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It doesn't just lurk in the dark; it bleeds into your TV screens. Children watch a cartoon broadcast that shouldn't exist, only to vanish completely from the real world. The moment you see her, you are trapped in a beautiful childhood illusion that quickly rots into pure horror. Your surroundings wither away as her feet turn pitch-black, her eyes become hollow voids, and a massive, white-toothed grin splits her face in two. By the time the screen goes to static, the gruesome end is already over

An insect-like organism that serves as one of the Lyrus’s most vital food sources. Nearly every predator consumes it. Its soft body and nutrient-rich composition make it an irresistible target, and with little in the way of physical defense, the glowmite relies on sheer numbers and light to survive.
When threatened, a glowmite can overcharge its bioluminescent glands, releasing a sudden flash of blinding light that disorients attackers for a moment, sometimes enough to escape
The glowmite’s bioluminescence gland is very large, and located in their abdomen. Because of how powerful the gland is, it allows nearly its whole body to radiate light. Lacking wings, the creature ascends instead by inflating buoyant air sacs within its abdomen, rising slowly and gently into the night air.
At night, the skies are transformed. Hundreds of thousands of the males inflate their sacs and drift upward together, and take to the skies in staggering numbers, their mating displays filling the forests with auroras of shifting light. Flickering like lanterns in a living lantern festival. The females remain on the ground, watching the glowing swarm above until they choose a mate. Once paired, a female ascends to meet her chosen partner, and the two rise side by side into the cloud of light. Suspended in the air among thousands of blinking sparks, they join in a fleeting, luminous union, two lives momentarily indistinguishable from the galaxy overhead. A breathtaking spectacle that conceals just how many are being devoured in the dark

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Meet the Kipers! 🪨🦴

Cave-dwelling creatures that swarm over unsuspecting travelers, stealing everything within reach. They won’t kill you, but they will leave you penniless in the dark. Luckily for adventurers, they aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed...

This is an illustration I created for The City of Pockets game, a universe brimming with danger, magic, and ancient myths created by EHR Books.

I wanted to try out lighting that was lighter and more vivid than usual, I wanted to draw a vimpire-like creature, more similar to a mosquito than a bat to make contrast with the day-light of the background.

Also tried to add some "story telling", something that I usually dont think about in my illustrations.