I have started to think more about my hybrids and specimens more in depth, as while I enjoy drawing them I want to start to explore them more fully. One example of this is how they reproduce. Spores instantly sprung to mind for me, as they can seem quite alien in many ways. Their definition is also interesting, and links in with ideas I’ve been mulling over:
Spore (noun):
– A small, usually single-celled reproductive body that is resistant to adverse environmental conditions and is capable of growing into a new organism, produced especially by certain fungi, algae, protozoans, and non seed bearing plants such as mosses and ferns.
– (Biology) a germ cell, seed, dormant bacterium, or similar body
I decided to start drawing what one of the potential spores may look like and how they may start to mature into a new organism.
With this drawing, I decided to explore the spore before and after it started to become a new organism. I thought about how it may change as it starts to grow and mature, would the tentacle-like parts eventually become a fungus? Would the bulb underneath sprout roots? Would this organism need roots to survive, or has it adapted to another method of securing itself and gathering nutrients? I’m not too sure what this organism will look like when it has reached maturity, but it will be an interesting process in figuring it out.
