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Endolithic biome

Endolithic Biome and Silicious plants

Similar to earth Diatoms in appearance silicious plants are microscopic single celled colonies plant cells which have an outer cell wall made out of silica. These plants are found in moist condition. They occur both inland and in the Primoris ocean (Orans single Ocean)
On land silicious plants can form silica stone formation in unique shapes typically pertaining to the species in which inhabit the stone. These plants make up primarily the endolithic biome.
The structure of the silicious stone are seemingly solid but are actually filled with pores filled with water, nutrients or

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Lupine Humanoidby ~DSil

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Part I of my final project for the fantastic Constructive Figure course I took online with The Art Department this spring, taught by Marhsall Vandruff. These characters blend wolfish characteristics with a human figure, though without going so far as to make them werewolves. To be honest, I'm not even sure these belong in the Anthro section. Anyone more well versed in these matters have input?

The skeleton in the turnarounds is somewhat simplified, as we were supposed to focus more on basic structure than anatomical detail. The male was originally far hairier than the female, but it obscured his skeleton, so I took it off. The poses at the top were based on various human figures. I wish I could credit every reference I used, but my image resource folders are sadly disorganized.

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*viergacht Sep 21, 2011 Professional General Artist

I like these quite a bit - I need to do something similar for my vargr. You really made them look balanced and believable in the action poses.

~DSil Sep 22, 2011 Student General Artist

Thanks! I'm a bit sheepish about those, to be honest. They consist entirely of using references The Wrong Way: [link] , although changing the proportions was something of a departure from the originals, and definitely challenging.

*viergacht Sep 22, 2011 Professional General Artist

Oh, pffft, changing proportions IS a challenge.

~bensen-daniel Sep 20, 2011

Very cool. I actually like the poses around the top better. Some of them seem to have longer feet than the skeleton turn-arounds, which looks good.

~DSil Sep 20, 2011 Student General Artist

Thanks. Yeaaaah, went off-model a bit. Glad you like the results, though!

~bensen-daniel Sep 21, 2011

Yeah, if it comes down to one or the other, I would make the model match the sketches.

~umbbe Sep 20, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Hm, I wonder why you didn't include a small nub of a tail? What with the half-digitigrade (or fully digitigrade?) stance they have there, it might have made logical sense.

Of course, it might not have been so very attractive in the end. But then again, these don't seem like they were meant to be the prettiest people ever.

~DSil Sep 20, 2011 Student General Artist

I picture them as half-digitigrade, yes. Perhaps a tail would have made more sense, but I was afraid of diverging too far from human anatomy, at least superficially. Is a tail essential to digitigrade? I'll admit my understanding of animal anatomy is rudimentary, but I thought it had more to do with the gastrocnemius than the gluteus and coccygeus that attach to the tail.

~umbbe Sep 20, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Well, tail isn't really essential at all, it just depends on your balance. Animals use it for steering rather than digitigradeness.

I was trying to say that since much of your design was halfway between wolf and human with the emphasis on the human, a short, naked tail would be a good halfway/quarterway between the relatively long tail of the wolf, and the complete lack of tail of the human.

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