under the counters and fridge. They are strong for their size, and very resourceful, and can thrive perfectly well even in homes with pets. Cat or dog food is readily available, and fresh water is always out. They will often set up their homes inside the walls, to avoid losing them when the humans decide to clean, re-arrange or even move out. "

Introducing: Triftlings! These little critters are inspired by a love for really tiny people like The Borrowers, Honey I shrunk the Kids, lilliputians, etc etc. I wanted to invent something that wasn't just... tiny humans.

#triftlings #triftling #tinyfolks #worldbuilding #furry #furryart

I forgot to post these yesterday! All cleaned up and ready to go. I love that you can see which keys are the most worn - WASD for me, and WASD plus a bunch of programming shortcuts that my husband uses.

#mechanicalkeyboards #keyboard #cleaning #beforeandafter #duckykeyboard #filcokeyboard

Where did you get that hand?? I think I need one.

Two very dusty mechanical keyboards

Keys removed from 2 mechanical keyboards, both matted with fur and dust

A PSA: clean your keyboards, folks.

After photos to come once I've finished cleaning them!

#mechanicalkeyboards #keyboard #cleaning #duckykeyboard

Photo of the in progress elyei. It has teal, red and black fur, and an unpainted grey python head with elf ears

Closeup of the face of the elyei, with hand painted glass eyes

Photo of hand painted glass eyes, numbered 1-7, with four matching eyes underneath

Progress on my snake! Head is baked and ready to go. I also hand painted the eyes, which I had to learn how to do. This has been such a fun project, it's really coming together!

#artdoll #ballpython #shipsnake #unchosenstar #elyei

The core design, mocked up in paper

Close up of the head and ears with the fabric

The full layout of the "snakeskin", or Elyei skin?

Bonus Daikon making a bed out of the super soft fur.

Making my first art doll!
Step 2: while waiting for the eyeglass to get delivered, pattern out the body! I wanted something interesting but relatively simple to sew. And to use colours I already had. Now to watch a movie while hand-sewing.
#artdoll #ballpython #elyei #unchosenstar #shipsnake #furry