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"Inspired by nature" is an idea brought to you by :iconevelar: she personally has a ton of art from taking a creature, plant or anything in nature and creating a character design from it.

"Tomopteris [link] is a genus of marine planktonic polychaete. If disturbed, some species are known to make a flurry of glowing sparks erupt from their parapodia." "Others in this genus are capable of dispelling a flurry of bioluminescent sparks from their parapodia. This is used to distract predators, making them go after the discharged glow instead of the actual animal." ([link])
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i did read that tomopteris glow yellow, one of the only yellow glowing underwater creatures known so far. maybe the article confused them with dinoflagelates?
anyway, very nice artwork. ;) i just thought i let you know about the yellow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomopter…