How to Join the Sagan 4 Team

[BomberBoy]

Flash Foi (Novumvetus Flashus)
Creator: BomberBoy
Week/Generation: 24/151
Habitat: LadyM Polar Sea, North Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone).
Size: 1.1 cm
Diet: Parasite (Any Scylarians' skin), Haemovore (Any Scylarians), Photosynthesis, Filterfeeder, Carnivore (Rosy Polyfoi, Trisiphon Polyfoi)
Reproduction: Asexual (Spores), Semi-Sexual (Primitive Spawning).
Ancestor: Rosy Polyfoi, Flash Cells

The Flash Foi split from its ancestors and spread to the North Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone). Once, a Rosy Polyfoi's larva regained ancestral genes from the Foi, gaining a belly-stomach and eyes. It floated about for a while, filter-feeding and growing into a proper foi, when suddenly its highly mutatable genes fused with a Flash Cell's genes.

The Flash Foi has regained two eyes, and has gained spikes and a red crest, which it pops up to suprise predators. The crest has a spike too, much like the archaic Mud-Spike, so it can stab the predator.

It floats in huge plumes near the surface, filter-feeding and photosynthesising. If a scylarian swims past, they swim as fast as possible towards it. Most fail to reach it, but some will manage to reach it. Interestingly, this can help the scylarian because it might scare off a predator with it's flashing and spikes. Also, it digests any Polyfois on the scylarian. However, they mostly hurt it by feeding on it's skin, blood and disrupting it's camouflage. The scylarian can shed them by heading into deeper waters, because the Flash Fois will swim away because they cannot photosynthesis in deep waters.

In these huge plumes, they will occasionally shed some of their genetic material, and will absorb others' genes. These genes are incorporated into their spores, so theoretically a foi could have an infinite number of parents.

Problems ...

Ancestor: Rosy Polyfoi, Flash Cells

You cannot hybrid it, due to the Hybrid rules ...

Microbe Hybrids
Only microbes can becomes hybrid with non-related species.

Macro Hybrids
Closely related macro species can become hybrid.

Example #1
Direct Ancestor with decedent.

Example #2
2 Decedents with the same direct ancestor.

Reproduction: Asexual (Spores), Semi-Sexual (Primitive Spawning).

6. What?

8. Overall to big of a chnage as well as the whole hybrid problem. I suggest picking something that is no a hybrid and that you can easily draw with good quality.

Firstly, in the wiki it says that fois are single-celled, so they are microbes. Secondly, in my description it says that they release their genes next to each other, so that is the primitive spawning. However, I will choose one of my back-up organisms.
Post Merge: April 15, 2012, 11:00:46 AMI have 10 back-up species.

[jlind11]

1) single celled doesn't necessarily mean microscopic. Believe it or not, we have single celled organisms on earth that are as large as mangos! Suggestion: Symbiotic relationship?

2) Just try rewording your reproduction stat.

3) Its good to hear you have a back-up plan.

[BomberBoy]

1) single celled doesn't necessarily mean microscopic. Believe it or not, we have single celled organisms on earth that are as large as mangos! Suggestion: Symbiotic relationship?

2) Just try rewording your reproduction stat.

3) Its good to hear you have a back-up plan.

I might try the symbiotic relationship later. Also, where are these single celled organisms?
Post Merge: April 14, 2012, 12:02:57 PM


Polyfois
Polyfoius
Creator: BomberBoy
Habitat: Global
Size: 0.5 mm to 2 cm
Diet: Haemovore (Rosy Scylarians, Bejeweled Emperor Scylarians, Glowlight Scylarians, Needlenose Scylarians, Royal Scylarians, Sandscale Lyngbakrs, Thrasher Scylarians, Bloodfin Scylarians, Blueback Scylarians, Megatooth Hafgufas, Ruberarians, Schutzhund Scylarians, Slaesosauruses, Tumble Scylarians, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers), Parasite (Rosy Scylarians' skin, Bejeweled Emperor Scylarians' skin, Glowlight Scylarians' skin, Needlenose Scylarians' skin, Royal Scylarians' skin, Sandscale Lyngbakrs' skin, Thrasher Scylarians' skin, Bloodfin Scylarians' skin, Blueback Scylarians' skin, Megatooth Hafgufas' skin, Ruberarians' skin, Schutzhund Scylarians' skin, Slaesosauruses' skin, Tumble Scylarians' skin, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers' skin),
Reproduction: Asexual (Spores)
Ancestor: (Trisiphon Polyfoi, Rosy Polyfoi)

The Polyfoi genus group replaced it's ancestors the rosy polyfoi and the trisiphon polyfoi. They mostly parasitise scylarians, but one species parasitises the bubbleweed seaswimmers. They release spores which are inhaled into the gills of scylarians. The spores turn into sceletus gurgito-like larvae which feed on the blood cells, then mature into fully-grown polyfois. The bubbleweed seaswimmer polyfoi larvae simply burrow into the skin of a bubbleweed seaswimmer and turn into adults. The adults feed on the blood and the skin of their host with root-like structures. Most are blind, but the schutzhund polyfoi has eyes so it can crawl to the gills of it's host to give it's spores the best chance of survival.

NOTES

The pink armored polyfoi feeds on the bubbleweed seaswimmer, the two red ones on the red scylarians, the blue one on the blue scylarians, the black one on the megatooth hafluga, the yellow one on the sandscale lynbakr, the light blue one on the needlenose scylarian, and the gray-red one on the schutzhund scylarian. The slaesosauruse polyfoi has thick leathery skin so that it can preserve water when on land.

[jlind11]

^^still got image problems

Also, earth's giant cell organisms are called xenophyophores here's an article: http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/43450

[windsaver]

Just o elaborate on 'Image problems' which seems horribly vague

All images should face the right way, rotate it. Your image is very... rushed looking. It may or may not have taken you very long but you still need to consider both shading and outlines. Colour itself in the images is also kind of  splotchy. The generation doesn't need the whole 3d letter thing, just as long as it is visible. The shapes are very unclear and hard to make out, some of them look thought up last minute. Also did they all stem from the Trisiphon Polyfoi?

The ancestor name should go under the Creator name and doesn't need brackets.

(All Types of Scylarians, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers), Parasite (All Types of Scylarians' skin, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers' skin),

To vague, need actual names

Global (Wherever Scylarians and Bubbleweed Seaswimmers live)

The wherever again is very vague, need actual places, however putting Global should be enough if you want to keep it simple.

I would strongly recommend viewing the Species Submission forum and looking at the threads to see how to properly lay out you image and text.
It is very important if you want to join the team. Also take your time, rushed art is not accepted even when you are in the team your species can and will be denied if art and reasons of creation are bad thus your species would be 'graveyarded'

[BomberBoy]

All images should face the right way, rotate it. Your image is very... rushed looking. It may or may not have taken you very long but you still need to consider both shading and outlines. Colour itself in the images is also kind of  splotchy. The generation doesn't need the whole 3d letter thing, just as long as it is visible. The shapes are very unclear and hard to make out, some of them look thought up last minute. Also did they all stem from the Trisiphon Polyfoi?

The ancestor name should go under the Creator name and doesn't need brackets.

(All Types of Scylarians, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers), Parasite (All Types of Scylarians' skin, Bubbleweed Seaswimmers' skin),

To vague, need actual names

Global (Wherever Scylarians and Bubbleweed Seaswimmers live)

The wherever again is very vague, need actual places, however putting Global should be enough if you want to keep it simple.

I would strongly recommend viewing the Species Submission forum and looking at the threads to see how to properly lay out you image and text.
It is very important if you want to join the team. Also take your time, rushed art is not accepted even when you are in the team your species can and will be denied if art and reasons of creation are bad thus your species would be 'graveyarded'

Sorry about the rushed look, its my scanner. Also, they did not all stem from the trisphon polyfoi.

[nicksb]

Okay, either today or tomorrow I'm going to post something that I'm hoping qualifies for the June bugs challenge.  It is an organism that is a descendant of the Reef Scylla that uses the protein substance that it secretes to "remember" the design of the organs from the animals it eats to make a biosuit-like exoskeleton, kind of like in Independence Day.

[nuevolución]

Manisketter (Kitrae Manis)

Creator: Nuevolución
Ancestor: Emerald Ketter
Habitat: Darwin Temperate Rainforest
Size: 50 cm long
Diet: Herbivore (Pioneroots, Marbleflora), Photosynthesis
Reproduction: Sexual, Two Genders, Live Birth

The Manisketter has split from its ancestor the Emerald Ketter. Unlike their ancestor, the Manisketter spend less time in tree, but still are arboreal creatures.
They have left their frugivores diet and an important change has been the development of a shield that afford it protection from predators, but also used for photosynthesis.
In sexual reproduction, the female only gives birth to a baby.

[nicksb]

Nice!  Good to see new people joining!

[RyanKoopa]

You should post this in the How to join thread in Sagan 4 general then here. Seeing as I see nothing wrong with it and that the art is great you will get accepted in no time

[Hydromancerx]

@nuevolución

A few things ...

1. Your drawing needs to have a gen number on it. In this case 151 somewhere in a corner of the image.

2. You should crop your image to be smaller since there is a lot of wasted white background.

(Kitrae Manis)

3. the M should be lowercase.

The Manisketter has split from its ancestor the Emerald Ketter. Unlike their ancestor, the Manisketter spend less time in tree, but still are arboreal creatures.

4. Names of species should be lowercase.

Size: 50 cm long

5. L should be uppercase

The Manisketter has split from its ancestor the Emerald Ketter. Unlike their ancestor, the Manisketter spend less time in tree, but still are arboreal creatures.
They have left their frugivores diet and an important change has been the development of a shield that afford it protection from predators, but also used for photosynthesis.
In sexual reproduction, the female only gives birth to a baby.

6. This should all be one paragraph, like this ...

The manisketter has split from its ancestor the emerald ketter. Unlike their ancestor, the manisketter spend less time in tree, but still are arboreal creatures. They have left their frugivores diet and an important change has been the development of a shield that afford it protection from predators, but also used for photosynthesis. In sexual reproduction, the female only gives birth to a baby.

Other than that it looks good. Please repost in this thread with the changes above. If there are no more errors then I will add you to the team.

[nicksb]

Way lucky!  I've been trying to join for almost a year and you've almost done it in one post!!!  Seriously though, nice job.

[nuevolución]

Manisketter (Kitrae manis)

Creator: Nuevolución
Ancestor: Emerald Ketter
Habitat: Darwin Temperate Rainforest
Size: 50 cm Long
Diet: Herbivore (Pioneroots, Marbleflora), Photosynthesis
Reproduction: Sexual, Two Genders, Live Birth

The manisketter has split from its ancestor the emerald ketter. Unlike their ancestor, the manisketter spend less time in tree, but still are arboreal creatures. They have left their frugivores diet and an important change has been the development of a shield that afford it protection from predators, but also used for photosynthesis. In sexual reproduction, the female only gives birth to a baby.

[RyanKoopa]

Way lucky!  I've been trying to join for almost a year and you've almost done it in one post!!!  Seriously though, nice job.

Meh people who have good art from the get go get in faster. Don't worry nick it took me well over a year to get in. For people like us it just takes persistance and a willingness to listen to and attempt to apply critisism. So you'll get there eventually as long as ya keep trying

[Hydromancerx]

@nuevolución

No, not smaller, just crop off the white parts like this ...



EDIT: Not sure what program you use, but if you use GIMP here is a Cropping tutotial.

How to Crop and Resize using GIMP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGGpOTSpbc