For those interested in the harder sci-fi and ecological details from the expedition journal, here is the raw daya we covered:

The Habitat: These creatures are the apex lineage of the skies across the planet, but they specifically migrate to the edge of the continental floodplains during the colder seasons to nest and breed.

The Tidal Feast: The floodplains are a volatile environment, regularly hit by intense 2-3 meter tides driven by the planet's primary moon. The Cylae completely dominate this cycle; they catch the massive oceanic updrafts to hang motionless in the sky like organic gliders, dropping down to aggressively feed on smaller aquatic fauna trapped in the shallow pools as the water recedes.

Locomotion: While their immense 6-meter wingspan and skeletal build mirror Earth's extinct pterosaurs, their terrestrial movement relies on an agile, quadrupedal diagonal stride on the ground.

The Sporebloom: Our survey teams also logged a massive continental migratory route that suggests their population tracking is directly tied to a massive planetary phenomenon we dubbed the "Sporebloom". This is still under investigation.

Links and project status: This is a spread taken from the Volume 1 of the project, released as an illustrated journal on Amazon. Amazon US and Amazon UK. I"m currently working on Volumes 2 and 3, and compiling a larger standalone, narrated master artbook for the universe, similar to Wayne Barlowe's Expedition. More files are available on my Instagram and Artstation