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Artist and aspiring paleontologist. Peep my Cara to see what I draw! https://cara.app/spookyskelebloke Buy stuff from my Ko-Fi or Redbubble! https://www.redbubble.com/people/spookyskelbloke/shop?asc=u https://ko-fi.com/spookyskelebloke

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 13d

So as it turns out, "Paleoctober" was taken. It's not that serious, but as it turns out @djigr.bsky.social of Chicken Wings fame has been running their own art challenge by that name since 2019. So, to avoid confusion, I'll be renaming my thingy to #PaleoMori. Everything else will be the same.

A promotional poster for a personal art challenge called Paleoctober where an artist chooses to draw at least one prehistoric animal per day for the month of October according to a given list of animals. More specifically the poster is: A black ink sketch of an archaic, bipedal "kangaroo stance" reconstruction of an iguanodon skeleton on a brown background facing the user's left. Scrolling horizontally from the back of the skull to the top right corner of the image are the words "PALEOCTOBER 2025" The word "Paleoctober" has been slashed out with a red "x". In the negative space between the prompt list and rules the term "PaleoMori2025" has been scrawled in handwriting rather than clean text. Immediately below that is a list of prehistoric animals that read from left to right, top to bottom, with the left most listings following the shape of the iguanodon's spine. Starting from the base of the tail down to the just above the shortest neural spines is an identically formatted list of rules for the challenge. Both the list of animals and rules will be included in the alt text of the next image. To the bottom left of the skeleton is an A.P.A. style Figure description of the iguanodon that reads "Figure 1: "Tyrranosaurus" Obsolete Iguanodon skeleton reconstruction sketch erroneously labeled as a Tyrannosaur on Pixabay. (2025)" To the bottom left of the image, underneath the skeleton is an A.P.A. style citation that leads to the source of the original Iguanodon skeleton that reads, "(2025). Pixabay dot com. https colon double-slash cdn dot pixabay dot com slash photo slash 2013 slash 07 slash 12 slash 14 slash 29 slash tyrannosaurus dash 14320 underscore 1280 dot png"

The same picture as before, posted to include the alt text of the list of animals and the rules of the art challenge.
Animals: 1) Mamenchisaurus 2) Apatasaurus 3) Baryonyx 4) Saltasaurus 5) Moeritherium 6) Plateosaurus 7) Mesohippus 8) Arsinotherium 9) Psittacosaurus 10) Triceratops 11) Ichthyosaurus 12) Maiasaura 13) Giraffatitan 14) Placerias 15) Dinofelis 16) Pachycephalosaurus 17) Nothosaurus 18) Euoplocephalus 19) Compsognathus 20) Macrauchenia 21) Mixosaurus 22) Amphicyon 23) Pentaceratops 25) Ceresiosaurus 26) Iguanodon 27) Suchomimus 28) Uinatherium 29) Lesothosaurus 30) Hipparion 31) Microraptor
Rules: 1) health over art 2) work and education count as health 3) when midnight hits, your drawing is done 4) make up for missed prompts by including prior day's prompt in current day's art. ex: You couldn't draw on the 17th of the month, but you could draw on the 18th, so for the 18th your drawing would be of both Nothosaurus and Euoplocephalus. 5) "Pop-Paleoart" is Paleoart. 6) Have fun!

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 3h

#PaleoMori day 15. Dinofelis! Ya. I got nothing.

Digital sketch of a tan and white countershaded Dinofelis on a plain brown background.

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 16h

Can my
Life
Matter
To you
If my life
Matters
To you
Please reskeet

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 18h

"Sex workers cannot consent and therefore are always exploited for their labor 100% of the time." - a take by a person that understands things

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thIIIrd person @thiiirdperson.com · 18h

I need to reup on groceries soon, five or ten or twenty bucks would really help this week! Thanks so much if you can help out or share this post

thIIIrd person @thiiirdperson.com · 5d

Support requested!

I've been looking for my next job for a while; haven't landed it yet.

My family still needs to eat, and I still need to pay the bills.

So I'm asking if you have a few $$ to spare today. Any amount helps me cover expenses.

I'm thiiirdperson on Cashapp, Venmo, Kofi, and Paypal.

Donate to Help An Artist Feed Their Family, organized by Thiiird Person

Hello to you and yours! I'm a full time artist who fills my world up with music and la… Thiiird Person needs your support for Help An Artist Feed Their Family

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 1d

Friends a
Way to help me

gogetfunding.com/help-me-stay...

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 1d

#PaleoMori day 14!! Drew one of these last year and I knew I improved at digital art a lot but HOLY SHIT what a difference. In case it wasn't obvious, I based the coloration and patterning on the Walking With Dinosaurs interpretation.

Digital sketch of a blue-green and tan, countershaded Placerias on a plain brown background.

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thIIIrd person @thiiirdperson.com · 1d

My kid was in the hospital all weekend getting her gall bladder taken out. I am behind on chores and fundraising and I need help reupping on groceries for the week. Thanks so much

thIIIrd person @thiiirdperson.com · 5d

Donate to Help An Artist Feed Their Family, organized by Thiiird Person

Hello to you and yours! I'm a full time artist who fills my world up with music and la… Thiiird Person needs your support for Help An Artist Feed Their Family

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 2d

#PaleoMori day 13! Everyone's favorite Brachiosaurus head, its the titan giraffe! Honestly almost skipped this one tonight on account of being tired, but then I realized I didn't have anything else to do tonight but shower and watch YouTube videos, so I decided to crack this out instead.

Digital sketch of a red and purple giraffatitan head on a plain brown background.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 2d

I am black
I am trans
I need help
Help keep me
Alive
Help keep me
Safe
Help protect me
Please do not
Use my dead name
My name is Lilith

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 3d

#PaleoMori day 12! The mother lizardess. Based the colors on that one "Looking At..." series book. I think that was the first book I ever accidentally stole from the library, now that I think about it. Don't think I have it anymore, though.

Digital sketch of a golden to dark orange gradient Maiasaura with a tan beak, and green eye on a plain, streaky yellow background.

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 3d

I am try
To survive
I need help
If I matter
To you please
Reskeet

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 4d

If my life
Matters to you
Please reskeet

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Kaz 🔭 Indie VT @kazualvt.bsky.social · 4d

My car got totaled while I was asleep.

I can't afford another & insurance will only cover 1,500$. They won't cover if my neighbor avoids contact, which she is.

Any amount helps, I have cancer screening and emergency dental extraction!

#TBNC #HelpSky #MABoost #FundSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive

A quick image I drew, the image shows my mascot in a classic "OTL" pose with text.

The text reads: "Help us cover a car for cancer screening and emergency surgery!" Followed by an amount: 17,500.

Underneath the amount, it says "Any amount helps!" with icons for several payment processors: Gofundme, Ko-Fi, Paypal, and Cashapp.

At the bottom it reads: "Situations plus link below!"

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 3d

same

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˶ˆ꒳ˆ˵ @sxkyu.bsky.social · 4d

thanks to eric for reaching out and doing this interview with me ! please check it out if you have the time<3

Eric Loy Interviews @ericloyinterviews.bsky.social · 4d

Interview with @sxkyu.bsky.social Sxkyu is up now!

youtu.be/OUnlclyaqtQ

Eric Loy Interviews #660 featuring Sxkyu!

YouTube video by Eric Loy Interviews

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 4d

#PaleoMori day 11! The dolphin lizardn't. Using a fossil that's smushed into the strata it was found in as a reference for a living reconstruction is a time.

Digital sketch of a counter shaded teal ichthyosaurus with blue stripes on a deep blue-green background that resembles the open ocean.

Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 5d

#PaleoMori day 10! Based the colors on a toy I have. I also definitely intended for the forest background to fade away at the top like that. Totally wasn't just more zoomed in the canvas than I thought.

Digital sketch of a purple triceratops in a dark, painterly forest

Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 6d

#PaleoMori Days 8 and 9! When I realized I was gonna have to draw both of these beans in the same scene my first thought was them interacting a la one of the museum scenes from that oldfangled Eyewitness documentary series.

Digital sketch of an Arsinoitherium looking down at a Psittachosaurus. They're standing on a redish dirt ground and surrounded by a white void.

Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 6d

Health comes before everything else

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 7d

Please let
My life
Matter

Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 26d

Black trans living in
Poverty
I have no family
No help
I have beg
I have cry
I am ask

ko-fi.com/lilithtreah

Support Lilith Treah ❤️

Become a supporter of Lilith Treah today!

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 8d

#PaleoMori 2025 day 7!! Middle Horse. Another day another I'm too tired to shade this thing. Enjoy!

Orange and tan mesohippus digital sketch with a brown stripe going along its back on a plain brown background.

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 8d

It's still warm over here. Send some of that cold our way.

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Lilith Treah 🏳️‍⚧️ @riveroceansea.bsky.social · 8d

If you see this
And you support trans
Please reskeet
I am black
I am trans
I need help

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Spookyskelebloke @spookyskelebloke.bsky.social · 9d

#PaleoMori day 6! it's a plateosaurus. Based the colors on an old trivia card I have. Today's been... a lot... so keeping it basic.

Green and yellow plateosaurus with dark green stripes on a plain brown background.