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EDIT: The ostrich-looking creature in the side next to the giant Anteater is called Kundi. NOT RAKUNDI

Artwork inspired by "Tranquility" Illustratedmenagerie

And an artwork of a really old and rundown version of dustbowl last point map I found on r/tf2. I lost the image so you will have to take my word on it.

This Artwork was a pain in the ass at the start since it took me an entire week to figure out the sketch. Plus, I had to waste like 4 pages of my sketch book since I kept ripping out old pages due to me not liking the intial product. Overtime thought I got the motivation and I was fr thinking that this artwork would be absolute shit but it turned out to be one I really enjoyed in terms of coloring. The lineart and sketching phases tho were hell lol. I say this piece was also the time I introduced myself to media series that I never bothered to checked out until now since I needed something to distract myself while drawing this [I was so close to ending this piece until I felt motivated thanks to watching Invincible season 1-2 and the Finding a minecraft world that dosen't exist series]. So far my favorite character in the series is Cecil Stedman. He the goat.

The minecraft series one I watched was also cool and I got really invested in the whole King in Yellow thing. I spent 3 days of coloring sleep deprived since I really I wanted to get this piece done before summer ends in my country. If there were a few things I would change, it would be the Modotan being slightlypushhed to the right a bit more so the tail of the Carrion king dosen't like block the rest of its body. I was also going to place some Prairie monkies but I forgot. I also originally drew the Baboon next to the anteater as a those fat tibetan macques cuz I thought it looked cute. I would change the placement of the snipes and insects near the speckled horses since they were a last minute addition and speaking of the speckled horses, I would also give them proper striping since it was really hard to get their speckled patches on along with the Ukhos which I didn't bother to put stripes. Overall, I think the artwork blew my expectations since I had really low hopes for it. I guess a factor that effects this is me experimenting on the coloration of the folliage fom the typical green since the only plant found in the Houze prairie is Houze maple and House grass.

Kaimere is owned by Keenan Taylor/Illustratedmenagerie. All content shown here is not created by me.

{COMMENTARY}-

After almost a year long break of making Kaimere Panaromas, I have returned to cook up an art series where I explore various Kaimere ecosystems.

This is probably the third time I’ve depicted this environment {not counting its appearnces from my other Kaimere artworks that don't take place in the arvelith foreet which also feature the Titanosaur Gardens biome}. I’m really satisfied with how this turned out, and there’s about an 85% chance I won’t revisit or remaster this biome again. I especially love how it’s portrayed in The Saga of Tenir’ha and Baru, and I feel like this piece captures that feeling I saw when I first watched the series.

That said, I do wish I could’ve included more species to better represent the ecosystem’s biodiversity. Some animals and plants here were added based on what I felt could plausibly exist in the region like the Arvelith snipe species and the Crested ibis {Eventhough it wouldn't make sense geographically}. For the plant life, I mostly relied on scattered mentions and species profiles from Keenan, since botany isn’t really my strong suit.

There were also several species I wanted to include but decided to cancel, such as the Oliphaunts, that Procoptodon species which I think was called the “devil kangaroo" idk, the Black Cockatrice, Titan Crow, and some crocodilian species {which I’ll probably feature in my upcoming Seridic wetlands artwork}.

I plan on doing the Houze praire next so stay tuned!