#coaws

I've really been enjoying @derinthescarletpescatarian 's Child of a Wandering Star, an amazing first encounter story from the POV of the aliens, and the image of an astronaut being read as a baby star-god was so delicious to me so I had to draw the "hatching" scene.

and because im normal i was like well if im drawing the aliens I need to hunt down mentions of their physical appearance so I can know exactly what they look like and model them after real arthropods. obviously

Some work in progress drawings for child of a wandering star. By @derinthescarletpescatarian

I decided to combine a bunch of existing arthropods, like the trilobites ribbed body with lobster claws, rhinoceros beetle horns and a termites large, shovel-shapped head to create a species that looks both alien and recognisably bug-like.

Body A and Head 3+2 have passed the selection process and will be progressing to the next round.

bonus Smon:

the @derinthescarletpescatarian literary universe is REAL and the spaceships are normaler than ever

having a lot of fun puzzling together what @derinthescarletpescatarian's funky space bugs look like in Child of a Wandering Star

barking and screaming at the latest chapter of wandering star, had to sketch their chat.

No! We are not writing diplomat bug fanfic! There is still a project not done!