Monday, January 27, 2020

concept art- possible designs for animals/environment

Some thoughts on early research: animal social phenomena, interactions with nature and the way they think

Migrations of different animal species- penguins, sea turtles, whales

Penguins warm their young by standing on them and tucking them under their fur, males usually take care of babies while females hunt, and then they switch

Emperor penguins are monogamous, but they change mates with the seasons

Penguins are different from other species of birds because they usually only lay one or two eggs per pregnancy, while other birds lay multiple eggs- “parent” penguins form a network of community, and all the parents take care of their children as a group

Sea turtles hatch in the sand all at once and immediately start swimming toward the ocean- this is an innate instinct that they have in order to not be caught by predators

Sometimes babies can get misled by electric light sources around the ocean, such as city lights and other things- they can wander into cities and urban areas if their internal compass is thrown off, leading to death or starvation

Turtles migrate later in life, after reaching the ocean, some migrate to open ocean for feeding grounds while others stay at coastal reefs, or move to mating grounds before going back to their original homes

Some turtles use the earth’s magnetic field to navigate the ocean, instead of using other cues

They also sometimes return to the beach they hatched, which is also an instinct that helps to orient them in their environment

Whales use whale speech to communicate with others underwater, and each species and subtribe of whale has a unique specific sound that helps them locate others of their kind

Different sounds mean different things, and vibrations of the water help to communicate what they are feeling

Whales raise their young from birth, and have a family-like bond with others in their group, and they travel together in groups- they have their own social structure and instinctual habits that help them survive- they also feel complex emotions like grief and sadness with each other, and understand complex ways to relate to each other

Phenomena of nature- fractals (plants, trees, rock formations, snowflakes, etc), lunar and solar events such as eclipses and rainbows, etc
All mammals (except some humans) are colorblind- can see in blue, green, yellow hues but not red/orange

How animals see the world- blue, grey, greens, blurry and not as bright

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/optical-phenomena.html
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/seabirds/penguins
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/09/sea-turtles-are-surviving-despite-threats-from-humans-feature/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen



some concept drawings of different animals, their proportions, social habits, etc.

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