Palaeo

Palaeo

@palaeosinensis.com

Unconventional wildlife art, pewter, & cardboard mask patterns. Any/all I DO NOT TAKE COMMISSIONS. Beware scammers!

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For those interested this art is now available on shirts, stickers, magnets, zipper pouches, and more on my Redbubble account. Resistance artists gotta eat. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1682... (original light variant) www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1682... (dark variant) #BlueskyNightMarket #art #resist

Palaeo@palaeosinensis.com

Life advice for the ages. Those doing wrong want you tired and hopeless. But stay angry. And when a chance is in front of you: bite back. Digital plans for a real linocut. I'm anxiously awaiting a press to make this stuff possible with my RSI in my hands. #art #tiger #resist #linocut

I'd be interested to see the scientists who interpret European paleolithic art (Think cave art, carved atlatls, tiny animal carvings, etc) interpret modern work that is skill-wise reminiscent of Paleolithic work. We go through a stage of art while learning that looks a lot like our ancestors' art.

A lot of those paleolithic carvings and drawings wouldn't get a second glance in society if they were made today. I want to know what they'd see in someone's drawings or carvings who is alive now; what stands out to them and what they admire. We dismiss "lower" art far too much.

Please give convention feedback! Tell them what you were GLAD to see and wish you could see more of! If you want x, y, or z craft to be more represented or you were excited to find it in the sea of everything else let them know. It matters.

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THIS IS ALL TO SAY: if you find yourself not seeing as many hand crafted artisans at the con(s) you frequent, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist, it might mean they didn’t get in! Good cons want your feedback, if you want more hand made, tell them! :)

If it’s stupid but it works then it isn’t stupid. Tired of trying to come up with a work light situation. FINE. OLD LAMP IT IS.

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I AM THE BINGLED BONGLE KING YOU HEAR ME? I HAVE EVERY BINGLE ON THIS BONGLE!!! EVERY!!! BINGLE!!!

artist, designing a bongle with a lot of bingles on it: haha yeahhhh yeessss woohooo heehehehe artist, drawing all the bingles again later: WHY'D I PUT SO MANY BINGLES ON THIS BONGLE

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Digital recreation of a linocut block I'd made some years ago. You can still find a few monoprints of it in my studio store on my website. #art #digitalart #fauxprintmaking #fauxlinocut #linocut

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I took a second crack at an old piece and it came out much better the second time around. Designed as a 4 part screenprint if I should ever have those opportunities again. #art #tigers

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Etsy made me make a video so if you want to see a 3D turnaround of these masks here you go. #halloween #mask #cosplay #diyhalloween

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This mask pattern won't be new to my long time audience, but I'm regardless proud to announce my old 2019 barn owl pattern has been MASSIVELY UPGRADED to -fully illustrated instructions- & brand new easy-to-read labels. www.paleopanthera.com/masks/barn-o...

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‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

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I had an incredible high school teacher whose words feel so relevant today. Paraphrasing (cuz it was years and years ago) If you want a strong indicator of the health of a society, look at how that society values its artists.

I'm way behind in my efforts to do so, but this is why I encourage anyone and everyone with a personal website to PLEASE link to the things you love. SEO is fixing to be meaningless anyway. I don't see search engines returning to being useful anytime soon. Bookmark, download, save, link.

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Aside from all the existential horror that capitalism and AI are causing, the thing that pisses me off the most in my day to day life is that I just can’t find anything online anymore.

She’s not eating. It’s time. 3pm.

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We’re gonna try to say goodbye on Tuesday. Everybody send good vibes my partner is dismissed from jury duty because I can’t stomach the thought of her not having her whole family. I’ve got plenty of mirataz, fluids, and a zillion flavors of cat food. Whatever she wants.

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Def deleting this but it's not one I felt like shoving in a drawer. just outting some thoughts. Tbh I feel like these are thoughts everyone is having right now. I have it pretty lucky and complain a lot

We’re gonna try to say goodbye on Tuesday. Everybody send good vibes my partner is dismissed from jury duty because I can’t stomach the thought of her not having her whole family. I’ve got plenty of mirataz, fluids, and a zillion flavors of cat food. Whatever she wants.

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Ashes has cancer but it’s not tissue infiltrating. Long story short: as long as she’s happy, can breathe, and can eat without struggle she’s ok to keep going and we’ll play the rest of her life by ear. She’s 18.

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I'm a little late, but happy October, y'all! (It's an older drawing, sir, but it still checks out) "Pumpkin King," by Izzy Collier (that's-a me, yo), 2022. Pencil and ink on paper, digital colors and layout.

Digital recreation of a linocut block I'd made some years ago. You can still find a few monoprints of it in my studio store on my website. #art #digitalart #fauxprintmaking #fauxlinocut #linocut

I have started an arduous process to find out if Health Problems are A Concern if they just suck. I’m already wildly stressed out and I can barely wrap my head around the amount of money involved. I’m a disabled artist who knows what I’ll earn any given month. (I have avenues for help at least.)

Ashes has cancer but it’s not tissue infiltrating. Long story short: as long as she’s happy, can breathe, and can eat without struggle she’s ok to keep going and we’ll play the rest of her life by ear. She’s 18.

If you have “healthy pets” no you don’t. Keep saving whatever is safe to budget for them. They’ll spend 90% of those vet bills in the last few years. Ashes has a swelling on her neck (she’s 18) and this is right after Steam (also 18) had a UTI and we fork out for subq fluids & kidney diet as well.

When they go it’s going to be…a long while before I get another cat. I’ve been taking care of some elderly creature or another for something like 8-9 years straight. Everyone was just very unfortunately staggered in age. I’m regret literally nothing, but I am emotionally exhausted on this front.

I took a second crack at an old piece and it came out much better the second time around. Designed as a 4 part screenprint if I should ever have those opportunities again. #art #tigers

I don’t know how to communicate that I’m in good spirits, I’m doing my best to make art, and that private health business mixing with a rare work opportunity is keeping me from doing so. I wish I could hold an open studio so people see I have been working literally as often as possible.

I never expected to spend my entire adult life falling from one crisis or problem into another but here I am. Playing out that pattern. Again good spirits. Just wish I could menace my own body with a stick. I have other things I want to do in life!

Rhetorical question: Are there any creatives not figuring out they're autistic/ADHD/perimenopausal in 30s-40s? Not rhetorical: Ran out of therapy utility. Fixed brain chemistry. Still not magically fixed."What if I'm AuDHD [for very good extensive reasons]?" *tries their coping/therapy* Oh. Oooh...

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Something EXCITING and more importantly easy-for-y’all is in the works… #mask #halloween #fursuit #crafts #papercraft

I am watching the DragonCon parade on TV today and my god. I love art. I love cosplay. I love enthusiasm. I love creativity. I love cons for people coming together in an absolute tsunami of creative fun. It’s JUST SO MUCH FUN! Every age! Every ability set! Every skill set!

I'm still proud of this piece. I love the way the colors vibrate and how much it looks unplaceably retro. If I had gobs of executive function, someone else to do all my chores, and however much money so I could freely waste supplies learning...I'd want to get into multi-color prints like this.

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A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage

Incidentally all my faux screenprints and faux linocuts ARE separated into the appropriate ink layers incl setting layers to multiply to imitate how transparent inks interact. So at least in theory someday I would have a big library of images to thumb back through and make real handmade prints of.

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For many years, it was assumed that the prehistoric cave paintings of people, mammoths and hunting scenes were created by men. Analysis of the handprints often used to "sign" these paintings now suggest that most of the artists were women. #CelebratingWomen

Etsy made me make a video so if you want to see a 3D turnaround of these masks here you go. #halloween #mask #cosplay #diyhalloween

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This mask pattern won't be new to my long time audience, but I'm regardless proud to announce my old 2019 barn owl pattern has been MASSIVELY UPGRADED to -fully illustrated instructions- & brand new easy-to-read labels. www.paleopanthera.com/masks/barn-o...

Proof that my brain is beginning to work again. These are a LOT of hard meticulous work that doesn't play nice BUT! But! Making this one no longer felt like pulling teeth. It became possible. A little every day. And somehow here we are. There's 8 images total; Bsky formatting sucks.

I have a lot of good art waiting in the wings…but I’m not in a hurry to post. I’ve got owed work first. But I think there will be some very nice things in the fall.