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Sea Slug - Blog Posts
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My new child Slugku. My only child. The only child I will ever need. @Riifuneko on Twitter is slugmom get a child from their store.💗💚
Some cute sea slugs I have made.
Once I figure out how to get a TTS and set these up, I might use em both for that when streaming.
That also requires my stream to not cut out every 30 seconds due to a shitty laptop, but small steps I guess
I wanted to draw/paint a nudibranch. So I did. 11th May, 2022
ID credit: CHIaqua on 小红书
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My favorite nudibranch photos from @kamata_yosuke on ig
'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans
Here uhhh... have a little.. a little guy, that I drew a while back, sorry that I haven't posted some images in a bit.
I also forgot to introduce you to Willani! this vessel is based on a cool sea slug I found on google! the blue things are not their arms btw, it's just a part of the cloak.
Thank you to @feeshhooked for the inspiration your little snail puppy was so cute I just had to make my own!
Mine is "loosely" based on the sea slug berthella californica
Made a little comic about my little slug guy.
Sea slug re-Redesing, now with blood.
okay so not to be a huge nerd but ive been getting a lot of rbs on my siphonophore post talking about how it resembles the elden beast from elden ring - and it does!! but this is also where i reveal that im a huge nerd and have considered the design of the elden beast a lot in my runs platinuming the game and my recent attempts to 100% in seamless co-op with my girlfriend :3
so, while the elden beast being a siphonophore does make thematic and design sense (especially with the idea of the law of regression in mind- all things yearn to become one, as a siphonophore is many things that are also one!) but my main theory is that the elden beast is actually a nudibranch sea slug!!
so first im just going to show a couple of photos that i think show off the design aspects particularly well :3
this one, i feel, shows off the basic shape and how it translates into the elden beast veryyyy well. additionally, the gills are taking on a very tree-like shape- a design we see in the elden beast though this species lacks numerous ceras
here we see a nudibranch with a ton of cerata- the little tentacle things on this guys body :3 though the elden beast doesn't have this many, they seem to very much line up in appearance.
this one's a stretch- but it's appearance when it flies during the elden ring attack always reminded me of these guys 🥰
my last one to show off- the hooded nudibranch. the tree like texture in the ceras and the gold nerves running through lines up exactly with the elden beast :3
So, what does this mean?
i highly, highly doubt that the design being based off of a sea slug is just a, "that looks cool" thing. so how does this line up thematically?
firstly, i find it important to mention that nudibranches are pretty much parasitic. to eat something they latch onto it and begin eating, though keeping the stinging cells of it's prey to defend itself. to this extent, this lines up with the Golden Order's takeover of the lands between - the Erdtree parasitically latching onto the Greattree, taking those who once fought for it for their own. it's important to note here that the Crucible Knights served under Godfrey while he was Elden Lord- not before, and the misbegotten (specifically the leonine ones) seem to bear connection to Radagon, insofar as one bearing the Golden Order Greatsword and knowing incantations of the Golden Order. The Erdtree ate away at it's prey, while keeping it's stingers for itself.
Secondly, the reproduction aspect. Nudibranches are simultaneously male and female- an idea that is translated into the earthly form the elden ring was stored into, the dual beings Marika and Radagon.
Additionally, nudibranches are known very well for not possessing shells, though this isn't quite true for it's larval state- many nudibranches possess shells up until adulthood- perhaps emblematic of the beast shedding the form of Marika/Radagon to fight you.
Of course like always there's probably more to this idea that I'm not picking up on, and if anyone has any further theories I'd love to hear them :3 this is just my autism brain rambling after rotating it in my head all day.
I changed the name to Lavi, cause that was how used I spelled laviathon ( before knowing it was spelt “leviathan”).
I just like drawing this little guy
I love my little danger slug.
Their name is Levi (Le-vy) btw.
Another character in my spare time. Her name is Atalanta and she’s the princess’s bodyguard.
The first drawing I ever posted online! Just a little sea slug with a love of swinging dangerous objects at things much bigger than it. I love my little dude.
I made a fursona (shut up) and she’s a sea slug (SHUT UP) based off my username.
I don’t have any name ideas, so if I ever refer to her, I’ll prolly just call her Slugg :)
ArtFight Attack on teamanic (@/teamanic on DA)
Characters Tap (left) and Aoi (right) belong to them - only the two of us may use this piece! My Stylus gave out mid way and I had to draw this with my fingers, which was a minor nightmare, so it turned out pretty sketchy >.>
My ArtFight is CharlyLee and I am Team Spice ;)