Tim Morris' Art and Project Blog

Apart from the prominent non-human races that prevail on Aion, several different species and ethnic groups of man exist there. Not the least of these being ourselves, Homo Sapiens.   The Humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) Modern humans seem to have appeared upon Aion in numerous waves, and originate from numerous portal incursions at different points in history. These groups have mostly remained distinct, though trade does often occur between them. The Cro-magnons The most culturally primitive humans that live upon Aion are 2 different cultures of what are believed to be Cro-magnon Man. One exists in the northern-reaches of the main continent, and its adjacent subcontinents, with the other in the tropics. The northern group has various cultural adaptations to the climate there, which varies from temperate to very cold. It is assumed that many aspects of their culture tend to resemble the earth-borne group from which they arose, which is assumed to be tribes of Cro-magnons in Euro...

Among the civilised human communities of Aion, even across different cultures, one folkloric motif is quite common, and has affected their art, iconography and mythology. That is the subset of fabulous creature known as the Nasobame. The typical mythical Nasobame is something like an elephant, a rat and a rabbit, and is remarkable by its nose. Different Nasobames will have an array of grotesque and misshapen noses, from elephantine trunks, pig snouts or ugly human noses, to multiple ones sometimes with human appendages at the end. Across the different artistic and material cultures of Aion's civilised man, Nasobames are often present in iconography, grimoires and surrealism. The origin of this folklore is considered obscure, but it is believed that seafarers originally brought back stories from far abroad, of strange rabbit-sized verminous mammals with unusual noses. Eventually as exploration and human colonialism continued, it was found that within the far reaches of Champs...

Hello again, I have been working hard on another map for the world of Aion, here: -   Here we have a map of all the different regions of this world, as well as different island groups. This can also be taken as a basic geopolitical map. The designation of different regions is that adopted by the civilized humans that live on Aion, which was co-opted from the one used by the Dinomachia. You can click the map in order to see a bigger version. I hope this is illuminating and informative in the context of my project. - All images, designs and writing on this blog are the property of Timothy Donald Morris (unless otherwise indicated), do not use, reproduce, or copy them without my permission. © Timothy Donald Morris 2024

Hello again, It's time for another post about the world of Aion. The insular biomes of Aion are interesting for a few reasons, mainly that to some extent, earthly insular faunas correspond to certain islands or archipelagos on Aion. For the most part, island endemic animals still only occur on certain islands, even the ones that have long-established on Aion. The main reason for this is that the intermittent appearance of portals links certain islands here to certain places and times on earth, exclusively. The result is a bunch of insular faunas that vaguely resemble those seen on earth. However, certain unusual endemic forms have also arisen, which is what I am covering here. On the Pereza Islands, which are roughly analogous to the Caribbean, the main predator is an enormous, eagle-sized spectral bat. This fierce predaceous bat may reach a wingspan of up to 2.7 meters, and does most of its hunting at night   On this same archipelago, there are numerous diminutive, pygmy ground-sl...

 Hello again, I have been continuing my work on the world of Aion, and I came to something that I knew I would eventually have to draw, a world map. I chose to draw it in a basic topographical style, land is green, mountain-ranges are brown, ocean or lakes are light blue, and deep-bottomed ocean waters are dark blue. The whitish-blue lines are the Arctic and Antarctic circles (or whatever the poles here are called), the blue lines mark the extent of the tropics, and the red line is the equator. Not shown is the extent of the ice-caps or ice-shelves of the poles, which will be in a later map.   I hope you like it, this particular map is just basic geography and topography. - All images, designs and writing on this blog are the property of Timothy Donald Morris (unless otherwise indicated), do not use, reproduce, or copy them without my permission. © Timothy Donald Morris 2024

 Hello again, This post will take an in-depth look at the main, non-human races found on the world of Aion. You will have seen pictures of these races already, but in this post they will be accompanied by detailed descriptions. -   The Singing Folk (Aiodosapiens pseudaves) This race is descended from Troodontid paravian Dinosaurs, evidently having arisen from them in Equatorial Aion millions of years ago. The sexes are generally similar in size and shape, with individuals commonly reaching 4 feet tall and weighing up to 40 kilograms. Having opposable thumbs and a hallux on the hind foot that opposes digit 3 and 4, the retractable second toe is reduced in function but still used for gripping. These dinosaur-folk can move by running on the ground, but are most adept at climbing, building their dwellings high in trees. Fecundity is somewhat lower than in the ancestral form, a female may lay up to 3 large eggs, out of which the smallest chick often is out-competed by the others ...