Found this really cool obscure Japanese spec evo book similar to All Tomorrows and just wanted to know what you guys think about it.
  • 28 points Uncertain-Division

    Wow, this is full of surprisingly good creature design. Particularly, something about the “hexapod” creatures, with the thumbs becoming manipulators while the other fingers become the lower leg, is really satisfying to me. My favorite might be the donkey-looking one on the fourth slide, with the big humanoid head and the axe.

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    6 points Uncertain-Division

    Also a huge fan of the flying one with a wing that had a finger at the end that folds up during flight. Super alien compared to bats and pterosaurs, who had their manipulators in the center of the wing as opposed to the tip. 

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  • 15 points Slight-Nail-202

    My favorite posthuman design is when their finger digits evolve out of proportion.

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    6 points SpaceHatMan2

    Yo

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  • 9 points Informal-Hyena7387

    Man after man x all tomorrows lovechild

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  • 9 points Correct_Gur_9354

    you were not kidding, this is SICK, aswell as being obscure, i cant find a single lead to this no matter where i look

    edit : I FOUND HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL サイエンスライター北村雄一の地球放送 just plug this in and you’ll see it, he has the same pfp as he does on twitter

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  • 7 points PositionNo9959

    https://preview.redd.it/3dbbpxw4z08g1.jpeg?width=150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=153152e6b0b60c09c2d8303bf03da6ba13dc2853

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  • 6 points FudgeNo4291

    https://preview.redd.it/sd6ln0p9ft7g1.png?width=258&format=png&auto=webp&s=e07c312f6ce77ae4627d39030bcf2914accfedd5

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  • 5 points Upper_Fisherman_354

    So cool!

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  • 4 points Curious-Estimate9514

    Translate this & I'm here for it!

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  • 3 points Emily--V

    Most people think of Joseph Merrick when they read "elephant man" but I am a woman of culture

    https://preview.redd.it/czmvdmtxgt7g1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8b9bf002927cf3b7b190d8524fb573456fdec5b

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  • 1 points will4wh

    Awesome thanks for sharing

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  • 1 points Fabiuzz69

    I... kinda love it...

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  • 1 points altan_jones

    Rarrree cool

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  • 1 points BloodStalker500

    Virgin Elephant Man lacking any trunk VS Chad Titan with a lip-like trunk and actual elephant-surpassing size.

    Alright but fr tho, this is great. Plenty of these post-humans have creative designs not seen in Man After Man or All Tomorrows. And haters legit can't call any of the similar designs "rip-offs" because they're still logical to some extent; I.e., the grey-colored "fish-man" on top of the 10th slide might look like a Swimmer, but that's because both are the logical conclusion of "human descendant in water" concept and not plagiarism or whatever.

    Really digging the recurring Asteromorph-esque theme of fingers extending into basically their own extra limbs (even if only in function), it's such a cool way to get around the limitation of mammals only having four typical limbs and jives with humans' reliance for digits like opposable thumbs.

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  • 1 points Seinan-Zetae_429-97

    Why does it feel like I'm reading an update or companion piece to Dougal Dixon's Man After Man? These things are definitely out there in terms of design.

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  • 1 points WarriorOfAgartha

    super cool

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