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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@stevemobcannon.bsky.social

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Hi, my name is Tamari! Im a sci-fi and specevo artist. She/Her, 21. Creator of the Phtanum project (including its museum exhibition) and enjoyer of succulent red landscapes. Empress of inverts and mother of deuverts. Trans rights!

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Nov 9

Introduction Post! Im Tamari- an artist and writer. Nerd for everything nature and space. Im the author of Phtanum, a specevo project documenting alien life on the hypothetical planet of the same name. Storyline attached!

I hope you enjoy your stay here! Dont let the deuvertebrates bite!

Various artworks made by Tamari, revolving around her worldbuilding project. The planet Phtanum and its sigil are above.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 29

Project: OPPIDANIUM

Oppidanium is a new project of mine, an earth-rooted seedworld. Oppidanium is anomalous in nature, cursed in an abstract way by an outer god. This curse continually influences the biosphere as it evolves and changes. Thanks to this, it is also named the world of constructs.

An illustration of a planet covered in artificial superstructures. Geometric lines intersect with mountain ranges and steel landmasses, all various tones of off-gray. Two ice caps are at the north and south pole. The background is black with yellow nebulae. The bottom titles the projects name and sigil.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 29

For the new followers: behold my work!

Project: PHTANUM

I have worked on Phtanum for over 6 years now. Phtanum is an alien planet with red flora, over 250 designed species, over 25 unique biomes, and a human storyline on top. Phtanum is featured in the Natural History Museum in Niebüll, Germany.

An illustration of an earthlike planet with red landmasses. It features a great white equatorial storm, a purple-hazey atmosphere and a large ocean on its morthern hemisphere. The backdrop is black with cyan nebulae. The project name and sigil are on the bottom.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sadly not. Instagram‘s decision was final, and they have deleted all my accounts and everything that was on them without a way to bring them back.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 24

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Both my instagram art accounts have been permanently removed by instagram‘s review service itself for „child abuse material“. Conservative dogwhistle for being trans.

Fuck that horrendous platform. Until I manage to get my reach back, i‘ll be posting more here.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 20

Ding ding! New phtanumians are here!! :D

Illustration of a creature called an Akaname. It has eight legs, a pinecone-like, large tail and a serrated beak at the front. A big bulbous tongue adorns the front.

An illustration of a creature called a Marisan Cloakhand. It depicts a sitting humanoid organism with froglike toes, a cloak made from fin-like hands, no clear face or head, and two pairs of thin arms under its cloak.

An illustration of a creature called an ochre spoontaur. It is a large quadrupedal herbivore, with a big spoon-like beak at the front. Its body is covered in rectangular plates and its tail is split in two- the reproductive organs on the upper one as long as the main body.

An illustration of a creature called a Metyr‘s Cogbug. It is a trilateral organism, disk-shaped with three eyes (with quadrifoil pupils) and six tree-like legs. One long tendril with a spear on it extends from the main body.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Jun 7

Whhhhhaaaaat ??? New project alert ??? And its a seedworld ????

Illustration of a biome map showcasing only three biomes: Megastructure (gray), Mountains (Light Blue) and Permanent Ice (White). A red line adorns the equator; beneath it is the text:

!DISCHARGING ZONE!

„113 Seconds after Oppidanium's deliverance, that being the entering of our Universe, a number of heteroclite volume tranferrations opened up along a roughly 220 kilometer-wide, ring-shaped area along the objects equator. The transferrations occured in a single sine wave across a timespan of 36 minutes and 42 seconds. This event, regarded as the „discharging", introduced earthen organisms to the sterile surface of the planet.“

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · May 21

Phtanum prequel lore: Obscure and confusing statistics are my jam >:)

A pie diagram with the title „Population of the Solar System - In the year 2485, by human branch“

The listed branches are:

Deum, Founders, Uplifts, AI, Constructs, Neurophytes, Dreamers and No Branch Affiliation.

The neurophytes dominate by far, taking up three quarters of the chart. Following them are the deum at ~12%, branchless individuals at 6%. Constructs clock in at 2%, Founders at 1%, and AI, Uplifts and Dreamers are all under 1%.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 22

Some close ups of this huge artwork!

The bulbous mouth, neck and head of the Nightlord. Its rugose lips are surrounded by pebble-like scales.

The Nightlords right arm. Gecko-like pads adorn its glowing fingers.

The front body of the Nightlord. Spines on the sides are used for intraspecies combat.

The left arm of the Nightlord. Its serrated claws do well to not just shovel tree leaves into its maw, but also to scare away rivals and predators.

Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 22

New Artwork Alert - IN THE RADIANCE OF HIS OPULENCE!

A sauropodlike centaurid, the Opulent Nightlord, spreads its arms in a threat display. Its joints flashing brightly like rings around an old emperors hand, its head swinging like a pendulum. In the backdrop are green chlorine hazes…

An artwork of a large, fictional animal. The long „neck“ is in reality merely the front body, which off-screen gets considerably thicker and more massive with elephantine legs. In the center of the image is a bulbous mouth, on its top its true neck is angled to its base. The two arms that sprout from the mouth have long, serrated claws and colorful joints- red, green and blue. In the background, ethereal green gazes dominate the environment.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thank you so much!!

Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thank you so much!!!! And sorry for the travel circumstances - distance is a bitch :c

Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thank you so much!!

Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thank you so much!! That is so nice of you. If you do want to start a deep dive, id recommend its forum thread (largest and most detailed archive for Phtanum) :D specevo.jcink.net/index.php?sh...

Speculative Evolution -> Phtanum

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

The final leap of the exhibition: a large banner talking about specevo as a genre, mentioning numerous other projects by other people.

A large green banner with looots of text. It talks about specevo as a genre and shows other projects too.

Close up of the different projects. Clockwise they are: Snaiad, Serina, The Isla Project, Exobiotica, Legends of Kaimere, the Dragonslayer Codex, the Vathyzoicum and The Teeming Universe.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Two more infotablets talk about plant color around different stars and exoplanet types respectively.

Three infotablets in a room. On the left, plant color is the focus. In the middle-left is the map from before. On the right is a large infotablet about exoplanet types.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

A few steps further, one encounters a large map of the planets landmasses divided into biomes.

A large map of phtanum. The landmass is colored in color-coded splotches, each color standing for a different biome.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

A few steps further, one encounters an infotablet talking about deuvertebrate bones, as well as a life-sized replica of a pill doof, one of Phtanums smaller deuvertebrates. A piece of pyrite (the mineral that makes up deuvertebrate bone) is displayed as well.

A display case with an infotablet showcasing a deuvertebrate skeleton, as well as a 3d printed eight-legged creature and a piece of pyrite.

A close up of both the critter and the pyrite.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

One is confronted with a monumental scene- a windwhale, hunted by ramjet dragons, crashes to the ground. Below, an infotablet covering similarties between earthen snd phtanumian fauna is located.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

A clade tree of deuvertebrates. This animal grouping is considerably more diverse than earthen vertebrates.

A photograph of an infoposter showcasing a large rainbow colored tree of life. Dozens of clades are displayed by order of relation.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Until the end of October this year!

Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Head on, one is confronted with five of Phtanums many biomes. Dozens of critters hide in this enormous illustration. Below is an infotablet talking about phtanumian groups of life and deuvertebrate anatomy.

A massive multi-biome illustration banner is hanging on the wall. Each biome has a little text and example critters one can search for in the illustration. Below is an infotablet talking about phtanumian groups of life and deuvertebrate anatomy.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

On the left, a massive banner showcases the Phtanumian system. Below them two infoplate clusters: one introduces the project, the other talks about Phtanums climate.

A large banner showcasing multiple planets is taped to the wall. Below them are two infotablets.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Entering, one is immediately confronted with the „Wall of Life“ - a massive conglomeration of over 100 phtanumian critters.

A photograph of a large room. In the middle, a banner showcasing many critters is displayed. Large cinematic banners adorn the walls, with infoplates being laid out below them.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Apr 3

I am happy to announce the opening of Phtanums very own Museum Exhibition!! It is located in the Natural History Museum Niebüll, in northern Germany! Titled „On distant worlds- how could aliens look like?“, its open from April to October this year, 2025!

Below are a few images in-situ..

A large banner. The text „On distant worlds - how could aliens look like?“ is centrally at the top. On the bottom right, „April - October 2025, Natural History Museum Niebüll“ is written. The banner depicts a phtanumian scene at night. In the middle, an eight-legged deuvertebrate probes the air. On the left, a couple cogbugs feed on a glowmite nest. On the right, two pseudamphibians engage in a mating ritual.

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Tamari 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stevemobcannon.bsky.social · Mar 29

Gladly <3