Terry Maranda
@terrymaranda.bsky.social
Art Director, Creator of the Sol'Kesh Bestiary and just someone who loves to sketch.
Hey happy #freerpgday everyone! Got a special cat to share that uses light-reflecting iriophores in its fur to stealthily hunt in the woods. you can pick up its free DnD5e rules at www.patreon.com/solkesh! #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #dnd #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #cat#free
This nautilus uses its shell and tentacles to dig through the ocean floor for mollusks and crustaceans to pull into its mouth. Its siphon sending it spinning into solid rock or prey. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons ##creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart
A small rodent that hops and scurries in the tall grasses of the Farplains with long ears that connect for a near seamless loop to hear more than most creatures could ever hope to #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #mouse #dungeons&dragons #creaturedesign
Now with all the creatures completed for the first bestiary I can focus in on some deep dives into the biomes. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #fishing #coralreef #coral #ocean #sea #illustration #landscape #scenery
New creatures inbound next month! The Lhoupin and Vortautilus! #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #tabletopgaming #beast #creaturedesign #creature #animal #ttrpg #conceptart #mouse #rodent #nautilus #squid #octopus #cuteanimals
Inspired by the archer fish, and simply wanting to draw another crabstrosity, I loved the idea of a group of large crustaceans wadding water off the island's coast and knocking birds out of the sky. #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature
I spent most of saturday sketching in a cafe, and only such a nice calm use of the day could inspire this skyelarx basking in the sun. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #tabletopgaming #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fox
Eolved from catfish, it lost its need to see eons ago as sensitive barbels rise from its snout to feel the tremor and electric vibrations of its watery home around it #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #fishing
Sol'Kesh's waters are about to get a lot more dangerous as we near the summer months with two releases that dwell beneath the surface. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragon #tabletopgaming #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #catfish #crustacean
This baby-bjorn essentially allows a Traveler to care for and command a critter to attack, and while its used for the beasts of Sol'Kesh...nothing is stopping you from putting a goblin in there. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #ttrpg
The omaterssum is on the verge of extinction, with a lower than survivable birthrate Many of the females of their species quell their maternal instincts by adopting wayward young #bestiary #speculativeevolution #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #possum
Had a lot of fun with this one a while back by mimicking the pose of a bird and applying it to the body form of a locust. Turned out to be a pretty cool way to try out convergent evolution! #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #locust #specevo
It's not a surprise that painting bones and exoskeletons are my happy place, that might be why this bestiary has so many bugs. So this weapon was just pure happiness to draw. #bestiary #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #ttrpg #conceptart #weapon #scythe
Not all the sol'kesh beasts are bugs! #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #terrymaranda #patreon #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #animal #ttrpg #conceptart #cat #kitty #kitten
When the tide lowers, this terrestrial squid drags itself out of the surf to pluck fish and crustaceans trapped in the tidal pools that are left behind #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #cephalopod
Today we have our own little Aphistus chick, about to fight the greatest battle of it's life. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #nature #graphite #sketch #sketching #drawing #bird
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Hunting solo over the flat lands in search of straggling herd animals, lifting them off the ground to feast upon in the high boughs of the nearby Wealdwoods. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #dragonfly
The tyrandroth, hunting solo over the flat lands in search of straggling herd animal And the cerrophol crawls out of the waves and to search the tidal pools along the Strands for stray fish to spear and feast upon #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
I've said it before and I'll say it again! doing non-weapon items is real fun. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #ttrpg #lot #pink #paint #paintbrush
A whip-scorpion evolved arachnid lies in wait in the Farplains fields, raising its flower-like metasomal segments to attract pollinators, before attacking them with a crescendo of needle stabs. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #conceptart
Sometimes you just need a shovel -- I'm enjoying more tool based item creation for the bestiary. I think these will allow Travelers to live off the land more. Plus this one has a bonus ability to throw dirt in an enemies eyes! #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #loot
This is the Korruk, a CR4 large armored blade-clawed burrowing beast would instill fear in any Traveler, but these mammals are instead peaceful and just want to burrow and chew on roots all day. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #beast #creaturedesign
New beasts! The kurruk, a plains dwelling mammal that digs deep for tubers and the the scorpithian, a whip-scorpion that lies in wait, raising its flower-like metasomal segments to attract pollinators. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #creature #animal #conceptart #rpg #ttrpg
This bat is the result of millions of years of bio-diverse cave systems, losing the need to fly when the floors, walls and ceilings are coated with tasty fungus to chew on. #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dnd #journal #beast #creaturedesign #conceptart #bat #mushroom
Meet the moolmundis! A muddy denizen of the Fenlands #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #terrymaranda #patreon #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart
A marsupial that's on the verge of extinction from a low-survival rate of births. To quell their maternal extincts, the females of the species have a tendency to 'adopt' the wayward young of other creatures #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #illustration #conceptart #animal
Let's start this new year off right with the Gharril. The admittedly most soft-spec-evo creature in the project, with its single eye and snail-stalk legs #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #snail #mollusk
Here's the first of the three Creator-Tier creations from the combined forces of Splash's ideas and my paintbrush! Can't wait to share the next 2 #bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature #conceptart #holidays #nautilus #xmas
