Liminal Velocity

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Comics and Worldbuilding for a little planet named Velocity.

A question dropped in Tumblr - It compares humans to the planck unit and then asks what size creatures in this setting are compared to theirs #furryart #worldbuilding
"Since wings can complicate wearing standard tops, Pretzels often wear ponchos, like this" - (regular pants/shorts)
Q: What does Pretzel mean? Weywot: It's from an old word meaning "Arms" (The fact that the word has similar etymology in their universe as in ours is purely coincidental) #furryart
Swimming Since all species in Liminal Velocity have metal bones, swimming is usually impossible. Pretzels overcome this weakness with webbing and impressive muscles. A rebreather organ in their snout also helps increase submersion time. Reproduction: Despite having 5 distinct sexes, Pretzels exhibit no physical sexual dimorphism, often leading them to view sex similarly to how humans view blood types. (there's a complicated diagram I'm not going to explain in detail for a while, including x, y, z, xz, and yz) Tail: Pretzel tails are typically stubby and muscular, aiding in swimming, but due to a higher succeptibility for mutation in this anatomy, they occasionally exhimit alternate tail shapes. Other notes: They got no nostrils or sense of smell. Sharp teeth. Black eartips, and webbing between their fingers and toes and under their arms. #furryart #worldbuilding #originalspecies
A pretzel raising their arms above their head, viewed from behind. #furryart
How Powerpuff girls pick stuff up - by iguanamouth
Moul (pronounced like "mouth") - Making up for a lack of upper limbs, a moul's entire surface is covered in cilia-like hairs, which allow a moul to grip and freely manipulate objects in contact with its body. (image of one touching a ball and the ball sliding up around their body onto the tip of their raised foot) - This feature is used to hold clothing and camoflage, to scale vertical surfaces, and to passively bring food to their mouths. - Their mouths, located on the upper back, contain a filter material similar to baleen in whales. Mouls primarily consume fungal spores, but are known to catch and eat smaller creatures as well. - Their "ears" are also not ears. Their horns are just covered in fur. Sorry ear-lovers. #furryart #species #openspecies
Pretzel species. Big hands. Webbing between digits and under arms. About 8 feet tall. Big nose.
Prompt: a character named Mirmel A kobold. They are sweet and innocent-looking. #furryart
Character on motorbike driving down highway. World starts tilting. They fall into a tunnel at the bottom. #furryart #scifi
Most of the universe is dark and hostile to life. Spheres are the exception (they're bubbles of safe space) This is where habitable planets can be found. Spheres travel through space on predictable paths. Planets remain stationary relative to their sphere. - Interplanetary travel using Subspace Warp Highways is commonplace. If you don't pay too much attention during the trip, the experience is not much different from traveling down a regular road. - These warp highways are created by a fungal entity known as Highway Mimic. Similar to how classic mimics imitate treasure chests, Highway Mimic imitates Travel. It uses the expectations and memories of travelers to shape the highways features. #worldbuilding #art #scifi
"Lets start with planets!" - "Want me to just list the important ones? Or like, what they're made of, or... you do have planets, right?" - The odd figure shows Rau Earth "This is our planet. 196 Million square miles. Over 8 billion inhabitants. - "Oh" #furryart #webcomics #worldbuilding
Rau, on a planet's surface, gets distorted and then finds herself in an empty white void, in front of a somewhat ghostly character. #furryart #webcomics
Rau gives into the urge to grab snake. (Mostly true story) These comics were drawn before Rau joined Liminal Velocity, but the only real hint you'd get to that is the amount of horizon in the distance. #furryart
First comic appearance of Rau. She's sitting on a dock with a salamander in her paw. "Wanna join me as I write my journal for today?" - a friend approached in a canoe and splashes her, so she throws the salamander and it hits his face - crying: "You got my journal wet AND YOU MADE ME THROW MY SALAMANDER!" This is a 100% true story from my life, btw. This comic began as an opportunity for me to revisit (and sometimes alter) memories from years before I began drawing Dogstomp. #furryart
Paper sketch of Rau from 2020-ish, with mostly similar features to now, but shorter legs. #furryart
Rau gets serious gecko energy when you catch her off guard. #furryart
Tiny car on a tiny planet checking out a skybox that transitions from daylight to midnight. Using godot #gamedev
A few Rau doodles on paper. #furryart
mimic: "They building old fashioned timber space ship?" - Starch: "We use wood because it's lightweight and makes good substrate for the highway to get its roots into." - "Don't forget the hardpoints!" - "Hardpoints? What do you know about those?" - Please reply with stuff you know about hardpoints in airplane/boat/spacecraft construction. #furryart #askblog #webcomic
Time lapse montage of Starch constructing a spacecraft frame. Cutting floor boards and setting it up.
"WHERE DO WE GET OUR CUPHOLDER?" - "We're not doing that part yet. This is the framework room" - "WHERE DO WE GET OUR DRIVE SHAFT?" - "We get that in the parts room, but I don't think we need one for this." - "WHERE DO WE GET OUR INSPIRATION?"
"Pick up that can!" - Starch picks up the can and throws it over their back. Their cowl grows teeth and eats it. #furryart #webcomics
Mimic: How long have we been building pretty sleek ships? Starch: I've been doing this for six months, but it feels like years. Mimic: I think I've seen you doing this for somewhere like 42 good years :) Starch: Nope #webcomics #furryart
Asks: "A i enabled outfit? I noticed starch has the power of mimicry with preference for Starch's voice" mimic: "Mimicry power outfit? Starch's outfit has Starch's voice?" - Starch: "Wasting no time asking about this again, huh." - "No time wasting. Starch has preference for Starch's voice."
mimic: "How do you go about making a cup holder for artificial gravity problems?" - Starch "How now, I just attach the parts. Problem solving is your thing." - "Attach a cup holder thing." - "You got it."
Character speaking to his clothing as they enter their storage warehouse: "What do we want to make today?" - "What we want to make Spearfishing." - "A spear fisher?"
This is you. Youre name is Starch. (an object of clothing that looks like a poncho)
On the left is a Pretzel named Whirl, and on the right is one named Starch. Most notable features of Pretzels are their very large Lugia-like hands, and round moomin-like nose. Inside their nose is an organ that fills with water and acts like a rebreather, allowing them to stay submerged for up to an hour. They have no sense of smell. #specbio speculative biology #originalspecies
A quick trip down Velocity's highway
Rau in a glass of water making bubbles like one of those fizzy disks. Carver gave me the prompt "effervescent" #furryart
Trio borzoi rendered in Blender, in normal perspective and orthographic perspective views #furryart
Rau shuts off her house's lights, revealing something watching from the back porch. #furryart #webcomics #creepy
A comic from Pretzel Soup, the short comic series Rau was introduced in. Rau: "Y'know slugs are probably a type of ghost." - Trio: "I don't follow." - "Well they're both teardrop-shaped, most active after sundown, and leave a trail of slime or ectoplasm." - "I've known some noses that fit that description." - "And both can be warded off using lines of salt." - ("Wait she she actually onto something?") - "Give me everything left in this box" #furryart #webcomics
Gouache painting of the flute dragon Segno #furryart
Observatory on the south pole of Velocity. Admittedly it appears to be facing a sort of stupid direction, because that's where a whole lot of nothing is. #worldbuilding
Trio lookin' up. I used a 5 point perspective for this! #furryart
Trio sittin' on a rock looking up at stars #furryart
Smirshkt - Eastern Kobold #furryart #kobold
Our setting: A Southwestern Desert Highway Planet, with an Observatory on the bottom, a motel and gas station between, and at the top, a Liminal Warp Gate. Her name is Velocity. #worldbuilding #webcomics #space