And then there's the other side of May events: microbes! This hasn't been so big this year, at least among my circles, but why not tak a moment to be all amoebic and a little gelatinous? I haven't quite hit the gel look I want, but considering how this is all the challenges of drawing a translucent/transparent character plus it needs 'shapeless' globules that still have some form it's not bad. My real breakthrough was realizing, first, the 'limb' pseudopods should be larger at the base than at the palm and second that cilia can be very good substitues for fingers, whiskers, and every other protrusion.
Edited to add: the inspiration for this was a series of pictures done by someone who, about five years ago on Twitter, was named holidayhearse. They don't seem to be there under that name anymore. But the original amoeba Austin is at https://blimps.xyz/@Austin_Dern/103912815339662126 for those who'd like toes the nice goopy picture I'm imitating.
Edited to add: the inspiration for this was a series of pictures done by someone who, about five years ago on Twitter, was named holidayhearse. They don't seem to be there under that name anymore. But the original amoeba Austin is at https://blimps.xyz/@Austin_Dern/103912815339662126 for those who'd like toes the nice goopy picture I'm imitating.
Category All / Macro / Micro
Species Coatimundi
Size 2184 x 1687px
File Size 463 kB
Thank you! I should have included a note that it wasn't original to me; something like five years ago I got an amoeba commission from someone on Twitter who doesn't seem to be there anymore. They'd been named holidayhearse at the time, and were doing a lot of amoeba'sona pictures which were all a lot of fun.
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