FAE - 2020

// Taxonomy: Stellium astrumare - star-eating flower
Habitat (migratory): Exospheric voids, outer space.

The producers of the cosmic universe. Fae travel at great speeds in swarms, moving in ways not dissimilar to that of deep sea jellyfish. They metabolise sunlight like organic solar sails, drifting from star to star in a journey that may last millennia…

This image formed part of my Honours Project for Uni; the depiction of a neo-futuristic civilisation of humans and A.I. living together as equals in harmony. Exploring the depths of deep space aboard a 151 KM long generation starship, they seek to research, learn and evolve together while searching to find wonders that no-one has ever seen. In the thousand years since leaving Earth, the pinnacle of their findings include the successful identification of 8 alien organisms, forming an ecosystem that reaches far beyond the stars…