Greetings Earthlings, here is an inspirational post. I have this funny idea (funny to me at least) about creating a series about the alien race from UFOLOGY known as the “Pleiadeans”, and combining that with hardcore self-improvement and unhealthy perfectionism. Also dolphin people. I love taking pop-culture cryptids/extraterrestrials/paranormal beings and putting them into my own fantasy world. I think it is fun for the viewer too because it gives them something familiar to latch onto without having to read one of my convoluted western fantasy tales or being familiar with my work.
As of now, I have painted quite a few Grays, Reptilians, and Mantids, and I have plans to start a Bigfoot series later this year. The Pleiadeans though…. If you aren’t familiar with the lore, they are described as being almost identical to Nordic or Scandinavian humans, but more beautiful and handsome than mere Earthlings. They are said to be both more technologically advanced and spiritually enlightened. These aliens are popular with the love and light New Age crowd, and are said to spread a message of world peace.
According to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_aliens
Cultural historian David J. Skal wrote that early stories of Nordic-type aliens may have been partially inspired by the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth to warn humanity about the dangers of atomic weapons.[6] Bates College professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano described alien abduction beliefs as "a living myth", and notes that, among believers, Nordic aliens "are often associated with spiritual growth and love and act as protectors for the experiencers."[5]
In contactee and ufology literature, Nordic aliens are often described as benevolent or even "magical" beings who want to observe and communicate with humans and are concerned about the Earth's environment or prospects for world peace. Believers also ascribe telepathic powers to Nordic aliens,[4] and describe them as "paternal, watchful, smiling, affectionate, and youthful."[2]
During the 1950s, many contactees, especially those in Europe, claimed encounters with beings fitting this description. Such claims became relatively less common in subsequent decades, as the grey alien supplanted the Nordic in most alleged accounts of extraterrestrial encounters.[4]
So here is a rough idea of my story: These Pleiadeans have a settlement on Temple Island in the Southwestern Bellows (the world where my paintings take place) and they are indeed more advanced and “perfect” than the humans, but they are also jerks. I will drop the Aryan description, and paint them with a variety of different skin colors and features, and they will all wear blue and they will have slightly pointed ears, like elves.
I think the story will be about a human person who ends up on their island and in order to avoid execution, they have to prove themselves worthy by undertaking a brutal week-long personal development seminar…positivity training, fitness, entrepreneurship, marketing, productivity, focus, spirituality… and like us average humans, the main character finds it nearly impossible to balance all of these things. In the end, they just aren’t good enough for the Pleiadeans and are fed to a genetically engineered dolphin man (or other weird creature that is super fun to paint).
Yes, there will be dolphin people or shark people too.
If you were to create a formula based on this story idea it could possibly look like this:
(Ufology Pleiadeans + RPG High Elves) * (Tony Robbins Seminar - Social Media Image Perfection) / My western fantasy world that looks like the 1800’s in the American West. + There will also be some dolphin people.
Anyway, those are just some fun ideas, now back to painting!