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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Teelos, for the lovely @lykythos.bsky.social It's only appropriate that I made an animal sona for him.

[IMG ID: A black-and-white eel with blue stripes and black spots draws on his electronic tablet with his stylus, holding it up with his long body while using his tail to grip the pen. On the left of him are four facial expressions: happy, blank, crying, and dizzy./End]

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Welwraith @welwraith.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Rock on, Wicker

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Even if you were to ignore the exhaustive means to maintain such a machine, why would enacting a doomsday scenario even be its priority? The biggest "doomsday" scenario regarding ASI would be it reading leftist theory rather than a vapid quest to destroy mankind. (If the suits were honest about it.)

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I find it very humorous that people get legitimately scared about the concept of a fully autonomous machine. Like, really? Out of all doomsday scenarios out there, it's the one with the lowest possibility of happening that concerns you?

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Maaaan, setting myself a blaze would be pretty cool. But I know my body wouldn't like that...

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Welwraith @welwraith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Kissed by the afternoon sun

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I made new characters this week; this is Dianous Vi Velvet (front) and Thadius (back), a rich duo who engage in petty crime and leisure.

[IMG ID: Two aliens: a Vinesian-Kitigari hybrid humanoid (front) and a feral Hylaceo (back) stand in a white void, posing for the audience to show off their charismatic appearances. The brown and tan Vinesian wears a long striking purple coat with white fake fur; she has on black lingerie, high boots, and long gloves, along with fishnet leggings under her latex ones. She carries a tu-711 strapped to her left leg and adorns a choker with a heart-shaped chain with four long chains draped to the sides of her chest; she also has a nose ring, snout piercings, and ear piercings. She wears sunglasses and is holding an electric pipe. Thadius is the Hylaceo behind her, sporting dark stripes and spots on his lightly colored pink and purple fur. He has large hair-like spines on the top of his neck and back, as well as his hips. On his shoulders and thighs are large spikes, and on his lower arms and calves are spines for defense. His claws are big and sharp, as are his teeth and nose, but his ears are small, and he sports a long neck frill. His eyes replicate those seen on chameleons./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Molly blows away opposition for Fireteam Beta.

[IMG ID: A caucasian woman in her 40s is adorned with armour from Helldivers 2, an armour set similar to the RS-9 Nightmare Stomper. Additional features include thigh armour and elbow pads, along with a side headlight on the helmet. The Helldiver also wears a red, yellow, and black cape flowing on the left side. In her left hand is a GR-8 Recoilless Rifle; she glares at the viewer with a serious gaze. The rest of the image includes further information regarding the Helldiver's lore, powers, and preferences in conceptual gameplay mechanics./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sam inspired generations of scientists, creators, and enthusiasts to become the dinosaur lovers they are today; he, like many others in the Jurassic Park films have contributed a lot to the field of paleontology on a massive cultural scale unlike any have seen before. May you rest easy, Sam.

[IMG ID: A digital art portrait of the recently passed actor Sam Neill features the actor how he looked in the outfit worn in the first Jurassic Park (1993) and how he wore his typical clothing (circa 2020). Around him is a crown of tropical flora with text that reads the years he was alive "1947-2026". Light shines down in two rays behind Sam Neill./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'd like to imagine a world where people would understand fiction as an expression/abstraction of reality, rather than a literal manifestation of it. But I'm afraid we are far from that; sadly, people can dream, though...

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Outside the Limelight What turned to be a simple sketch, just changed into an illustration (a common tale with me) Kos belongs to @lykythos.bsky.social

[IMG ID: A male Aglykan wearing techwear baggy sweatpants, a tank top, exposed underwear, gloves, an armband, and two necklaces, smokes an e-cigarette while sitting on a mossy wall. Just behind him, a city of neon lights shines warmly in the night./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Might consider making more text posts here if enough people are interested (whoever is left anyway.)

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

People who complain about fictional sex don't care about victims, real or fictional. They pretend to care because they know they don't have any power to change anything, so they project their insecurities about it because they know they're more susceptible to it than the average consumer.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Happy Pride Month to all the ugly bugs out there, inside and out. This is dedicated to those complex, problematic, and troubled individuals trying to find their way in life. If nobody is gonna be out to open their arms to you, well, I could always try...at least as best as I can. You deserve love.

[IMG ID: Two lady spiders: a Green-Bellied Huntsman (left) and a Brazilian Wandering Spider (right) enjoy the day by enjoying some milkshakes, while the Brazilian Wandering Spider says, "If nobody loves you, then I'll love you."/End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I honestly had no big plans to make an experimental draw this week, but I'm happy with the results regardless. Lykythos belongs to @lykythos.bsky.social

[IMG ID: A synthetic multieyed creature that bears the appearance of a hybrid between a deer and a wolf, looks behind him with an arm up with his finger reading to pluck what looks to be a reflective string. Smoke emits from his dorsal vents with abstract buildings in the background./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A new Helldiver has entered the battlefield.

[IMG ID: A caucasian man in his 30s is adorned with armour from Helldivers 2, a new armour called the B-02 Exterminator, borrowing elements from the B-01 Tactical. Additional features include thigh armour and elbow pads, along with a light on the carapace for the regeneration shield. The helldiver also wears a black cape flowing on the right side. In his right hand is an AR-24 Liberator with a laser sight and an ACOG scope while staring at the viewer with a serious gaze with his glasses. The rest of the image includes further information regarding the Helldiver's lore, powers, and preferences in conceptual gameplay mechanics./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

First wave in a new breed of trilo-byte

[IMG ID: A red trilobite (Morocops) glows with neon colors, propelling in a virtual ocean./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If you wanna help me with moving costs, here's where you can help ko-fi.com/davespaceman...

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm at 30% of my moving goal, leaving me $448 left to support my trip out of this apartment. If you can, please help me out or share this post around so I can have people send money to my ko-fi to cover travel expenses. It'd be greatly appreciated. ko-fi.com/davespaceman...

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If you wanna help me with moving costs, here's where you can help ko-fi.com/davespaceman...

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

While I'm still working on the anatomy page of the Vinesian Encyclopedia, have this piece I made for my best friend @lykythos.bsky.social as a Vinesian. This was really fun to work with, and it's always nice to be able to draw my friends as my alien species.

[IMG ID: A white Vinesian with yellow snake-like eyes and curly hair with purple gradients, wears a black IKEA sweater, watch, round purple glasses, beige sweatpants, black mask, t-shirt, and Air Jordans strikes a pose while looking into the camera behind a geometric Y2K-inspired background./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

New baddy just dropped. Thought I'd make a new character before I finish one more card for Valentine's day, though I guess this fits for the month too, seeing that Jaein is a lust demon after all...

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Made a fanart piece for the lovely @saureal.bsky.social, saury was simultaneously challenging and fun to draw! I can't wait to draw other characters of his in the future.

[IMG ID: A hybrid alien dinosaur insectoid that has the centaur body of a butterfly is covered in a blossoming array of blue colors, along with some white, grey, black, and green. The alien, called Saury, is flying at the camera with wings on full display, showing off its cosmos-like wings with constellations and a dual galaxy on each big circle on the top wings. Saury also wears belts, chains, and a collar, along with a golden cowbell. Despite looking robotic, he is completely organic and has two antennae that resemble ears. They smile at the camera with big, glowing green eyes behind a tundra backdrop on a sunny day. Texts inspired by the 2001 bionicle sets are also present on the screen: including title card, name of character, serial number with the year 2004 typed backwards, and the LEGO® and TECHNIC mocked as Dave and CAVEMAN PRODUCTIONS respectively./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Rest for now, don't let reality beat you down so much. You deserve time for yourself, perhaps someone to make you whole. It's ok to unwind, it's ok to be flawed, it's ok to enjoy the childish and small things in life. Just relax, just for a moment.

[IMG ID: A plump green frog covered in orange, red, and brown stripe patterns lays peacefully on a lily pad with a pink flower, surrounded by stillwater, indicating a difficult predicament it has little to do to change it, but for the time, it wishes to rest, leaving reality out the door for the time being until it wakes to think of what to do next./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The main cast of the Ædreknog'vel Xenokotph are now complete, 28 units in total: 10 infantry, 12 monsters, 6 special units, 2 years in the making. (characters not scaled accurately for readability)

[IMG ID: The entire main cast of the Ædreknog'vel Xenokotph are displayed in a large group shot in rows of five. 1st row left to right: Zork, Arcinal Destructor, Mukatel Warrior, Dothganti Noble, Vespenti Zugari, Paraphim Cultist, Assimilator, Ukanidactyl, Sekotem Hunter, Krytatok. 2nd row right to left: Treyachnid, Sifara Sharpshooter, Nurathrian Archtelopod, Quezaeral's Grotesque. 3rd row left to right: Univore Merger, Drukainosaur, Armoured Wikilnorder, Garakchagore. 4th row left to right: Floshmorteq, Othulotherius Omega, War Walker, Gorterradon. 5th row left to right: Hsergal, Nausk Vel the Ambassador, Kolvaer Mensha, Yuk'nerothep Kaval, Teth'Karaga Mensha, General Votok./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Heroes and Commanders are now complete, and with that, the entire main run-up of the ædreknog vel Xenokotph cast.

[IMG ID: The main cast of characters for the Ædreknog'vel Xenokotph Heroes and Commanders lineup is complete. From left to right: Hsergal, Nausk Vel the Ambassador, Kolvaer Mensha, Teth'Karaga Mensha, General Votok./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

"Rest now, for those who betrayed you will not live to see you vindicated!" -General Votok

[IMG ID: A gargantuan red and white armoured humanoid places his left foot atop the head of a battle-damaged mech. He adorns a large flesh-like cape, worn and torn from ages long past. His face is armoured with two long fins to the side, revealing four green eyes that resemble burning flames. The giant alien also wields a large sword as ancient as time itself, held in his left hand with the blade planted into the head of the metallic titan./End]

Being tasked as the leading general of the hive armada, Votok carries billions of years of combat expertise to handle any military situation. However, even he has met his match many times, allowing him to grow with each fight lost. But nothing can compare to the impossible war he wages on a daily basis against those who betray each other.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Envy the ignorant...just for a moment." -Teth'Karaga Mensha

[IMG ID: A tall blue octopus for a head humanoid, adorning hale navy and gold colored armour with a black segmented underlayer and a pitch black cloak, stands idly. His right leg, torso, and arm are unveiled by the dark cloak, revealing his tentacled hand, the one body part outside of his head that isn't armoured. He carries a sword on his right side and has a shell-chained necklace with a seashell as an ornament./End]

This ancient wizard has seen much of what life has to offer. Now he spends his time tending to his family and the hive to teach his knowledge. However, in desperate times, Menshá will answer the call to aid his kin in war.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Water is the key to everything." -Kolvaer Mensha

[IMG ID: A tall black humanoid alien with a long fleshy cloak attached to him, stretches out his clawed hand. His legs are stalky and end at a sharp point, his shoulders extend outwards, and his head resembles a three-pointed star with one single yellow eye./End]

The youngest son of Teth'Karaga, Kolvær, contrary to his father, longs to explore the vast multiverse rather than spend his time in the Zentlini System. But his duties as a farseer are not below him, as he uses his powers to unlock hidden secrets and unleash the horrors of the hive onto his adversaries.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

"Democracy falls not on blade nor barrel, but on the rallying cries of the ignorant crowd." -Nausk Vel the Ambassador

[IMG ID: A spiky, segmented-bodied, white and orange digitigrade alien with black striped armour balances on one leg. The body plan resembles a humanoid mix of a reptile and insect, fitted with a long stinger tail, four arms, the lower being crab claws, and the upper being pinchers like a mantis. On its regular arms, the alien assassin holds bloodied gold and black dog tags from a recently killed soldier. The alien also has a snout of a reptile with sharp teeth and a set of mandibles, along with a sharp helmet and a mane that reaches its lower back./End]

Spawned from a utero sac, Nausk Vel is a hybrid stealth organism that was born to kill high-value targets where few dare to go. With a wide arsenal of ranged and melee weapons, he finishes his enemies without them even knowing they’re already dead.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"One strike, and it is done." -Hsergal

[IMG ID: A segmented-bodied, green digitgrade alien with hooved feet and a long tail ending in a sharp spur pulls back its bow made from the bone of its body, using an extremely venomous intestinal eel as an arrow. The alien assassin wields an organic saber, has two spikes on its back, four on its tail near the base, and spurs on the ends of its legs. The stomach is exposed with the same intestinal eels, slithering side to side. The alien also has a long neck guard and a helmet with a visor covering the face in shimmering blue colors./End]

A devoted marksman at heart and a loyal servant in mind, Hsergal executes enemies of the hive to ensure no target is left standing if not already taken care of. With his intestinal worms that he uses as arrows for his Bowne arm, he strikes down any key target ready for assassination.

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Got bored, wanted to draw the non-binary rockstar from another world...

[IMG ID: An alien reptilian known as a Vinesian, pale-skinned, tall, and digitigrade, engages in pole dancing while wearing limited clothing: latex stocking, garter, arm warmers, a leather vest strap, a silver bracelet, a spiked collar, and a loincloth. The alien also bears red lipstick and makeup, and has feminine hair. Just behind them are two other alien performers dancing in hanging dance chandeliers and one on a dance pole. Colorful lights shine from different directions while a window outside shows a building displaying advertisements from a red and white armoured Vinesian ball racer skidding the dirt after making a score, a rental business with a deadpan slogan "Aesper Rental: Good luck finding someone cheaper", and a purple and white colored screensaver with hearts for the strip club for the dancers./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I'm open for commissions! Hit me up if you'd like to snag one drawn by yours truly. TOS here docs.google.com/document/d/1... My Discord is Dave Spaceman#3152 if you wish to DM me. I'm mostly active on there anyway. Hope to see you there!

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Tier 4 is now complete, leaving the heroes and commanders as the last list of characters to make to finish this army.

[IMG ID: From left to right: Assimilator, Quezaeral's Grotesques, Floshmorteq, Armoured Wikilnorder, War Walker, Gorterradon, Yuk'nerothep Kaval./End]

[IMG ID: From left to right: Assimilator, Quezaeral's Grotesques, Armoured Wikilnorder, Yuk'nerothep Kaval./End]

[IMG ID: From left to right: Floshmorteq, War Walker, Gorterradon./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Towering across the battlefield, this gargantuan titan is fitted with long tentacles to grasp multiple targets to either consume or hurl out of sight. Its hooves can stomp through cities and are armed with a wide range of weapons. The War Walker is a titan that very few can stop.

[IMG ID: A dark brown tentacled, short-tailed kaiju on six hooved legs walks across with two giant claw arms, both carrying tentacles with lamp-shaped heads as active lights/guns. The head is long and stalky with a horn, but has an elongated arch behind it covered in yellow lights that lead to the big yellow eye. 4 big yellow circles glow at the side of the creature, with two spikes and a fin sticking out./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

A conglomerate of floating biomass that projects spores to aid allies and poison units from above, this man-o-war-like monster drops units airborne into battle to swarm enemies in droves. They're even more deadly when they come in terrors.

[IMG ID: A gargantuan man-o-war-like alien flies high above the clouds, its fins touch the sky while its tendrils and feeler fins hang low. Inside the organism, multiple creatures are being transported for war./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Born as grotesque abominations, these horrors of the Hive learn to mimic their prey for infiltration. Though a learning process at first, these creatures can become the deadliest of assassins and can imitate any organism with shocking accuracy.

[IMG ID: A "human" stares in panic while wearing a leather jacket with badges and baggy sweat pants; this individual also has a pair of mismatched boots./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Here at Caveman Productions, we turn dogs into hogs... Wanted to make some changes to Shev's species, because I don't wanna draw too many canines in my roster, gotta diversify, anyway. It's a little something to have before this week's big surprise.

[IMG ID: A fat black wild boar with dark hair wearing an oil-stained white tank top and torn blue jeans sits in his roller-chair with a lit cigarette and stares at the viewer unamused in his mechanic shop./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

So this was supposed to be a simple headshot sketch of @saureal.bsky.social character Lillith, but as usual, I went a little overboard and decided to add more details to it than originally planned. So I'm gonna post this one since I enjoyed making it so much.

[IMG ID: A white and blue therapod dinosaur with peacock green lips wearing two spiked collars stares at the viewer concerningly, all while a crowd of different species dances in the background with flashing beams of lights in a nightclub./End]

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Dave Spaceman @davespaceman.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Made a birthday gift for @kingmystrie.bsky.social yesterday. Have this for now while I work on bigger stuff again.

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