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Arachnomander
@thearachnomander.bsky.social
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An Indonesian artist (both traditional and digital) and worldbuilder who likes speculative biology, and who also dabbles in photography and a bit if fanart from time to time.
(He/Him)
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thearachnomander.bsky.social
a mammal from 120 million years in the future

tags:
#animals #future #fictionalCreature #creatureDesign #infographic #speculativeEvolution #art #digitalArt
a large brown animal with a grey belly, snout and claws, with a small bird sitting on them. they are both standing in a patch of brown soil in a field of green grass with mountains in the background. an infographic explaining said animal, styled to look like a photo and another paper paper (both white) pasted upon a more yellowed paper, with yet more explanations. an image with the same yellowed paper background yet this time having the 2 animals put on it in a way resembling they were cut out the image and pasted here. this image is a diagram highlighting the traits of the larger animal primarily with a few sketches as well. a transparent image of the 2 animals.
September 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Scary fact:
You cannot count from 1 to 10, without getting through 6-7
August 24, 2026 at 11:04 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
So its also coming to my attention just how much grey I am using in my art
I personally feel it just works well with so many of my works, often feels like among the default colors for my designs and sometimes especially if applied to concrete gives off a nostalgic liminal brutalist feel ig.
August 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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snockoid.bsky.social
Concepting an old creed from the 2nd Phasnaajjausq. Its a good start, but I'll mess with it more later

They're called 'Chuuktah' Kind of crabbish guys
#conceptart #worldbuilding #vyykjjyn #OC #digitalart #scifiart #Chuuktah #spaceart
August 21, 2026 at 4:27 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
an insect I saw in a dream a while back, more in the replied comment.

#insects #dream #dreamArt #creatureDesign #art #digitalArt
a digital drawing of a fictitious insect sticking resting on what is supposed to be a wall, featuring a grey body, large mandibles akin to a stag beetle, tiger moth like wings which are black and white for the first pair and red and black for the second, and a large vaguely scorpion like stinger on their abdomen albeit with only 4 joints, with the abdomen itself having 4 non stinger segments.
August 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
highly derived penguin descendants who evolved to fly again, then become flightless again, then flying again, then flightless again, then flying again, then flightless again, then flying again, then flightless again, then flying again, then flightless again, then flying again,-
August 21, 2026 at 3:58 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Imagine if there was an expedition to one of the moons of Jupiter and the explorers find mamy cool but expected sights there until at one point they find a mummified pterosaur, seemingly an azhdarchid, just laying embeded in the surface.
Do wonder how many implications this has
August 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Do wonder what the spirits of those who died from the bubonic plague think of Last Asylum: Plague, and especially their Ads
August 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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snockoid.bsky.social
Bousuugi

#vyykjjyn #worldbuilding #conceptart #oc #digitalart #scifiart
August 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Kasane Teto in the year 55,022,192 (in the Gregorian Calendar)
August 12, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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alexries.com
We wanted to explore symbiosis and mutualism in Subnautica 2.

These beings can survive alone, but in joining they create a central powerful water jet, and share nutrients and neurotransmitters via the attachment membranes.
June 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
We know Regina Spektor's song 2 Birds on a Wire, but when are we gonna make 2 Mammals on a Bridge, 2 Reptiles atop a Balcony, 2 Amphibians on a Pipe, etc?
August 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
So today I have successfully Watched
(Finished the Watcher's campaign in Rain World)
July 26, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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theprotagonists.bsky.social
it takes time, but we'll be there

#art #artsky #artpost #digitalart #painting #イラスト #scifiart
drawing of a two carriage train moving through green grasslands under a blue sky with rings and exotic moons
July 23, 2026 at 9:17 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
What if humans were to survive an apocalypse, only to go extinct shortly after?
July 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Would say it also seems easier to sketch symmetrical drawings digitally than on a paper
Shown in these images is a crablike alien from Arukul and the face of a karnol
An sketcg which I title Arukulian Carcinization, showing a crablike alien creature with 4 limbs, 2 smaller back legs and 2 larger 4 clawed front limbs, along with small eyestalks on the front and 4 leaflike flaps on the back, coming out of a central body which features spikes and 5 plates fused together. The sketch of the face of an alien creature known as a karnol viewed from the front, with large eyes (no pupils shown here), 4 ears, a proboscis with 4 "fingers" (in here retracted), and a few whiskers
July 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Finally completed a video which I had worked on for the past several days, maybe not without its flaws, but it is something
youtu.be/qoG9sKwIg8s?...

#entomology #insects #memes #parody
I made the worst entomology video on Youtube
YouTube video by Arachnomander's channel
youtu.be
July 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
an infographic I just created for a lifeform based on an idea by @triplchii.bsky.social
a massive, hyperomnivorous, starfish like alien being from a planet covered in shallow oceans.

#speculativeBiology #speculativeEvolution #art #digitalArt
an infographic made for an alien species known as a Talva-tharak, resembling a disc shaped starfish with long spines, complete with a top and bottom sketch on the upper left under the title, the creature themselves with some explanations for features, and the original post that inspired them on the bottom left. description: "talva-tharaks are a species of massive, superficially echinoderm like beings on a planet noted to be covered in relatively shallow oceans and a few archipeligoes. while they may seem immobile in many cases, when they do wake up, their movements and highly generalist diets make them massive ecosystem engineers who swallow all who get in their path, clearing way for new growth with their waste serving as a source of nutrients for all who do survive. they seem to grow continuously over their several hundred year long lifespans, with many reaching over 100 meters in width, giving them the title of largest motile species on their panet." and some trait descriptions "5 eyes adapted to detecting changes in light and in younger individuals, predators" "long spines serve both as weapons used for intraspecific combat and as sensory organs which detect changes in water pressure and temperature" "many limbs somewhat akin to tube feet on the bottom of their bodies aiding both in movement and eating. in the center of their bottom is a 5 toothed mouth, they are not picky eaters" "their skin is covered in hard plates and scales which protect them from both external hazards, other lifeforms, and each other"
July 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Within the Fog (description in alt text)

#art #digitalArt #creature #alien
this image shows an alien lifeform who I have referred to as a blow dragon before, sitting in a field of black flora over a large body of water, surrounded by fog, lifting up their glowing brush-like tail.
June 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
so just made this, not sure if I should make it a video
"TOP 10 ARTHROPODS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND SPOTTED IN REAL LIFE"
#satire #insects #arthropods #biology
June 22, 2026 at 9:12 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
They should make a plugin for krita/a drawing app that extends the color pallete beyond the human visible range
June 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
I just drew tung tung tung tung tung tung tung tung tung sahur if he was an actual mythical creature from the future probably
#monster #characterDesign #memeRedraw
An paper drawing of a being resembling a ketongan drum with dripping wirelike tendrils, some forming many legs, others forming an arm holding a blunt force weapon, and some form a neck on which sits a vaguely humanlike face. He is standing in front of a dark counter. A description from discord
June 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
Guys look at my totally, extremely, very paleo accurste T-rex who's very paleo acvurate in paleontology
#paleoart #paleontology #dinosaurs #satire #creatureDesign
A "totally very accurate T-rex", with an appearance more like a fantasy creature with wings, eyes too small for their socket, exposed teeth, claws and spikes
June 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
thearachnomander.bsky.social
What if Hanahaki disease was a literal plant and is perhaps an accidental pathogen?
Perhaps they thrive in warm, moist climates in tropical rainforests, but in rare cases, their tiny seeds end up in lungs of animals, and in stress, the plant grows rapidly, killing both themselves and the host.
June 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM