This is a new piece I made for fun. It is part of my Intergalactic Shaman series. Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop and mental ray were used to create it. I learned a lot making it but also had some struggles. Feel free to crit and comment.
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Intergalactic Shaman – Sinjuno aka - Snorkels
Snorkels is the next being to arrive at the Conference of Intergalactic Shaman.
Snorkels is from the merged galaxies Earthlings know as NGC 3314.
This shaman’s specialty is healing through the mushroom. The dung they grow their mushrooms in is packed into an iron shell, which is held in place through magnetism in the top portion of the headdress. The headdress then acts as a psychic bridge between the shaman and the mushroom. Just as human software programmers’ design software, Snorkels can program his healing intentions and visions into the mushroom through the headdress, using his mind.
The mushrooms, which are also intelligent beings, are able to take this information and store it in their DNA code. This inputted information from the shaman can then be imbedded into the mushrooms spore print so the next time that mushroom strain is grown, it will contain the visions, thoughts and intentions of the previous shaman… and all other shaman that “programmed” the spores before that. This cycle has been happening for millennia with shamans all around the Universe who also use this technique for healing. Spore prints have been exchanged between Snorkels species since the beginning of their time, so you can only imagine the knowledge contained within the mushroom. They can program the mushrooms to do specific tasks. For example, if someone is in need of a certain kind of psychic therapy, Snorkels can program a custom batch of mushrooms with the needed remedy.
This is a very interesting and advanced form of shamanism. But the shaman is not the only provider of intelligence in this symbiotic relationship, the mushrooms they work with are millions of years older than Snorkels and his species, and they also contain galactic wisdom and vision. They have taught Snorkels and his species much of the ancient wisdom they know.
Snorkels lineage is actually responsible for programming the psychedelic mushrooms found here on Earth. Many moons ago they sent out billions of spore prints around the galaxy as a means to share their art, intelligence, thoughts and emotions with any curious galactic critters that might stumble upon them.
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