SF&F Picture 6 out of 63 by Ruben de Vela.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: '05: Arundina

This particular alien was named Arundina by human observers. She's part of a team assigned to study space probes sent by the human race. She's known to others of her species for her inquisitive and thoughful nature, making her a good choice for making contact with humans. Her torso is symmetrical from front to back, only broken by the hivelike structure and the manipulation tendrils. Her species continually spawn male offspring, up to a few hundred, which live in the hivelike structure attached to the torso. These flying, mothlike males have nearly no intelligence, and are directly controlled by the female via chemical means. Possessing no eyes or any other sensory organs suitable for longer distances, the female depends on the males to relay visual information to her. This relatively slow process means that the female mainly relies on smell, touch and hearing for survival. The eyelike structures in the center of the head are actually ears.
Moving around is relatively difficult for the females, so they use the mobile forms to communicate with one another and to manipulate and transfer distant objects. A female may accept the males from another individual, which then take up residence in the hive structure on her body. A female may have up to a dozen male forms for mating living in her body, and she breeds other females from this stock when she chooses to do so.
On her 'shoulders', the form attached to her manipulation tendrils is actually her braincase. The other 'shoulder' uses its mass to spawn and control the mobile forms.
The metallic construction attached to her lower torso is a computer for translating human communication signals.

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	Categories: [Extrateresstial, Alien Life Forms] [Techno, Cyber, Technological] [Woman, Women] [Book Illustration] Techniques: [Black Ink] [Computer-coloured Picture]

Date	Name	Comment
27 Jun 2005	Malin Forsman	Loading... Wow great drawing, love those colors together!
27 Jun 2005	Lindsay Gordon	Loading... Must agree the description is highly detailed, but I love how you've brought all the detail to life. The color scheme looks wonderful as well and flow nicely together.
27 Jun 2005	Tracy Squires	Loading... That has to be the most detailed description I've ever read, You've definatly put a tonn of thought into this picture. Personally I find her a little creepy but I love the fact the men have very little intelegence ^_^ I bet you write fantastic stories. Great pic. Ruben de Vela replies: "Hehe... I wouldn't say they're "men", more like "sperm carrying insects". "
29 Jun 2005	Evgenia P. Petkova aka Foxy Jenny	Loading... Now here`s a really original alien, not those so human-like greenies. No mod`s choice but hey - they`re not as perfect as they should - if they were this would have had a itsy bitsy yellow . You get my bow, cause that`s all I can actually give you... bows to the ground to your very creative mind and very good use of techniques*
2 Sep 2005	MeGG	Loading... Wow i love it its is so coolllll
11 Oct 2005	Cris	Loading... Ummmm... im too shy to express my felling while looking at your works defenetly thier all nice can you teach me of how to make such arts that you do?! Joke! I know thats its hard to teach such arts like this, and i know that you can't teach me because as you teach me your just wasting of your time...Right?! By the way all your drawings are such artistic and soo "detailed". Take care always and tell ate Hannah about this!!! Thank you!!! \\('^,)//
11 Feb 2006	Alanna 'muffinsquire' Logan	Loading... Just go develop you're own world and language why don't you? Ha! Very sophisticated, well thought out, something of which I'd forget about after coming up with.
27 Jul 2006	The Nameless Namer	Loading... Totally cool and original...love it. ^_^
12 Nov 2006	Marina Gardner	Loading... dude man, have you ever heard of Aaron St. Goddard? his work is crazy wild just like this, you should check him out: www.wildpixels.com/brasshorse it's awsome

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