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Sijie Liang Aug 14, 2024

Sijie Liang Aug 13, 2024

Introducing another race in my space opera; the Xguzakquetllag. How does one pronounce that? I don't know, I'll check out the IPA sound chart and get back to you. 😂

Don't let their 6 glowing red eyes and overall ominous Stegosaurus Xenomorph appearance fool you, the Xguzakquetllag are some of the sweetest, kindest, most wholesome folk you'll meet in the entire galaxy. They also are among the most technologically advanced and almost always willing to gift that technology for the benefit of the societies they encounter.

There must be a catch though. Well the story goes that when they first encountered humanity in 2300, they made an oddly specific request. They wanted a copy of Sega World Rally Championship in exchange for some of their tech . Apparently they're big fans of video games and racing and well, racing video games. The problem is that nobody had seen that game for almost 300 years, it had been considered long lost and existed only as a myth and in the imagination of some video game historians. Anyway, I digress, that's a story for another day.

Yeah, the Xguzakquetllag are really cool. I swear, they're totally harmless even with all those spikes and other sharp pointy bits. 😂

#xguzakquetllag #stegosaurus #xenomorph #scifi #aliens #djindakkoorliny #walkingamongthestars #spaceopera #startrekripoff #drawing #art #sketch #random #videogames #videogames90s #segaworldrally #紫色 #科幻 #外星人 #藝術 #畫畫 #亂

Sijie Liang Jul 28, 2024

Doctor Commander Chaghir is obsessed with rice. Which makes sense seeing as they are a member of The Order of Yuan Longping. 袁隆平 Yuan Longping (1930-2021) was an ancient Terran agricultural scientist who specialised in hybrid rice cultivation and production, which contributed to a boost in Terran food security.

When Chaghir is not working in the agronomics lab or the hydroponics garden, they can often be seen volunteering for rice cooking duty in the ship's main canteen. Even their hobbies are rice-related. They brew rice wine. They raise rice paddy ducks. And they play the Angklung, an ancient Terran musical instrument from the Java region which was traditionally played during the rice planting seasons centuries ago.

Rice has even played a role in Chaghir's love life. Their wife, Doctor Kylie Singh claims that Chaghir's Pulao is one of the main reasons for their marriage having lasted for so long. 🤣

#rice #congee #yuanlongping #centaurians #factoid #starship #scifi #aliens #djindakkoorliny #walkingamongthestars #25thcentury #spaceopera #startrekripoff #drawing #art #sketch #random #米 #飯 #粥 #袁隆平 #太空船 #紫色 #科幻 #外星人 #藝術 #畫畫 #亂

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Sijie Liang Aug 4, 2023

Said drainage pond in the distance. Some nights, a flock of ducks gather there and the echos of their quacks sound disturbingly like muffled human chatter. 😬

Sijie Liang Aug 4, 2023

POWER OF IMAGINATION

Sometimes I'll sit in the driveway and stare up at the sky with a glimpse of the palm tree to the left. I'll imagine that I'm on a lovely beach, so is that palm tree and the sound of the passing cars is actually the sound of waves crashing the shore. 😝

Then after 10-15 minutes of said delusion, I tilt my head back down and look forward at the traffic and the large drainage pond across the road and let out a big sigh. 🤣

Sijie Liang Apr 7, 2023

The fact that we know of that shitty copper selling rat bastard Ea Nasir almost 4000 years later is incredible.

I suggest we start backing all of our complaints, our posts, our favourite memes and articles onto stone for future generations to discover.

GIFs might be a bit hard though. 😝

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir

Sijie Liang Mar 15, 2023

Another masterpiece completed. 😂❤️ This is genuinely a new favourite though. I surprised myself with how this turned out. 😂

"Fancy Boy Mixes Up A Cocktail" by Sijie Liang, 15/03/2023

What is the cocktail specifically? I'll leave that for your imagination. 😉

#drawing #sketch #dailychallenge #personalchallenge #random #art #goldenretriever #dog #bartender #bar #cocktail #畫畫 #藝術 #亂 #金毛犬 #犬 #狗 #酒保 #酒家 #調酒

Sijie Liang Mar 13, 2023

Hahahaha, sometimes I think my life is really an absurd comedy.

I don't really give a fuck about sharing this. Fuck Centrelink!

Anyone have any strategies to drum up $14K in less than a month? Maybe I should go the Deuce Bigalow route. 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder if I can do a payment plan of $5 a fortnight out of spite. Doing the calculations, that will take a century to pay off the debt. 🤣🤣

Really though, fuck this nonsense. Should I take this seriously? Will it end up on my criminal record?

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Sijie Liang Mar 2, 2023

A short little piece I did set in my Space Opera.

TERRANS (IN THE 25TH CENTURY)

Terrans, colloquially known as Earthlings, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the planet of Earth, and by extension the Sol system to which it belongs. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Terrans, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Terran. Terran law does not provide for a racial or ethnic component of nationality, instead relying on citizenship as a legal status.

Since the mid 22nd century, Earth has pursued an official policy of multiculturalism and has the galaxy's third-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 35 percent of the population as of 2423.

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The development of a distinctive Terran identity and character began in the mid 21st century and culminated in the international federation of nation states in 2072. The primary languages for Terrans are still Human languages, of which there are over 5000. Earth is home to a great diversity of cultures, a result of both its human history and the history of galactic immigration. Terran culture has primarily been a Human culture, as Humans had inhabited Earth for up to 300,000 years before first contact with other races. However as the Galactic Terran population continues to expand and flourish as a result of changes in the demographic makeup of immigrants and as there has been increased economic and cultural intercourse with other cultures in the galaxy, Earth has observed the gradual emergence of a blended society within its major urban hubs, with Human material and popular culture blending with immigrant cultures. Other major influences on Terran culture include the various Uplifted and Synthetic/AI societies that have developed and evolved around Earth since the mid 21st century. The cultural divergence and evolution that has occurred over the centuries has resulted in a distinctive Terran culture.

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In the latter half of the 21st century, a vast majority of immigrants came from the Grey homeworld, Zarmash. Significant immigration from Jhi’ingari, Proxima Centauri and Gliese systems began during the earlier half of the 22nd century. Immigration from all over the local galactic sector increased steadily, with an explosion of population in the 2150s, following the construction of several major starship yards in the Sol system. In the decades immediately following the Terran-Izingani War of the 2350s, Earth received a large wave of immigration from across former Izingani territories, with many more immigrants arriving from the Jumashka and Sreqarax systems than in previous centuries. Since the late 2370s, following the Terran-Dzizi peace treaty in 2373, a large wave of immigration to Terra from Dzizi settled worlds has continued into the 25th century, with the Dzizi Federation now being the largest source of immigrants. Humans, the original inhabitants of Earth, still maintain a demographic majority.

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