Lateralis Skimmer

Website: www.tgharrison.com/

This image is part of a collaboration with my friend, and fellow student, Tom Mack: zuboros 

Transport of choice for the ancient Human race (Homo-Lateralis).

This sub species possessed a more advanced sense of sentience then their cousins, early Homosapiens and Neanderthals. As our species was first learning the fundamentals of fire, Homo-Lateralis had already developed religious society. They revered  the tiny, red tinted, light of Mars as a holy land in the sky. Though scientifically adept, the religious views were so engrained within the peoples minds  that the beliefs were viewed as fact even in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence otherwise. Equations for their understanding of the laws of physics were bent in favour of the deluded views and, as such, the species technology developed along obscure paths. 
Magnetism and gravity were seen as a pure forces too Homo-lateralis. Their fascination with these forces often lead to immensely complex technological developments.

This vehicle was constructed with these interests at heart. With a hyper understanding of magnetism, the technological efficiency as to which magnetic principles could be applied to applications, by Homo-Laeralis, was far greater then that of modern day (homosapien) science. This Mono-wheeled transport, through use of a super heated magnetised synthetic metal central disk, achieved immense speeds with nearly zero toxic emissions.

Ultimately the sub species developed space travel and underwent a mass, species wide, pilgrimage to their perceived "Holy Land", Mars. It was not until Homosapiens, Hundreds of thousands of years later, began their own colonisation efforts of Mars, that evidence of this obscure offshoot of humanity was found.  

Original design by Tom Mack:

 

Final artwork by me.

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