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Published: 2019-07-20 16:56:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 95638; Favourites: 2464; Downloads: 97
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A mutual one?
2 hr speed paint. I can only start working on commissions again on Monday. So expect many speed paints. ; n ;
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Proxima itself had very primitive forms of life. Colonists built whole system basically from nothing - integrating it into planet's ecosphere. Sometimes it worked as intended, sometimes it created white monarch butterflies, sometimes life just couldn't survive on Proxima or developed mutations through generations. Humans had it easier, but let's keep their secret to next artworks.
One of the most interesting facts about Proxima is that its oceans are believed to be dead - not fully, as of course there is "planted" life near places humans inhabit and some very small native forms of life lurking around, but like...No fish, no medusas, no octopuses - nothing big.
However, enthusiasts claim humans just haven't got too far to see it! It's not that technology isn't there - simply humans are more focused on the land rn, but "one day, one glorious day they will finally discover a whole new world hidden in depths of Proxima's oceans!" And this mindset gave ground to so many hoaxes... It seems each month somebody found an unseen form of life or "you can't believe what washed on the the shore!!!"
One of such cases is special, through. It was the biggest "catch". It was never disputed. It was seen by one very special little guy...
That's right, that little guy is Andy, yes. 
He was a kid, only recently truly saved by Angelica from "another home", where he probably wouldn't stay long too. Two spend a lot of time together - both new to the capital city, Polis, and truly enjoying each other company - to an outsider they indeed looked like mother and son. It couldn't last forever as Angelica started working, and now most of the time Andy was left to himself or in school. He didn't make any friends - he couldn't find any connection with others and in the end started acting hostile towards them.
Boy was waiting for weekends - that time when Angelica is free and they can go somewhere again to explore the city. On such day they of course, visited the infamous "Big Catch". Woman was left with fear of this enormous creature that for a whole minute stared an the two motionless until losing interest, but Andy was fascinated by it.
He soon would come visit on his own, sometimes skipping school, just to see it. He proclaimed creature as his friend to his aunt, who thought of it as an extension of nephew's personality and his way of coping with having no friends. She believed that last thing is only to the fact they still are relatively new and with time, he will find "human friends" for sure. So, Angelica let the boy visit oceanarium where creature was held.
Andy loved "talking" to creature. He often asked it if it's truly "native" to Proxima; shared experience of feeling like they are both "normal beings in the sea of monsters" as creature is held captive by humans and Andy can't connect with other kids like they are from different realities. He would spend hours in oceanarium and threatened kids who were mean to him that his "friend will eat you".
Of course there was no “friendship”. Sometimes creature wouldn’t show up at all. Andy would tell it wasn’t in a mood to speak or be offended that they “agreed to meet”. It all was made up by Andy, probably highlighting how despite being very social he felt extremely alienated and only saw a monster from depths of the ocean as a possible friend. Creature didn't bother with him at all, minding own business.
It all would come to an end abruptly.
During one of such visits, Andy alongside with many other visitors would be a witness to creature collapsing releasing clouds of blood into the water and moving spastically. Everyone was asked to leave. Coming back home boy wasn't worried at all - saying that there are so many "ones who care" for the creature and it will be all right, it should be all right. But...
Reasons of creature's death are unknown, but skeptics would tell you "this genetically altered hoax garbage" had anatomic flaws worsened by its size, and its blood vessels couldn't hold such pressure and collapsed.
For some unknown reason, even after news of creature's death Andy was calm and unmoved - "I'll see it again", he was saying with certainty, - "just in other place". When creature was announced to be placed in museum after its validity as part of Proxima's original life form would be confirmed - boy was happy - "told you, it only changed home".
Creature never made it to the museum - owner refused to give it to testing and sold it instead to private owning. New owner was a special case of eccentric person. He denied any visits (which is okay) and slowly destroyed what was left of the creature for "fun of it" (which is...Not really). He would constantly show the press and on social media how he came up with new way to get rid of it. Owner enjoyed the attention and how people "were mad" at him for possibly destroying biggest native life form planet has. Or maybe destroying a hoax.
After last piece was melted in acid during a life stream then boy, for the first time, appeared to be sad. No tears, but no smile, so common of him, too. Angelica didn't want him to watch the stream, taking him out somewhere during that time but well, he found a way later.
To present day there is nothing left of the Andy's first friend in Polis, which probably never even knew it was a friend to somebody human.
Notes and references:
- Angelica is commonly refered as Andy's aunt for simplification. She is actually first cousin once removed to Andy, meaning one of her grandparents was a sibling to Andy's father grandparent.
- Skeptics believe creature to be created artificially and their main point of criticism is that such big thing has to eat something also pretty big (and in captivity it ate a lot), but there is nothing Proxima's oceans can offer to feed such a thing.
- On Andy acting hostile towards others - he went through so many "hands" of families like he is a thing, not a person. As kid him put it - he didn't want to be forgotten and sadly, people remember bad actions more than good ones, so being jerk is more "memorable". And in that rare cases when people were nice to him it ended bad now for him - so...Be a jerk - people will remember you and don't let anyone near so they can't hurt you.
- And of course, a boy who changed over dozen of families, cities and was treated like a thing with "he is a kid, he will forget" can't connect with other children who almost all are born to living luxuries of capital city. Duh.
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Comments: 137
Wow this might be my favorite work of yours. The creature's design is somehow realistic and the whole piece seems very amazingly creepy. The small eyes ass so much to the whole painting and its long body creates so much depth as well. 100/10 would like again
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Oh, thank you, that's a big praise!
I remember reading that eyes can be perfectly used for horror design - lack of them of being small is actually more creepy, bc humans link big eyes with cuteness/openness.
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Exactly! That's why I love this piece so much! It's so cool yet terrifying!!
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Andy's childhood is full of them.
Indeed, I can see why he liked creature so much.~
Thank you!
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sea monsters ... my biggest fear but also i think they are awesome, and love it i'm impressed
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Same. Being near sea doesn't help that fear. X)
Thank you!
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So ur I (Runs away screaming in terrer) oh my GOOOOD
Joking aside it looks like one of my dreams with mythical beasts
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I would do the same. It looks like this monster can eat humans in one bite.
Oooh, nice.
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Looks a bit fishy with those gill things
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I love it! So realistic just wow just wow
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До глубины души.... я морских гадов боюсь) а этот похож на живого)))
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Ата-та-тат, надо быть как Энди и не бояться.)
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This is
What a great piece of art. Absolutely amazing!
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Such an intense creature!!! I love this!
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This is so badass Lidia! I can't explain how freaking impressive how you did the dramatic lighting of creature and the foreground of its form disappearing into the abyss of water. Also this story-- I love this! Are you going to make a comic of this?? Or is this a series you're already working on?
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Thank you very much! ; o ; I'm very happy you like it so much!
This is what I am working on (GD book) - it's part of the canon.
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You're welcome! yeee I like anything you make^^
ohh nice-- I better check this out more. I'm really interested~
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