What a seriously cool project. The art is by far the most photorealistic I've seen in speculative biology, and I cant imagine the hours that went into this. Curious Archive plays such a key role in showcasing projects like this to the right audience. I really wanna see this project through.
I really like how all the vehicles have their name emblazoned upon them, in an stylized manner. Naming them after Earth species, given that they were designed to traverse alien planets, has a nice thematic logic to it :D
"The volcano is erupting, we gotta get out of here! Stop monkeying around!" "On the contrary, more monkeying! More monkeying! DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONKEYING"
I see Barlowe influence in a lot of these speculative evolution projects. I guess he's like Ralph McQuarry in that there's a timeless influence from his work.
And yet some of their morphologies make no sense. The land-based cheetah-like creature is stocky and has no eyes in an environment where other creatures clearly get use from eyes. If this is meant to show off the artist's design and rendering skills, it does a good job of that. As a scientific endeavor, it's definitely lacking.
@@brainmind4070 something that stood out for me was the existence of a creature with bright coloured skin when the majority of species on the planet don’t have eyes
@@brainmind4070 ......fictions aren't necessarily scientific endeavours. Rather an imaginative thrill ride to compensate the limit of our extent of curiosity beyond our daily mundanes. That goes for every Star Trek/ Star Wars or any marvel movies. Such debates best left to scientific committees on actual thesis. This is just argument fodder you seek.
@@brainmind4070 that’s how I felt too. It looked cool but it didn’t seem to be based on any kind of consistent logic. The vehicles were the most believable thing about it.
From the artwork, it appears that the formanus caputs (the creatures with a skull hole), odellion (ape-analogues), anguis collums (rhino analogues), and citus mortems (apex predator) all appear to have eyes or eye analogues, so maybe CA wasn't completely correct in saying most creatures didn't have eyes.
This project was absolutely incredible and the realism is top notch. Off Topic: Like imagine if Curious Archive did a Spec Evo video on ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’. Him over analyzing weird, cartoony food creatures would be oddly entertaining (In my opinion lol).
As an art project, this is phenomenal. As a biologically probable and realistic ecosystem? It’s…not the worst. Definitely not the best, but not terrible.
@@brainmind4070 plus a lot of these animals don't look like the random organic process of evolution over time but instead seems like they've been artificially crafted to suit their environment.
Take random creatures and environments of Earth and view them as a Speculative Evolution project, they would seem far less realistic or thought out than anything here. The platypus or most deep ocean life for instance, or the micro primates and reptiles.
I would love to see a video on Pikmin creatures. That series was what I think first introduced me to the idea of speculative evolution. In pikmin 2 Olimar even catalogs the creatures he finds and writes about what roles they play in the environment.
Seconded! The Pikmin games were my first exposure to speculative biology, too. I loved how Olimar's journal entries talked about the relationships between different species and their roles in the food chain, etc, but Louie only cared about how to cook them.
One of the things I really love about your videos are the close captions. It's really helpful for people like me who cannot comprehend some words when spoken. For that, I say my thanks.
The lifeforms of that planet range from animated geometric shapes to xenomorph looking creatures to designs so trippy they remind me of Disney's "Mars and beyond". How can I not like a planet that has all of those
I love this. With most speculative biology project, they usually either have every species look implausibly unrelated from one another, or have every species look like recolorations of the same body plan. But this hits the exact sweet spot, and definitely showcases some of the most plausible speculative animals I've ever seen!
the creatures sure look unique. I'm no biologist, but the predator's anatomy I just can't make sense of, most just don't have clear ways they would even move their jaws. I think a lot could be added just from having at least one of each creature with their mouth open in each painting
When the artist makes these amazing stories and drawings, I often wonder what animal that where their common ancestors, like how we evolved from a 4 limed bony vertebra fish.
It would be interesting if you did a video on Project:Tepui, a speculative lost world book by Andy Frazer, the same person who did Dragons of Wales. Either way I do certainly enjoy your videos.
Oh man😳…..what an amazing world/universe that has been created here! Just, absolutely breathtaking! Especially when adding in these awesome and creative vehicles into the already fleshed out creatures and such….it’s nuts! I love every bit of what you have showcased here and knowing there’s more to dig into plus the idea that it’s still being expanded upon, freaking awesome my dude😅‼️
I know that these videos are really supposed to be educational and all about how the laws of nature are universal, but I feel like spec evo has the ability to go further than just making deer-dog-monkey-elephant aliens over and over again
I’m in love with the models for this! The only question I have is if creatures on this world tend to lack eyes, what is the point of bright colors to warn predictors? It just doesn’t seem to make sense to me of creatures rely more on other sensory organs rather than eyesight. I know you yourself didn’t make the project, I’m just sort of spewing out my thoughts.
@@brainmind4070 ......what's with your cheetah arguments, cant you just accept what you f* saw is just fictitious fantasy fodder?! You really such a stuck up individual?
I love speculative alien life like this i find it so fascinating and makes me think about what alien life might really be like...wish I could live to see it.
You might. There is a surprisingly decent chance that life exists somewhere else in our solar system. There's a few planets (including moons) that may have life, though in some it's almost certainly microscopic if it exists at all.
I've got to say, as cool as all these creatures are (very) it would be nice to see more projects like this that strived for a more comprehensive ecosystem. It's the monster hunter problem, every living thing is megafauna on a mind bending scale with little thought toward how the ecosystem supports something that large. I get it in games, you can't fight a cricket sized animal, but in books and art there's no reason not to have fun with such things.
I was thinking the same thing. Why does everything have to be so gigantic? Also, some features of the animals don't really make too much sense outside of the "wouldn't it be cool if..." way of looking at things.
I agree on your point seems like they kinda just gloss over that. And While I’m not gonna assume I know what alien life forms may look like, all of these creatures seem oddly geometric instead of more organic shape of fauna we see on earth, hard to take seriously. Still pretty cool looking tho I will admit.
So yeah, I'm glad I don't have to bring it up first! But it's blatant. There are _significant_ examples of it in this video - some of the most obvious... 10:04 face is a groin - the spaces on the side where the legs are missing is where the animal's convenient "skull hole" ends up -_- 12:38 chest and forelimbs are obvious human "bag" and back of legs - like a nude yoga instructor showing his most relaxed down dog. 14:24 Those fingers are... aubergines? Yeah, definitely aubergines. Girthy. Video chapter is called Unknown _Reaches!_ LOL. 8:10 I think the best way to say this is: _Girl, That's a Bootyhole._ There's too much of it in this project to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's very HR Giger - but... not. There are a disproportionate amount of creatures with features that look like exposed posteriors. Everything's _slick_ and _ripped_ and _hairless_ and _dripping._ It's a bit much. Yes: bodies in nature are composed of common shapes, but this seems over the top. Some things seem deliberately tongue-in-cheek encoded, like the names of the vehicles seem like cleverly disguised suggestive references. It reminds me of some spec bio they used to run in Heavy Metal Magazine. I feel like there might be esoteric elements that go over my head. It's kinda funny, but I can't take it seriously, and I'm not sure how I feel about it trying to carve an equally legit place in the space of Spec Bio on this channel.
14:55 A rocky planet cannot have two spherical moons. Its gravity won't be enough to mantain them in their orbit. The two moons will destabilize themselves and they will crash each other or wors they collide with their main planet
I was thinking the exact same thing, its not often that we see speculative lifeforms use sonar as a substitute for ocular vision, aswell as the fact that many of them have very leathery sort of texture to their skin similar to that of darwin IV’s creatures.
Another amazing and fascinating video. After watching I had to check that the images hadn't been taken from a film. They all have that aspect that they are real active creatures and you are seeing a still from a moving picture. Top marks to the creator of these and a huge thanks to you for making this video and once again highlighting the fascinating world of speculative evolution.
One critique I have of this project is that they're trying too hard to make it look alien. Yeah, things would have evolved differently on an alien planet, but there would be a lot of convergent evolution as well.
@@brainmind4070 This is a very good point I think a good example of this is how early mammals looked - similar to the creatures today but with noticeable differences
@@louisosmany9556 Well, in the case of early mammals and modern mammals, one has derived from the other, so this may not be the best example. I think a better example would be sharks and dolphins. There are noticeable differences in their morphologies, but there are also a lot of similarities because they fill similar roles in similar environments.
@@brainmind4070 Yes. The lack of eyes and the very geometric, un-streamlined shape of the animals is a bit much. There's just no reason for animals living these lifestyles to lack eyes on such a bright planet, especially when much of their prey has eyes. And there's no reason to have a body that is so difficult to push against the wind when this geometric box shape won't help with your balance, or your defense, or... anything. The only explanation I can think of for why so many animals would be so boxy is that their common ancestor was, but I really can't imagine that the first animal would be boxy either. That's a shape that takes a sturdy body to maintain... which is also another reason I think their shape is weird. And I can imagine that a speedy predator would quickly evolve out of such a body plan anyways... Their bodies would certainly be very different from what we'd expect, but certain things are going to resemble Earth if the animal is on an Earth-like planet.
Really enjoying the attention dedicated to the vehicles this time around - the Hornets instantly caught my eye for seemingly having taken some inspiration from the Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger
I don't think it makes sense that so many animals lack eyes on this planet. Eyes evolved independently on our planet many times due to how useful they are.
a focus on exploratory vehicles, a reliance on sonar and external digestion, large olfactory holes, bipeds+tripeds+quadrupeds, split limbs, gigantic sizes - very Barlowesque
i have been watching your videos for probably a year and a half (cant remember for sure) and I have to say being a fan of such a sadly nieche group sucks but your channel really does everything right. I love your content and ima keep watching lol (also I have watched and rewatched all your vids, like... a lot)
Probably the most photorealistic art yet on this channel, Probably my favourite design wise, I dont know i just like the technology concept arts that hit closer to current-modern day quite minimalistic and stuff, I feel like the animals are also designed like those vehicles aswell which i dont mind but at the same time cant quite explain :v
I would really like to see you exploring the world of Fallout, to see how creatures adapted after centuries of the radioactive war. Also, Minecraft has many awesome maps in the marketplace; Alien Dinos is one of the best, it has amazing fauna and flora, different biomes and a huge size. These creatures are an example of convergent evolution, since they’re not dinosaurs, but have a similar body plan. By using a device in the game you can learn about all the creatures. I learned that there was a mass extinction since the oceans are drying up, gravity acts weird, floating rock structures can be found floating in the planet’s skies, I believe there was once two alien races living in this planet, one being us, as the architecture resembles very much the design of the ship you crash with - another race was more primitive, building rock towers and clay monuments. The third world I would love for you to visit is Kaimere from Keenan Taylor. The fourth is the video game Warframe, it has amazing graphics and bodybuilding. It’s set in a far future where humans are a space faring race and many aliens have come to live in our solar system.
With how cool theae designs are, most of them just seem really improbable. Not that they aren't cool, i love all of them, they just seem a little too far out. Not nearly as bad as some othwr things ive seen.
What a seriously cool project. The art is by far the most photorealistic I've seen in speculative biology, and I cant imagine the hours that went into this. Curious Archive plays such a key role in showcasing projects like this to the right audience. I really wanna see this project through.
@@mindlesschemical1489 our fauna "wouldn't make sense" to some aliens
@@mindlesschemical1489 I wouldn't throw stones.
@@mindlesschemical1489 walking manifestation of the dunning kruger effect
@@mindlesschemical1489 ......so proving the perfect user ya got.....mindless. Lol
Probably ue5
I really like how all the vehicles have their name emblazoned upon them, in an stylized manner. Naming them after Earth species, given that they were designed to traverse alien planets, has a nice thematic logic to it :D
Please do a vid on the Eternal Cylinder, it's a game with some of the strangest fictional aliens I have ever seen!
it had some weird ass aliens, great idea!!!
Omg please!!!
Knew I couldn't be the only one who wanted to see this
Definitely would be an interesting video
YES
I can’t get over how phenomenal this art looks. Particularly the textures on the skin of these exotic life forms.
There’s a wonderful atmosphere to every one of the images. Yet another great addition to the archive!
And one day your project may to make a fine addition too this collection.
Oh goodie christ it’s the Isla maker!
Once I heard the vehicle's name at 5:24 I couldn't stop thinking of how silly something like "WE HAVE TO LEAVE, GET IN THE MONKEY!" sounds
Fuck, these bandits stole our ant.
"The volcano is erupting, we gotta get out of here! Stop monkeying around!"
"On the contrary, more monkeying! More monkeying! DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONKEYING"
Awesome, I never thought about that :)
[Ahnold voice:] "GET TO THE MONKEH!"
Gives new meaning to "Reject modernity, embrace monke".
This makes me really want a live-action series based on this project.
IKR😉⁉️
Artist website says he's working on a screenplay!
Look up "Voyage to Darwin IV" on UA-cam, it's a very similar thing to this.
Me too
You can really feel the barlowe influence in this project, such wonderful designs
I see Barlowe influence in a lot of these speculative evolution projects. I guess he's like Ralph McQuarry in that there's a timeless influence from his work.
Thank you very much! And yes Barlowe and McQarry are a huge source of inspiration to me :)
@@christiangrajewski7518 wow! Subscribed!
I love how these creatures have some convergent evolution, but aren’t just 1:1 with earth animals. Now that’s how you do aliens!
And yet some of their morphologies make no sense. The land-based cheetah-like creature is stocky and has no eyes in an environment where other creatures clearly get use from eyes. If this is meant to show off the artist's design and rendering skills, it does a good job of that. As a scientific endeavor, it's definitely lacking.
@@brainmind4070 something that stood out for me was the existence of a creature with bright coloured skin when the majority of species on the planet don’t have eyes
@@brainmind4070 ......fictions aren't necessarily scientific endeavours. Rather an imaginative thrill ride to compensate the limit of our extent of curiosity beyond our daily mundanes. That goes for every Star Trek/ Star Wars or any marvel movies. Such debates best left to scientific committees on actual thesis. This is just argument fodder you seek.
@@changsangma1915 I would just like to see a legitimate scientific thought experiment with cool renderings. To each their own.
@@brainmind4070 that’s how I felt too. It looked cool but it didn’t seem to be based on any kind of consistent logic. The vehicles were the most believable thing about it.
The photorealism in this is truly incredible...It's like watching a real documentary shot on a real planet filed with real life forms.
It's rare to find an artist that excels at both creature and vehicular design like this.
Wait, how do the “warning colors” work if most of the creatures on this planet use sonar to see?
Hahaha good catch
maybe it’s similar to Darwin-IV, where they see the heat from the skin which happens to be coloured?
Plot hole!!
From the artwork, it appears that the formanus caputs (the creatures with a skull hole), odellion (ape-analogues), anguis collums (rhino analogues), and citus mortems (apex predator) all appear to have eyes or eye analogues, so maybe CA wasn't completely correct in saying most creatures didn't have eyes.
He said _many_ lack eyes, not most. It’s like saying “many animals on earth can fly.”
the mind expands. a sense of wonder grows. suddenly there is hope amid the gloom. That's what these videos bring.... thanks.
Well put my dude, tho I feel a slight tinge of deja vu🤨? No? Maybe not🤔idk😅
This project was absolutely incredible and the realism is top notch.
Off Topic: Like imagine if Curious Archive did a Spec Evo video on ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’. Him over analyzing weird, cartoony food creatures would be oddly entertaining (In my opinion lol).
I forgot about that movie lol
That sounds absolutely ridiculous, but amazingly hilarious.
As an art project, this is phenomenal. As a biologically probable and realistic ecosystem? It’s…not the worst. Definitely not the best, but not terrible.
I agree. A little too much design for design's sake rather than letting science guide the design process every step of the way.
@@brainmind4070 plus a lot of these animals don't look like the random organic process of evolution over time but instead seems like they've been artificially crafted to suit their environment.
@@laurensahanna5826 And yet some still manage to fail to be viable in their niche. Somehow.
@@laurensahanna5826what makes you say that?
Take random creatures and environments of Earth and view them as a Speculative Evolution project, they would seem far less realistic or thought out than anything here.
The platypus or most deep ocean life for instance, or the micro primates and reptiles.
Damn who could have known I've been missing out on so much from this genre
I would love to see a video on Pikmin creatures. That series was what I think first introduced me to the idea of speculative evolution. In pikmin 2 Olimar even catalogs the creatures he finds and writes about what roles they play in the environment.
Seconded! The Pikmin games were my first exposure to speculative biology, too. I loved how Olimar's journal entries talked about the relationships between different species and their roles in the food chain, etc, but Louie only cared about how to cook them.
One of the things I really love about your videos are the close captions. It's really helpful for people like me who cannot comprehend some words when spoken. For that, I say my thanks.
This looks like such a amazing project, very interesting so far
The lifeforms of that planet range from animated geometric shapes to xenomorph looking creatures to designs so trippy they remind me of Disney's "Mars and beyond". How can I not like a planet that has all of those
I love this. With most speculative biology project, they usually either have every species look implausibly unrelated from one another, or have every species look like recolorations of the same body plan. But this hits the exact sweet spot, and definitely showcases some of the most plausible speculative animals I've ever seen!
the creatures sure look unique. I'm no biologist, but the predator's anatomy I just can't make sense of, most just don't have clear ways they would even move their jaws. I think a lot could be added just from having at least one of each creature with their mouth open in each painting
He does not want to spoil the entire thing he still wants you to support the artist
lovely creatures, I especially love the organic looking skin on the creatures, not to mention those vehicles look crazy
When the artist makes these amazing stories and drawings, I often wonder what animal that where their common ancestors, like how we evolved from a 4 limed bony vertebra fish.
Now this is some actually good content no overly bright thumbnails and no annoying commentary just calming commentary and is actually interesting
This reminds of a refined/ modern version of expedition, gives the feeling that people actually been here.
Omg! This art is amazing! Holy moly!
It would be interesting if you did a video on Project:Tepui, a speculative lost world book by Andy Frazer, the same person who did Dragons of Wales. Either way I do certainly enjoy your videos.
Oh man😳…..what an amazing world/universe that has been created here! Just, absolutely breathtaking!
Especially when adding in these awesome and creative vehicles into the already fleshed out creatures and such….it’s nuts!
I love every bit of what you have showcased here and knowing there’s more to dig into plus the idea that it’s still being expanded upon, freaking awesome my dude😅‼️
your probably the best narrator voice I heard, hope you make more videos like this once a month
I know that these videos are really supposed to be educational and all about how the laws of nature are universal, but I feel like spec evo has the ability to go further than just making deer-dog-monkey-elephant aliens over and over again
Can we talk about how good those renders are??
I’m geeking out man this is frigging awesome
A new vid is always a treat
These alien desighns are so nice
Animalistic and something we can recognise yet so different too
Stumbled onto the concept of speculative fiction from a video about the story, All Tomorrows and here we are! So many creative ideas and concepts.
you have a comforting voice
This has the best art I've ever seen in a speculative biology project. Wow.
I’m in love with the models for this! The only question I have is if creatures on this world tend to lack eyes, what is the point of bright colors to warn predictors? It just doesn’t seem to make sense to me of creatures rely more on other sensory organs rather than eyesight. I know you yourself didn’t make the project, I’m just sort of spewing out my thoughts.
There are still species with eyes.
Yeah the cheetah-like creatures not having eyes doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
@@brainmind4070 ......what's with your cheetah arguments, cant you just accept what you f* saw is just fictitious fantasy fodder?! You really such a stuck up individual?
He said many creatures lack eyes, not all. Still, eyes are useful so it’s weird many don’t have em
Your videos covering Speculative Biology art projects are my absolute favorite! More please!
I love speculative alien life like this i find it so fascinating and makes me think about what alien life might really be like...wish I could live to see it.
You might. There is a surprisingly decent chance that life exists somewhere else in our solar system. There's a few planets (including moons) that may have life, though in some it's almost certainly microscopic if it exists at all.
I've got to say, as cool as all these creatures are (very) it would be nice to see more projects like this that strived for a more comprehensive ecosystem. It's the monster hunter problem, every living thing is megafauna on a mind bending scale with little thought toward how the ecosystem supports something that large. I get it in games, you can't fight a cricket sized animal, but in books and art there's no reason not to have fun with such things.
I was thinking the same thing. Why does everything have to be so gigantic? Also, some features of the animals don't really make too much sense outside of the "wouldn't it be cool if..." way of looking at things.
I agree on your point seems like they kinda just gloss over that. And While I’m not gonna assume I know what alien life forms may look like, all of these creatures seem oddly geometric instead of more organic shape of fauna we see on earth, hard to take seriously. Still pretty cool looking tho I will admit.
truly a masterpiece in world building and scifi
This channel has been an inspiration like no other channel I’ve ever encountered before. Just wow. Thank you 🙏 for your hard work and creativity
How can he make realistic art. The best art ever.
“The massive frog” best vehicle name ever 10:59
Spec bio projects should really also talk about the flora.
One of the coolest projects seen yet!
This makes me genuinely excited for what's actually out there, all those planets, and alien species left uncharted.
This is a certified Speculative ET life classic.
Looks amazing, I'd like to know more about the planet and why they evolved like that. Some shapes seems random
I remember seeing some art of this on google so naturally i got super excited when i saw this and good job man very great video
6:07 If you look to the right at the front profile you can definitely tell which human organ the artist took inspiration from…
Finally! Somebody else noticed!
So yeah, I'm glad I don't have to bring it up first! But it's blatant. There are _significant_ examples of it in this video - some of the most obvious...
10:04 face is a groin - the spaces on the side where the legs are missing is where the animal's convenient "skull hole" ends up -_-
12:38 chest and forelimbs are obvious human "bag" and back of legs - like a nude yoga instructor showing his most relaxed down dog.
14:24 Those fingers are... aubergines? Yeah, definitely aubergines. Girthy. Video chapter is called Unknown _Reaches!_ LOL.
8:10 I think the best way to say this is: _Girl, That's a Bootyhole._
There's too much of it in this project to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's very HR Giger - but... not. There are a disproportionate amount of creatures with features that look like exposed posteriors. Everything's _slick_ and _ripped_ and _hairless_ and _dripping._ It's a bit much. Yes: bodies in nature are composed of common shapes, but this seems over the top. Some things seem deliberately tongue-in-cheek encoded, like the names of the vehicles seem like cleverly disguised suggestive references. It reminds me of some spec bio they used to run in Heavy Metal Magazine. I feel like there might be esoteric elements that go over my head.
It's kinda funny, but I can't take it seriously, and I'm not sure how I feel about it trying to carve an equally legit place in the space of Spec Bio on this channel.
I find it more believable that a time traveling human uploaded these pictures, the art is incredible
This one captures the vibe of Wayne Barlowe's Expedition the best out of any Spec Bio projects i've seen! Super super cool to witness!
Ya know I didn’t appreciate the creatures at first, but after my second watch they’ve grown on me.
Lol I was just philosophing about evolution, thinking about CA... and voila, a new video :D
your videos are wesome and they always are so comprehensive i cant wait to watch
Easily some of my favorite alien designs
14:55 A rocky planet cannot have two spherical moons. Its gravity won't be enough to mantain them in their orbit. The two moons will destabilize themselves and they will crash each other or wors they collide with their main planet
It’s fiction.
great job
I want one of those Cricket-Copters
Imagine just jumping into the air and then just flying
Massive Darwin IV vibes. It's wonderful. Thank you.
I was thinking the exact same thing, its not often that we see speculative lifeforms use sonar as a substitute for ocular vision, aswell as the fact that many of them have very leathery sort of texture to their skin similar to that of darwin IV’s creatures.
This was as you guessed a huge inspiration for me :)
@@christiangrajewski7518 your work is nothing short of marvellous.
@@Stop_This_Madness Thank you very much :)!
I really like how the vehicles were named after earth animals
Absolutely amazing! :)
they look like an architects dream and i love it
There could be such a good exoplanet movie based off of this work. Holly cow. This is SO much better than "avatar"
I love, love, love your channel and learning about artists who combine science and imagination. Thank you!
The art for this project is crazy! I genuinely wonder if its 2d or 3d, either way this artist is amazing!
Its 3d.
It’s all done in 3D :)
It's all real, he went there
Love these speculative biology videos, space is so large who is to say what realy is possible on other planets
always love this series/channel
your delivery is unmatched
Another amazing and fascinating video. After watching I had to check that the images hadn't been taken from a film. They all have that aspect that they are real active creatures and you are seeing a still from a moving picture. Top marks to the creator of these and a huge thanks to you for making this video and once again highlighting the fascinating world of speculative evolution.
I love the alien designs they're so cool
Wow…people underestimate how hard it is to make something look truly alien…
One critique I have of this project is that they're trying too hard to make it look alien. Yeah, things would have evolved differently on an alien planet, but there would be a lot of convergent evolution as well.
@@brainmind4070 This is a very good point I think a good example of this is how early mammals looked - similar to the creatures today but with noticeable differences
@@louisosmany9556 Well, in the case of early mammals and modern mammals, one has derived from the other, so this may not be the best example. I think a better example would be sharks and dolphins. There are noticeable differences in their morphologies, but there are also a lot of similarities because they fill similar roles in similar environments.
@@brainmind4070 Yes. The lack of eyes and the very geometric, un-streamlined shape of the animals is a bit much. There's just no reason for animals living these lifestyles to lack eyes on such a bright planet, especially when much of their prey has eyes. And there's no reason to have a body that is so difficult to push against the wind when this geometric box shape won't help with your balance, or your defense, or... anything. The only explanation I can think of for why so many animals would be so boxy is that their common ancestor was, but I really can't imagine that the first animal would be boxy either. That's a shape that takes a sturdy body to maintain... which is also another reason I think their shape is weird. And I can imagine that a speedy predator would quickly evolve out of such a body plan anyways...
Their bodies would certainly be very different from what we'd expect, but certain things are going to resemble Earth if the animal is on an Earth-like planet.
I love your vids. The art on this one is SUPER cool!!
Really enjoying the attention dedicated to the vehicles this time around - the Hornets instantly caught my eye for seemingly having taken some inspiration from the Focke-Wulf Triebflügeljäger
Can't get enough of this!
I don't think it makes sense that so many animals lack eyes on this planet. Eyes evolved independently on our planet many times due to how useful they are.
this is wonderful, the imagination of the creator I admire
Ok, this is impressive; I love speculative fiction and this is so cool.
Prepping us for disclosure I love it THANK YOU
I’ve actually been curious, is there a speculative alien project about religion and pantheons?
that's like the next level of spec evo, spec culture
I think there has been
@@TiltedHandle imagine what gods the aliens worship every galactic sunday?
@@acemarvel1564 they probably worship a piece of dirt just bc it can grow plants ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
@@TiltedHandle touché
I wished there would be more of these but for plants, it'll be very cool since there isn't much of that
a focus on exploratory vehicles, a reliance on sonar and external digestion, large olfactory holes, bipeds+tripeds+quadrupeds, split limbs, gigantic sizes - very Barlowesque
I love that you say meters and foots
8:54 Well, they tend to do that
i have been watching your videos for probably a year and a half (cant remember for sure) and I have to say being a fan of such a sadly nieche group sucks but your channel really does everything right. I love your content and ima keep watching lol
(also I have watched and rewatched all your vids, like... a lot)
Fascinating entry! The photo realistic artwork is phenomenal as well.
Probably the most photorealistic art yet on this channel, Probably my favourite design wise, I dont know i just like the technology concept arts that hit closer to current-modern day quite minimalistic and stuff, I feel like the animals are also designed like those vehicles aswell which i dont mind but at the same time cant quite explain :v
The artwork is amazing! Also, the machines in this video are also cool!
I long for the day when Biblaridion's "Alien Biospheres" will be featured on this channel.
Maybe when the project is finished?
This is the earliest I've been for one of your videos cool
This is amazing
Absolutely inctedible
Definitely going to watch this later
Wonderful video and such a talented artist.
Outstanding, this is another cool curious archive video.
I would really like to see you exploring the world of Fallout, to see how creatures adapted after centuries of the radioactive war.
Also, Minecraft has many awesome maps in the marketplace; Alien Dinos is one of the best, it has amazing fauna and flora, different biomes and a huge size. These creatures are an example of convergent evolution, since they’re not dinosaurs, but have a similar body plan. By using a device in the game you can learn about all the creatures. I learned that there was a mass extinction since the oceans are drying up, gravity acts weird, floating rock structures can be found floating in the planet’s skies, I believe there was once two alien races living in this planet, one being us, as the architecture resembles very much the design of the ship you crash with - another race was more primitive, building rock towers and clay monuments.
The third world I would love for you to visit is Kaimere from Keenan Taylor.
The fourth is the video game Warframe, it has amazing graphics and bodybuilding. It’s set in a far future where humans are a space faring race and many aliens have come to live in our solar system.
nah
Why would you say no? Are just grumpy or racist?
Minecraft marketplace💀
@@eragonlindemann7236 yes Minecraft Marketplace
With how cool theae designs are, most of them just seem really improbable. Not that they aren't cool, i love all of them, they just seem a little too far out. Not nearly as bad as some othwr things ive seen.
A voyage to Hoxxes IV would be a wonderful trip!