First time at the Breaker, little Sluggian Gorgonax didn't believe breaking off his old outgrown shell wouldn't hurt.

Created for M_M's Alien Jobs/Professions challenge:

"The Alien world is a quadrillion miles away. (...) What kind of jobs would they have? Would they be like jobs on Earth? (...) The more exotic, the better."

I did get a credits boost for two different submissions. Still low, the plan was to first experiment with free DreamShaper V8, then upgrading it to a SDXL model, as required. I didn't realize that upgrading to SDXL was also not allowed.

Visual upgrading sometimes is a downgrading in content. All the SDXL models I used, including the most expensive ones, "fixed" things, here an example:

Attempts to recreate from scratch wasn't possible for lack of credits. Plus, I didn't want to replace little Gorgonax anymore. I just love him exactly the way he is: reflex-twisting his slug neck around in fear of what he imagines must be painful. But which isn't: When it's time to grow a new, bigger shell, the old one losens.