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Every now and then the group will hold creature design events. This is when members can create and submit designs to the group.
One to a few designs may be chosen and become officially a part of the group with members being compensated in group currency/items etc.
Designs not chosen will retain their ownership to the original designer. You can do whatever you want with this design but it is not considered an official creature within the group.
Submission Guidelines
Please read thoroughly before proceeding
(Click Here to Read the Wildlife Rules page first!)
Submission Guidelines
Please read thoroughly before proceeding
(Click Here to Read the Wildlife Rules page first!)
1. All designs chosen to become Official Wildlife will be owned by both the group and the original creator.
The original creator cannot control what the group does with their design and the group cannot control what they do with their design outside of the group
2. Members will be credited and compensated with group currency, items, or designs.
3. Members must be okay with their designs being potentially redesigned and/or modified from their original submission state.
4. Members must be okay with other members/staff designing and selling their own iterations of Wildlife within the group.
5. Official designs will always be free for other members to access and enjoy.
When submitting a design you acknowledge that you have fully read and understand the Guidelines and Rules.
Tips for Creating Wildlife!
Tips for Creating Wildlife!
So you're designing your very own creature, that's awesome! Here in our group, we love to encourage people to step out of their comfort zones and try something new!
Below are some suggestions on how to make the creatures you create feel more fleshed out!
These are optional and just some advice on getting started!
Make it Unique!
Many beginners in creature design often take the body of a pre-existing animal and then smack some wings or horns on it. This is a great place to start but let's take it further! Consider why your creature looks this way, why does it have wings or sharp teeth? Do they help it hunt? Do they keep it warm? Look at other species that exhibit those traits and see how they accomplish their goals! The more animals you use as inspiration the more unique a design can feel! But also be careful of creating a chimera! Make sure these traits flow together rather than feeling stacked on top of each other!
Consider what your animal does and why
The animals we see in the real world take on many different strange traits for many different reasons. For example, moles have shovel-like claws for digging, leopards have spots for camouflage, and turtles have shells for protection. When thinking up a creature try to consider why it has certain abilities, how does this ability help it survive? What role does it play in its day-to-day life?
Predator and Prey don't all act the same
People often depict predators as bloodthirsty killing machines, when really they're just trying to survive like every other creature, they run if they're in danger, and they'll stop a hunt if it's taking too much time and energy. Predators adapt to their prey. For example, foxes hunt creatures smaller than them on average because they are solitary creatures but wolves often hunt prey much larger than them because they hunt as a pack. Large prey animals can often be more dangerous than predators because it's never a waste of energy to kill a predator.
What's their Diet
It's not just meat and plants out there. An animal's food source can greatly change how that animal adapts! For example, anteaters have extremely long tongues so that they can reach the ants they eat, birds have vastly different beaks based on whether they eat hard nuts, small seeds, insects, or small rodents/fish, and giraffes have long necks to eat food that most other animals can't reach. A creature's diet influences a lot about what it can do, because if it can't eat then it can't live.
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