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Riverbiscuit, the seamousie of the main quintet of My Little Mousies, visits some seahorses. Perhaps they're someone's pets or perhaps she's just visiting the sea, but they make a cute trio, don't they?
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Here's my first YCH commission, by longtime anthro artist Caribou AKA Sara Miles. I think she captured Riverbiscuit's likeness better than I have so far. An inspiration to aspire to.
Myocampi aren't really my original idea. A Jerry mermouse appeared in a 1949 Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1949 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
However, when I gave the idea my own spin for the My Little Mousies, I thought I'd be clever and coin the word "myocampus" from hippocampus (Greek: hippo- "horse" + -campus "sea monster"), swapping "hippo-" with the Greek word for mouse (myo-). In keeping with the horse to mouse theme, the My Little Mousies myocampi are also called seamousies, in reference to the seaponies of My Little Ponies. Riverbiscuit's name is also horse-related, derived from Seabiscuit, a famous racehorse, with the caveat that the seamousie prefers freshwater climes over the ocean. Her mer half is inspired by sea lions (hardly all that horse-like, of course) since they're able to walk on land.
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See Caribou's side of the story here.
Art ©2018 Sara Miles AKA
caribou
Riverbiscuit and the My Little Mousies concept are mine.
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Here's my first YCH commission, by longtime anthro artist Caribou AKA Sara Miles. I think she captured Riverbiscuit's likeness better than I have so far. An inspiration to aspire to.
Myocampi aren't really my original idea. A Jerry mermouse appeared in a 1949 Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1949 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
However, when I gave the idea my own spin for the My Little Mousies, I thought I'd be clever and coin the word "myocampus" from hippocampus (Greek: hippo- "horse" + -campus "sea monster"), swapping "hippo-" with the Greek word for mouse (myo-). In keeping with the horse to mouse theme, the My Little Mousies myocampi are also called seamousies, in reference to the seaponies of My Little Ponies. Riverbiscuit's name is also horse-related, derived from Seabiscuit, a famous racehorse, with the caveat that the seamousie prefers freshwater climes over the ocean. Her mer half is inspired by sea lions (hardly all that horse-like, of course) since they're able to walk on land.
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See Caribou's side of the story here.
Art ©2018 Sara Miles AKA
caribouRiverbiscuit and the My Little Mousies concept are mine.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Mouse
Size 1308 x 2047px
File Size 854.8 kB
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There's other seamousies. I just haven't developed or drawn any of them yet. Admittedly, I should.
So far in the My Little Mousies concept, I've limited the characters to mice and other mouse-like rodents. I feel the inclusion of other intelligent animals, even other rodents, dilutes and complicates the world setting more than I want. On the other hand, that doesn't mean I won't add in some others at some point if necessary, but I want to keep that very limited should it ever happen. If I do try other sea[insert species here], it would probably be in a different setting.
I have ideas for adventures, but I haven't been heavily pursuing developing them into a final form yet. I don't want to commit to stories that will simply peter out mid-adventure because of a lack of ambition and drive. What audience I have deserves better than that. So far, I've been limiting myself to snippets like this one which are relatively easy and quick to make when I'm up to it.
So far in the My Little Mousies concept, I've limited the characters to mice and other mouse-like rodents. I feel the inclusion of other intelligent animals, even other rodents, dilutes and complicates the world setting more than I want. On the other hand, that doesn't mean I won't add in some others at some point if necessary, but I want to keep that very limited should it ever happen. If I do try other sea[insert species here], it would probably be in a different setting.
I have ideas for adventures, but I haven't been heavily pursuing developing them into a final form yet. I don't want to commit to stories that will simply peter out mid-adventure because of a lack of ambition and drive. What audience I have deserves better than that. So far, I've been limiting myself to snippets like this one which are relatively easy and quick to make when I'm up to it.
Then comes the question of whether I want to build a canon of stories to share or just stick with playing around with concepts like, "How might this mythical horse-related creature be turned into a mouse?" or "Does Squeaky-Pie like caroling?". The concepts can easily change as I work them out, but they make for a disjointed world, whereas the canon of stories builds a solider world at the cost of making things harder to change if needed.
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