snapshot

Along with the hologram of the andalite Tyrlieon that Kioshi found at the construction site, the young Japanese teen also discovered an old snapshot that looked well worn. It was inexplicably of his father, and himself as a baby. They looked happy.

Kioshi is still not clear on exactly what this means or how it came to be stuck behind the andalite’s hologram.

I included both the undoctored image and one using a texture to give it the look of a piece of paper that was folded and unfolded many times.

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A request image from the Animorphs Initiative tabletop campaign. Kioshi inspecting and pondering the hologram image that he picked up from the construction site as an owl. Tyrlieon, our first andalite ally standing in a field of yellow grass waving. A striking image we would also all see in our dreams that first night. She seemed to have a specific interest in the young Japanese student as she also handed him the medallion from hew own suit before the group fled.

I asked if the players wanted to see anything specific and Kioshi’s player wanted a shot of him back and the cabin looking at the hologram holding the button/medallion he was given.

Also a detail shot because the hologram was surprisingly fun.

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More tabletop Animorphs art (now the campaign has a name Animorphs Initiative!). Here, finally, our Andalite first contact: Tyrlieon-Cabiliac-Jortii. She crash landed grievously injured, but moreso burdened with the knowledge that her end was near (not necessarily related to her injury). She would soon be followed by yeerk forces.

Here she is with the morphing cube about to offer the group our new powers.

Many people have done andailte redesigns, but this is my take. I tried to make biological sense (as much as possible) but keep the air of grace while being a little off-putting.

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A small scene also from the first session. As the group begins to attempt their first morphs – barred owls – we realize that our clothes were not coming with us when we transform… Everett, who doesn’t change right away, realizes a very important small disk that was given to Kioshi (by the andalite) would be left behind on the ground. He hands it awkwardly to his sister….as an owl, who, at that moment, was trying to figure out HOW to owl. It is a strange interaction.

Our Animorphs group on the night of our first session. The beginning of everything. Here the group is hiding in an unfinished building in the middle of a construction site while crazy alien bullshit goes on behind them. They are notably upset. Pictured in silhouette, a crashed andalite ship and another partially constructed building.

From left to right: Tyrel, Everett, Katherine, Kilo(hana), Kioshi, Gil(ette)