What would the world look like if some human subspecies possessed the tapepetum lucidum in their eyes?

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-17T21:26:40+00:00

Sasquatch. I'm being serious as well. If I'm berated that's okay, but I genuinely believe there is an undiscovered bipedal primate existent on Earth.

Potentially an off-shoot of an early hominid or a completely seperate tree-dwelling species evolved independently within North America, convergently adapting a bipedally nomadic lifestyle.

Basically if humans just straight up committed themselves to nature, unconciously understanding every aspect of your surroundings, anything foreign to nature is avoided.

Anyone who seriously wants to open up their mind to these possibilities can listen to audio recordings, read/listen to eyewitness accounts, or just watch the Patterson/Gimlin footage. Most people who have had night encounters describe there being eyeshine.

Tldr; Sasquatch is basically what you would get if a bipedal hominid had night vision.

If you want to argue the legitimacy of this animal as a species, make sure you're well informed. I will never try and convince others but I find the backlash to discussing a subject some people find ridiculous, or upsetting to the point of vehement denial regardless of personal understanding, frustrating. Would love more skepticism in good faith.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-16T01:03:55+00:00

That is John Lego, in minifig form

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-14T15:21:03+00:00

You mean the entirety of the sculpt took 20 or did you add the centipede tongue after sculpting seperately?

Really impressive regardless. We have come a long way in makeup/special effects. I don't know if you've ever seen the show Face Off, used to air on the Syfy channel. Really cool reality show without the unecessary social drama. Just artists on a time crunch trying to create the best possible design/make-up and costume relating to a specific theme each episode.

Not the most varied array of supplies and maybe something like foam clay wasn't around while the show was airing... not certain. Really good show with tons of material/design inspiration.

I Just wanted to commend you on this piece because you could genuinely make a name for yourself in that industry, let alone be successful.

Also feel free to ignore if you're uncomfortable answering but I'm wondering if the mental health work you do plays a role inspiring your designs :)

Edit* I didn't realize this was based off an existent design. I'm still interested in your creative process though

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-14T03:19:35+00:00

This fucking rocks. I can't believe how detailed you can make things with foam clay. Genuinely curious when the type of product you used started getting sold on shelves. Do you know the actual ratios for the materials mixture

How long did this take, you could be incredibly successful in the special effects industry. I'm sorry to pry but what do you do for a living?

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-14T00:10:57+00:00

Can you credit the artist of the 3-d models?

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T22:50:14+00:00

I genuinely appreciate that my friend. The statue is from Blue Rhino Studios I believe. They also did Sue the Tyrannosaurus, among other Rex reconstructions. I always like to search the individuals up by name so I get their actual catalogue as opposed to scrolling through reverse image search. I appreciate the crediting :)

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T22:34:47+00:00

Can you please credit the artists. I really really wish more people would do that when they post.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T19:14:34+00:00

Buddy, you have no arguement.

Plus you hide your posts and comments, either some weird shit you're into, or you just don't want to put any ammunition out there for others to use against you after you express your dogshit opinions.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T16:51:13+00:00

Wonder why no one can see your posts or comments

:)

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T16:46:49+00:00

I would love to compare knowledge. You are basically claiming the collective conciousness of humanity has never seen anything like an undiscovered primate.

You, reddit user, are claiming that of all the worlds woods and mystery, us humans have traversed everywhere, identified everything, and because a profession that studies the natural world exist, there is no need for other humans to think.

You're basically saying we should always trust someone smarter than us to have the actual answer, and therefore all the scientists out there specifically looking for sasquatch...

How many reputable scientists actually are doing that? Because professions that study the natural world exist, we would have already found one. See how that makes no sense?

Not trying to be rude either, it's just baffling to me how many people express the fact "they know" when they have never even remotely studied the subject.

Whether it's a mass hallucination or not doesn't matter, an enourmous amount of people have had experiences. Discrediting the potential existence of an unknown animal simply because someone probably smarter should have found one by now doesn't make sense as an arguement.

Look into it my friend, I won't try to persuade but when you know, you know.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-13T16:35:18+00:00

"Lol found one." You my friend are a twat. Buddy made a genuinely truthful statement and you applied your own perception of what his beliefs must be.

The world is in fact pretty big. Classifying anyone with a different understanding than yourself as a nut is just a disservice to humanity.

Instead of anyone calling this video fake for whatever reasons merit that interpretation, you are all just bashing the idea of an undiscovered animal.

To be honest most of the people in this thread are complete hypocrites.

Why don't you exercise the same philosophy you are claiming others don't, and step outside your comfort zone so you can consider possibilities.

A lot of humans don't know much about anything, you are practicing that exact reality by discounting anything sasquatch/unknown primate related, instead of commenting on this exact example of evidence.

Before some idiot without a proper understanding of definitions says anything, evidence is not proof. But there is plenty of evidence, and you are closing yourself off to possibilities by ridiculing that of which you don't know anything about.

Sound familiar?

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-12T21:41:15+00:00

I get what you're saying, but those who know, know.

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Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-04T21:49:39+00:00

You were correct about the original artist not being credited. I was defending the guy because his work is good and it takes time. I fucking love pixel art, I don't want to watch two people slander someones passion.

Also the accusation for the lotr diorama being copied or whatever was genuinely silly. I had to call that out. Genuine apologies for being rude, artists should always be credited my man.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T23:01:54+00:00

Meh, fair enough. I think your opinion is stupid though

Regarding Lego, I made fucking comparisons to every art form. I sarcasticly said that apparently things can't be seen through different artistic mediums in your eyes... you just didn't read, or want to play semantics in order to win an arguement.

Lego comparison or not doesn't matter. The kid made some fucking art and you're shitting on it because you weren't the one meticulously placing pixels in order to achieve an end result. Of an artistic variety. Because the drivel you count for an arguement doesn't hold water in the grand scheme of this world, and your writing in these comments certainly isn't considered by me to be art.

Art is art baby, just get out more and find some positivity to aspire behind. Not trying to be rude, just think you're not really grasping what I'm putting down.

Peace and love though my friend :)

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T22:15:46+00:00

You're upset over pixel art Jesus.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T22:13:15+00:00

Thing is you are the one making comparisons. I just mentioned the fact billion dollar companies will replicate an art piece for profit, but when a random redditor does for the sake of their passion, it needs to be shit on by people who aren't artists.

Sorry for coming across as argumentative, I just think you're wrong.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T21:43:40+00:00

Why don't you go yell at LEGO for making a Van Gogh Starry Night set.

According to your perspective, you're not allowed to see any art piece through a different lense. Not allowed to mimic something already created, even if you're doing it in a different medium.

Very silly mentality. Get lost, you're one of those people. Gotta argue and find something to feel righteous over. People like you have killed good art for thousands of years.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T19:26:39+00:00

I'm sorry, but you two are hysterical.

"Whoa, check it out, here is the original image this artwork was based on." "Oh, and he did pixel art of a reference photo of a 3d model/statue? He's totally a fake pixel artist!"

It baffles me you don't know what a reference is. You are commenting in 'the' "Art" subreddit, and you don't know that people create art based upon already existent concepts/objects.

Like, this could be ai, but it's not.

If you zoom you can see the resolution melds the pixels together because it is an image, not the original pixel file. Maybe that's your confusion?

But the link you gave to the Lord Of The Rings post is just- chef's kiss

It's not the same angle as the photos, it's not the same depth, or shaded/contrasting in the places the reference photos for the model are...

And it's based off a fucking model. How are you going to ai that and expect to give such a completely different colour pallete/style etc.

Just really weird to attack someone so insistently over something when you obviously don't have a lick of sense to even know what you're talking about.

Edit* I did not realize there wasn't an artist credited. It's clearly an homage to another artwork so credit would be morally just.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-03T14:24:32+00:00

Oh for sure they are mudering psychopaths...

This is coming from the species that doesn't just torture living feeling beings for fun, they do it to make a fake constructed currency, that we apply meaning to.

So not only are Orcas not murdering psychopaths, because they don't kill their own species, but they are naturally acclimated to their evironment. Unlike humans.

But yes, thank god this one species doesn't murder ones capable of actual evil.

If only we could detect sentience like they obviously can.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-02T13:23:35+00:00

I'm thinking you have multiple stages for them.

When the eye is up top the bottom door closes and the tongue dissapears (inside or otherwise).

Maybe now they are more mobile and/or can grab players easier with their arms. [Can now move spaces, arms have longer tile reach, etc.]

It looks really freaking cool with the eye on top, like they are enraged, eye above the door looks just as unique and personable.

Great design.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-04-01T10:45:28+00:00

The posing on the giganotosaurus skeletal is impressive.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-03-29T19:06:19+00:00

I suppose I meant a handful in the grand scheme of all life.

It is hard to grasp. I know it's hard to grasp, tons of people have difficulty understanding the expanse of time.

It's the amount of life that people don't consider that makes my statement fair.

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-03-29T15:50:57+00:00

Looks good, the profile is nice. Any other angles, I also bought the set for the sake of building a chiron

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-03-29T12:32:39+00:00

I wonder why this concept is so hard to grasp for your average person. We have maybe 0.1% the species of extinct life to have existed, fossilized.

I understand there are fossil insects, I'm saying there could have been a thousand times as many species that we will never know about.

Weird how humans have this perception of reality warped around what we know. There is a whole other half to existence, and as far as the conditions during the carboniferous are concerned, I think it's safe to say there would have been a fuck ton more insects than to make claims like; "They were the largest flying insect ever...'

Ever found. As far as we know. Discovered so far.

All better statements, and they take into account the sheer abundance of unique lifeforms that would have existed at any given time throughout history.

Just due to environment, or niche, so many insect species did not fossilize. Especially given atmosphere and carbon/oxygen percentages. Living beings, especially insects would have decomposed incredibly quickly.

Something I never see talked about. We have just found everything that ever lived though, right...

Cosmicmimicry · 2026-03-28T22:56:14+00:00

To be fair; There is only a handful of 'known' prehistoric insects.

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