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paladinosaur.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️ Mars ✨
@paladinosaur.bsky.social
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Butch dyke
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TTRPG nerd, artist and general goofy guy
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paladinosaur.bsky.social
I’m gonna use the mug to hold tea supplies.

I made it the day I last got out of inpatient care so it’s very important to me.
A mug with a chipped rim. It has watercolor-esqe blue underglaze and green lily pads on it. A close up on the chipped rim of the blue mug.
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
All 5 of my top songs are from Lux’s playlist,,,, Lux Cain my blorbo
A Spotify screenshot of a playlist titled “🃏Lux Cain✨” by Mars. The playlist is 1h2m. The songs visible are Abracadabra by Lady Gaga, Circus by Brittany Spears, and the Performer by Jamie Berry. You can also see that Mars is listening to the Panic! at the Disco song “Girl That You Love” through their headphones.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Anyway that’s my thread!!! If you want a song, give me a number 1-100, I’ll tell you what song you got and how many times i listened to it!
The header for the playlist “Your Top Songs 2025”. The playlist is 5h48m long. The description reads “Made for Mars! Spotify Wrapped presents the songs you loved this year”
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Tabletop Book Club my beloved,,,, @tabletopbookclub.bsky.social
A screenshot of Mars’s Spotify wrapped. Their top podcast, which they listened to for 414 minutes, was Tabletop Book Club. They were in the top 2% of listeners worldwide.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Yeah this looks right.
A screenshot from Mars’s Spotify wrapped about their top genres. 1 Midwest Emo 2 Dance Pop 3 Alternative Rock 4 Electro Swing 5 Indie Rock
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
… I am 23 years old
A screenshot from Mars’s Spotify wrapped, which says their listening age was 37. It also says “Since I was into music from the Early 2000s”
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Tbh I’m surprised Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge wasn’t my top album but this is my favorite FoB album
A screenshot of Mars’s Spotify wrapped, showing their top album was Infinity on High by Fall Out Boy and they listened to it for 600 minutes
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Midwest Emo was my top genre I said oh I’m sure
Mars’s 2025 Spotify wrapped. Their top artists were 1. Fall Out Boy 2. Panic! at the Disco 3. My Chemical Romance 4. Chappell Roan 5. Kesha They listened to 13,957 minutes of music. This top genre was Midwest emo. Their top song were 1. Circus by Brittany Spears 2. Let’s Kill Tonight by Panic! At the Disco 3. Abracadabra by Lady Gaga 4. Joyride by Kesha 5. The Performer by Jamie Barry
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Here’s my actual word cloud!
Word cloud visualization for 2025 showing your 50 most-used words, sized by frequency. Top 10: "game" (77×), "games" (68×), "ttrpg" (48×), "favorite" (21×), "fucking" (21×), "week" (21×), "etsy" (20×), "space" (18×), "check" (18×), "character" (18×) (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)
December 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Do I know anyone who’s good at designing TTRPG covers? I’m trying to make one for Abyssal Zone and it’s not going particularly well
A potential cover for “Abyssal Zone”, showcasing a drawing of a whale skeleton at the bottom of a dark ocean A second potential “Abyssal Zone” cover, with a sketch of an octopus on a dark cover
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
A distressed, sepia-toned Griffin McElroy holds a sign reading “I don’t know how to layout TTRPGs and at this point I’m too afraid to ask”. In the corner is an arrow pointing left that reads “to be continued”
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
HUMAN ARTISTS!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
A drawing of Gemma (she/her), wandering through the woods in the springtime sunset. She’s wearing a white cloak and holding a sword. She looks lost in thought
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Hey @eclipse.gay is there a reason the faggot games essays/blog posts are inaccessible? (Except for faggot games I: an urgent warning)

I keep getting a page not available error
A webpage error reading “Page Not Found The requested web page was not found on this site.”
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Designing TTRPGs is stupid because why do I have a fucking graphing calculator out rn
A picture of a notebook with notes on it about a TTRPG mars is writing. Behind the notebook is a laptop with the graphing calculator website Desmos pulled up.
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Anyway perhaps commission me? I usually raise prices in the new year so now is a good opportunity!!

I also am thinking about opening collage/oracle card commissions but idk if anyone would be interested in that
Mars’s commission price sheet. Prices range from $8 to $44+ A collage of pictures on a blue background. There is a setting sun, mushrooms, a clock, and a trilobite layered over one another. Text on a blue background in the old raised labelmaker style reads “TIME”
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Art vs artist

💚🪲💚
A drawing of Gemma Ravi (she/her). She is a blonde woman walking through a spring forest, looking lost in thought. She is wearing a white cape and holding a sword A picture of mars (they/fae/xe). They are a curly haired nonbinary person, standing in front of the Field Museum in Chicago and smiling.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Found an aborted ootheca (hissing cockroach egg case) in the cockroach tank at work and this is how I let my gf know
A picture of a Madagascar hissing cockroach on a small faux log. Under it is a text reading “WOKE cockroach gets ABORTION?!?!? (Not clickbait)
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Trying to get through 5 more books by the end of the year and am currently reading Scarlet Morning by @gingerhaze.bsky.social

It’s really good so far (I’m listening to the audiobook) and I’m excited to see where it goes!
The cover of Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson. It features two characters, a shorter, dark skinned girl holding a book, and a lanky redhead boy with a lantern. In the background is fog, birds, and a sinister looking woman.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Trying to get back into pixel art with a doodle of Ayla (she/they/fae)
A 32x32 pixel art bust shot of Ayla, a blue tiefling with purple facial markings and red and blue hair. The background is a gradient of salmon to purple.
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
I look hot I think?

(I’m going to the pre-wedding cocktail party for my cousin)
A mirror selfie of Mars. They are a white person with curly brown hair. They are wearing a forest green suit over a black shirt. They have a cicada bolo tie on.
October 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Fun fact this is what it says if you open the USDA website rn
A picture of a laptop screen, showing the USDA website. There’s a large brown pop up that reads “Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
I never know what to say on portfolio day posts so here’s more art
A drawing mars did for Matthew Gravelyn’s game “Clever Girl”. It’s a drawing of a velociraptor pack on a creek side, drawn entirely in black and white, with a sketchy style. A picture of a blockprinted patch. It’s white ink on a purple fabric. The patch has a carabiner on it and reads “FUCK TERFS, PROTECT TRANS DYKES” A picture of two mothman earrings. There are flowers in the background Pixel art of a yellow dragonborn
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
I hear it’s #PortfolioDay !

I’m Mars, a non-binary lesbian and cartoon-y illustrator!

I’d love to do work on more ttrpgs, and I’m always open for commissions!

I also always use alt text!
A drawing of a blonde woman walking through a forest. She is bathed in yellow light and holds a silver long sword. She is wearing a white cape, brown gambeson, and brown pants. A drawing of two women, seemingly posing for a picture. The woman on the left is a light skinned black woman with blonde hair and bright teal dress. She leans flirtatiously on the other woman, who is a dark haired butch white woman. She wears a long brown coat and has her hand on the back of a chair. She smiles, somewhat wearily, at the woman in the teal dress Fanart for the tv show “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury”. Miorne, the princess, stands over suletta, the knight, who is on her knees, bowing. Suletta is wearing a suit of armor modeled after her gundam, mostly white, with accents of red, blue, black, and yellow. Suletta is wearing a princely outfit of blue and black. Sunlight streams through the doorway behind them. A drawing of 3 characters. On the ground lies an orange tiefling in a sun and moon themed jester outfit. They are looking up at a small black tabaxi standing on a stool, proudly wearing a jester outfit with a Star on the chest. Next to them stands a drow woman with a long white braid, leaning on her spear. She is smiling at the tabaxi.
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
I’ve finally finished building my first (non-pauper) EDH deck!

Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists, is a bracket 2 commander deck where two nerds rescue dinos from the graveyard to trample their foes!
A picture of the magic the gathering card “Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists”. Behind it are a stack of other magic cards in green sleeves, topped with a copy of “Thrasta, Tempest’s Roar”
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
paladinosaur.bsky.social
Apparently at some point water got into my favorite playing cards and I didn’t notice and now a bunch of card fronts and backs have separated and they’re basically destroyed @keymastergames.bsky.social pls let me know if you have more of these I can’t find them online
Mars’ favorite deck of cards. A dark green box with glow in the dark print reads “campy creatures Dead•luxe Playing cards Glow in the dark”
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM