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Description FINALLY!!
You have no idea how long this took me - not only the reference sheet, but all the researches and tests to finally get to his final design. I've been thinking about this guy for some months (2 or 3 maybe), imagining this 'horrible' hybrid walking by my side when I was walking alone to school. I have grown quite fond of him with time and decided to give him a tangible appearance.
I worked on his design for some time really, and the first ones were terrible. He wasn't making any sense! But how to make a plausible hybrid between a primate - a mammal - and a spider? After several tests, realising it was clearly way harder than I though, I almost gave up. But heh, I loved him too much not to try some more times. And by some kind of miracle, I finally got this design which, I believe, is a quite plausible and realistic one!
It took me some time also to find his colors even though I knew I wanted something pretty close to the ones of the spider species he's a hybrid of - the Segestria Florentinas. Finally got to this result that I like.
I also decided to let him have his palpal bulbs even though he doesn't need it anymore. 'cause it's pretty cool looking!
Obviously the reference sheet took me YEARS. I've never made one ever before, and I'm not really satisfied with the result. I feel like it's messy and missing a lot of informations. I'm not even sure if my english is correct in here so please my dear english speaker friends, if you notice any mistakes, tell me!
Critiques would be really appreciated!


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Name: Mederic

Age: 29 years old

Gender: Male

Height: 1,95m (6'4f) approximately

Weight: 90 Kg approximately


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Anthropomorphs exist - they're a part of our society, work and live among the regular humans. They're a minority of course, and they are victims of racism. But even if most humans don't trust them and call them freaks, they can live peacefully... Except for some of them. Most hybrids are dogs, sometimes cats or horses, or other kinds of mammals. But other kinds exist, those that are so rare people wonder if they aren't nothing more than just myths. Insectoids and arachnids also try to live in this world, but they are seen as monsters and if seen, are hunted. They are believed to be unable of reasoning, only following their insect instincts, and humans are sharing horror tales in which people are killed by them. Even if the other hybrids are also way more human than animal, these outcasts are said to be brainless.
Having to live alone and silent, some actually turn crazy. Some people have already been murdered by them. But who wouldn't become hateful against the main species of Earth which forces you into loneliness and despair?
They're very rare because of the fact that it's terribly hard to find a mate when you're alone and a so-called monster.

Mederic has lived most of his life alone. He has always preferred to live in the countryside peacefully, not too worried to be found. Using an old bus carcass which he almost entirely buried, he made himself his home. Going out only at night, to find clothes, water, and food in nearby farms and fields. His fearsome appearance isn't to be taken seriously: Mederic is a deeply peaceful creature who loves to tame animals to break his constant loneliness. 


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So yeah, I'm glad to introduce you to Mederic, the lonely spider guy^^
Please tell me what you think of all of this, I'll be glad to hear your comments! And also if you have any kind of questions about him, feel free to ask them here! Since I feel like my ref sheet misses informations, this will be a great way to know what kind of stuff I should add




This hybrid story was kind of inspired by my friends' Bianca-di-Palermo  & K-Zlovetch 's story : Oetherium Go check it out!

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Comments: 58

lynxrush [2016-08-01 17:48:51 +0000 UTC]

<3 he looks adorable!

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Ardate In reply to lynxrush [2016-08-02 10:21:40 +0000 UTC]

aaa thank you so much!! <3 And thank you for all the favs too!

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Captain-Mantis [2016-03-10 15:23:14 +0000 UTC]

Grhhhhhgnfrr..........*blue screen cérébral* J'aime tellement son design...c'est hyper swouague. °A° Donc d'après ce que j'ai compris, tu parles avec lui quand tu marches dans la rue ? :] En tout cas, c'est perso bien sympa, j'aime beaucoup ! 

Ps : Chui trop désolé de venir cheker tes dessins seulement maintenant. J'avais pas la tête à commenter ces derniers temps et comme j'aime pas fav'n'run avec les coupings...

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Ardate In reply to Captain-Mantis [2016-03-12 15:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Merciii ! \o/ Ca me fais plaisir qu'il te plaise ! Hehe je lui parle dans ma tête seulement :3

Ps : Pffft t'as rien à te reprocher xD Je suis pareille, j'ai pas mal de retard dans les dessins des gens que je watche... Du coup je vais m'occuper de toi immédiatement O^O

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Captain-Mantis In reply to Ardate [2016-03-13 00:17:25 +0000 UTC]

C'est vrai ? Et il te répond ? Ça m'intrigue.

Ps : Ohvi ! De l'attention ! °A° 

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Ardate In reply to Captain-Mantis [2016-03-13 15:24:08 +0000 UTC]

Oui, en quelque sorte x) Après il est timide donc il ne parle pas beaucoup.

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Captain-Mantis In reply to Ardate [2016-03-14 00:11:51 +0000 UTC]

Aww, il est meugnon. <3 

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Ardate In reply to Captain-Mantis [2016-03-16 21:55:20 +0000 UTC]

Oui

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Nocturnaliss [2016-01-18 12:00:10 +0000 UTC]



Aww man I LOVE this character concept! And the drawn explanation of how he conceals his spider legs that's really cool. He does indeed look plausible ^^ much as one would wonder how such a hybrid could exist, but... science, I guess. Which leads me to my first question: is his origin world based on ours, or some other fantasy/sci-fi setting? If it's the former: how did these hybrids come to exist? If it's the latter: well, same question really XD with the extra What does that world look like?

Important info we're missing here is the basic info: eye colour, size, weight, etc... Does his second set of arms get in the way of the 'normal' pair? What's his skin like? I notice there's some spidery hair on his shoulders, but nowhere else (did read he has some on his legs too)... does it serve any purpose, or is it just there because of genetics? Speaking of that: what about parents? Lineage? Siblings? Others of his race? Is his design the norm, or do other arachnoids vary?

Are his innards like a human's? I ask this out of curiosity from having read the bit about his spinneret... it makes me wonder what he looks like on the inside, as you also mention he'd reproduce the human way.

Sorry if some of these have already been asked ^^ I really do love this character's look. I'm definitely curious about his personality, as he looks very composed and strong. Hopefully you'll do more with him

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Ardate In reply to Nocturnaliss [2016-03-06 15:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow, how in the world could I miss your awesome comment?!! I must have removed it from my message box by mistake, I'm sorry!

So many good questions! His world is based on ours, with the small difference than hybrids have existed for pretty much as long as humanity has
These small infos are written in the description (except for the eye color, his eyes are pitch black!) : 1,95m and 90 kilos^^ His skin is kind of a mix between chitin and regular skin: it's human-like, but is way thicker than regular humans' ! And the thick spider hairs are mostly here because of genetics^^ He has hairs on the rest of his body too but it's way more thin and discreet, human-like.
he doesn't have any siblings but he does have parents, that just like other insectoid hybrids live underground, far from humanity. And his design is the norm, even though there may be small differences depending on the spiders' species^^

His innards are mostly humans with some spider touches ; he has a poison sack next to the parotid glands ( nt.vitaba.com/img/i326.jpg ) and a silk gland near his spine^^

Thank you SO much for all these questions, they definitely helped me think about my character more! I really appreciate your help I'm glad you like him, and thank you again!!

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Nocturnaliss In reply to Ardate [2016-03-06 15:36:15 +0000 UTC]

Don't worry about it XD I've been absent from DA for a while, so your comment's right on time

Sooo, considering this is an alternate universe... How did this hybrids come to be? What did they evolve from? Likely the base animal, but how did we go from base animal to humanoid hybrid? It's hard to imagine a spider suddenly growing up to become human-like in form without any outside/inside influence. The world builder I am is really curious what the explanation is XD we already know there's some genetics at work, but there has to be some source for such creatures to come into existence? Even be it the nature of the world itself. It'd be interesting to know, especially since you have other hybrid races.

You're quite welcome race-building is an arduous task; I know that, sometimes, you can forget to ask yourself the simplest of questions XD and I really like your character. Much as spiders scare me XD but he doesn't. He seems liek someone to have a nice cup of coffee and a conversation with

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Ardate In reply to Nocturnaliss [2016-03-06 15:56:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that's perfect then ! xD

Well this is exactely the point I'm struggling with. I'm still thinking about it, it's rather hard to find a logical explaination to this, other than the classical "human experimentations" or "radioactive mutation" ^^

Yes it's particularly complicated indeed x) And yes, those questions could have been rather obvious but I really didn't think about them!
I'm glad then, that was the whole point of the character! :3

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Nocturnaliss In reply to Ardate [2016-03-06 16:34:25 +0000 UTC]

Well, try and look at this in a different way then. Forget you're trying to figure out how the race came to be. Since this is an alternate universe, it will have had its own evolution as well; so, how did the world, as it stands now in your mind, come to be? What makes it different than ours, and how did those differences occur? If you can understand the world as a whole, you can start to figure out how these differences would have affected the creatures living on the planet. They might very well be a natural evolution, even be it through radioactive mutations (some parts of the world where these are strong? Perhaps even some type of radioactive mineral that's proper to that world?). He clearly tries to hide his true identity, which ought to mean he's a minority and thus not a 'natural' part of the world - even though he may be. You can go a lot of ways with this, just need to ask yourself even more questions I can but suggest the world-building strategy to work things out in a plausible way. Heck, you might even discover more things that way ^^

That's what commenters are for: to ask the obvious-yet-not-so-obvious questions << XD hard not to with such a cool character

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ThePickledShark [2016-01-17 02:52:39 +0000 UTC]

Whoot hitting this awesome sheet for ProjectComment but I am really liking the concept behind this one.
Insectoid/arachnid characters are definitely under appreciated in my opinion.

I also really like the short background you provided surrounding the character.
I don't really have much in the way of critique accept to study the male anatomy just a bit more to enhance the character.
I would also like to see more spider qualities in him though that is completely up to you.

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Ardate In reply to ThePickledShark [2016-01-24 17:39:56 +0000 UTC]

I agree, they're kind of under appreciated, but I guess it's also because mixing humans with insectoids is a pretty hard task^^

Yes I really need to study male anatomy more, I guess it's a non-stop learning! And I don't think I'll add any more spider features as I wanted a egyptian-like anthropomorph^^ But maybe will I create some other hybrids that will have more animal features, we'll see!

Thanks a lot for your comment!

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ThePickledShark In reply to Ardate [2016-01-24 21:53:42 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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AdrianBukowski [2016-01-16 11:00:37 +0000 UTC]

He looks like a spider enemy from killing floor... But with brain

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Ardate In reply to AdrianBukowski [2016-01-24 17:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Haha really? I don't know, I never played it ^^

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K-Zlovetch [2016-01-15 01:57:37 +0000 UTC]

J'aime troooop sa bouille ! Avec les mandibules, ça fait comme des grosses moustaches toutes douces <3

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Ardate In reply to K-Zlovetch [2016-01-18 15:57:14 +0000 UTC]

Haha oui on peut voir ça comme ça, pour palier son manque de pilosité faciale

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K-Zlovetch In reply to Ardate [2016-01-18 21:20:31 +0000 UTC]

Tout de même ! Et puis une moustache, c'est toujours classe, même sur un hommaraignée !

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Ardate In reply to K-Zlovetch [2016-01-20 19:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Toujours !

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Hellypse [2016-01-14 00:57:45 +0000 UTC]

Damned, j'me disais bien qu'une partie de ton texte sur les hybrides me disait quelque chose XD

En tout cas, il est chouette, j'aime beaucoup de système de camouflage de ses bras, surtout ceux qui se replient autour des épaules, c'est bien pensé ^^

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K-Zlovetch In reply to Hellypse [2016-01-15 01:56:12 +0000 UTC]

Moi aussi j'ai buggé en lisant le texte

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Hellypse In reply to K-Zlovetch [2016-01-15 02:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Mwuahahahaha

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Ardate In reply to Hellypse [2016-01-14 14:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Ah mais totalement, je suis désolée^^" C'est juste que c'est vraiment parti de moi qui délirait en marchant, du coup j'ai pris des petits bouts de plein de trucs pour former ce bonhomme. Ca a pas énormément de sens. x)

Marci ! :3

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Hellypse In reply to Ardate [2016-01-14 14:32:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh mais tu n'as pas à t'excuser, t'as mis la source et moi ça m'fait plaisir de voir que mes recherches t'ont intéressée ^^

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Ardate In reply to Hellypse [2016-01-14 15:19:34 +0000 UTC]

De toute façon c'est pas comme si je comptais étoffer l'univers plus que ça.. C'est juste un compagnon de route :3 Mais je le dessinerais souvent

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Hellypse In reply to Ardate [2016-01-14 15:33:54 +0000 UTC]

Ben tant mieux, il a l'air chouette ^^

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Ardate In reply to Hellypse [2016-01-14 15:55:39 +0000 UTC]

hehe :3

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WhIppIng-b0y [2016-01-12 06:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness that's one adorable bug guy thingy XD

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Ardate In reply to WhIppIng-b0y [2016-01-14 14:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you I'm so glad you like him! xD He sure has an adorable character x)

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WhIppIng-b0y In reply to Ardate [2016-01-19 09:48:13 +0000 UTC]

No prob at all I'm glad I like him as well X3

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thormemeson [2016-01-12 01:37:23 +0000 UTC]

Interesting details and combination of species.

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Ardate In reply to thormemeson [2016-01-14 14:04:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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FunnyScared [2016-01-10 16:15:33 +0000 UTC]

Brrr !! il fais froid dans le dos !! et en même temps je le trouve chou !! xDD Tu lui a trouver un bon nom du coup !!
Et tu imagine ca marcher a coté de toi quand t'es seule....? OMG je veux plus marcher avec toi ! xDD

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Ardate In reply to FunnyScared [2016-01-10 16:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Haha oui il est creepy et chou en même temps^^ Je l'aime beaucoup ce pauvre gars.
Oui il marche à mes côtés constammeeennnnt il te poke avec ses pattes quand tu viens me voirrrrrr

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FunnyScared In reply to Ardate [2016-01-10 16:42:31 +0000 UTC]

kjvbhcdjfvghdfkhvclkhsdlx !!!! brrrr !!!! OO
mais je le vois tellement avec une tête trop chou quand tu es énervée ou quoi ! genre "Mais non calmes toi Ardate s'il te plait !! ;3;" xDD

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Ardate In reply to FunnyScared [2016-01-10 17:18:52 +0000 UTC]

Haha c'est ça, c'est un type calme et plutôt gentil^^

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FunnyScared In reply to Ardate [2016-01-12 11:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Trop chou ! <3

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C4Cat [2016-01-09 17:47:49 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool! I like the idea behind the character, and the design came out really well. As for organization on the card, don't worry about it, my version is a LOT more sloppy XD My recommendation would probably be to try to make different character cards with different info on them and see which version you like best. I'd love to see Mederic's backstory, as he seems like a very interesting character. Keep going, cause this is awesome!

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Ardate In reply to C4Cat [2016-01-14 14:04:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! Yes it's a good idea, I guess I'll just create several versions to find what is the most efficient^^

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C4Cat In reply to Ardate [2016-01-14 20:48:14 +0000 UTC]

No problem, glad I could help!

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philiptaylor [2016-01-09 16:25:08 +0000 UTC]

Interesting concept! I think it's a great start to something that can be much more developed. You could create a whole world of details to his character, backstory and environment.

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Ardate In reply to philiptaylor [2016-01-10 16:24:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, glad you like it!
Indeed, I think I'll develop all of the universe and his story with time

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KenMei-SLG [2016-01-07 18:24:23 +0000 UTC]

Moi j'aime bien Mederic =w= (ouais, direct j'l'appelle par son prénom o/)
J'aime beaucoup l'approche anthro réaliste, d'autant qu'elle est bien faite (... pensée éclair : malgré la chitine, ça doit être trop bien de faire des câlins avec lui et ses trois paires de bras/pattes Q^Q)

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Ardate In reply to KenMei-SLG [2016-01-07 19:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Direct le prénom comme ça tsé !
Merci ! Ca a été long, ça a été difficile, mais j'ai finalement réussi à créer un design plus ou moins cohérent x)
(Hahaha mais dis-toi que je me suis fait exactement cette réflexion en plus ! xD)

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KenMei-SLG In reply to Ardate [2016-01-07 19:45:50 +0000 UTC]

Ouaaaais o/ (notamment parce que ça me fait penser à une agence/mutuelle, Malakof Médéric... [/rérérencepourrie])
(moueh eh eh, le pouvoir des câlins est trop puissant, rejoint-le.... o/ *SBAM*)

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Ardate In reply to KenMei-SLG [2016-01-08 16:23:34 +0000 UTC]

Haha ben oui c'est le même nom, normalement Médéric a bien des accents mais comme les anglophones n'en ont pas je les ai enlevés :3

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KenMei-SLG In reply to Ardate [2016-01-08 16:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Roh mon dieu ce respect des anglophoooones o/ (tu as une place au Paradis des Pandas ~~ *SBAM*)

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