Gneiss Bard
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Generally a nerd about rocks, old critters, extant critters, and building worlds for fun and story. 10/10 would adopt an owlbear cub. Zombie apocalypse skills are hand-sewing and gardening.
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I know this sentiment is well shared, but every once in a while I think about how beautifully powerful and inspiring these paintings are.
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I know this sentiment is well shared, but every once in a while I think about how beautifully powerful and inspiring these paintings are.
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Same. Please know that I’m very mad about a very many things. My silence on any one topic or event doesn’t mean I don’t care.
the reason i don't post as much about politics as i used to is mostly just that i've run out of things to say that can be said in public
January 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Same. Please know that I’m very mad about a very many things. My silence on any one topic or event doesn’t mean I don’t care.
I've been in hibernation mode while the seasonal troll migration comes through - they do travel in herds!
Also I apologize if you found me by way of the Kaladin fanart, I vacation on Roshar but I live in the fossil record most of the time. Worldbuilding is my Thing and that includes Earth's past
Also I apologize if you found me by way of the Kaladin fanart, I vacation on Roshar but I live in the fossil record most of the time. Worldbuilding is my Thing and that includes Earth's past
December 11, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I've been in hibernation mode while the seasonal troll migration comes through - they do travel in herds!
Also I apologize if you found me by way of the Kaladin fanart, I vacation on Roshar but I live in the fossil record most of the time. Worldbuilding is my Thing and that includes Earth's past
Also I apologize if you found me by way of the Kaladin fanart, I vacation on Roshar but I live in the fossil record most of the time. Worldbuilding is my Thing and that includes Earth's past
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#Paleoart of an #Allosaurus stalking prey through a shaded patch. Tried not to over-render and keep it quick!
#TheDinosaurMann #illustration
#TheDinosaurMann #illustration
December 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
#Paleoart of an #Allosaurus stalking prey through a shaded patch. Tried not to over-render and keep it quick!
#TheDinosaurMann #illustration
#TheDinosaurMann #illustration
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Insert Yule-tyrannus puns here!
Dinosaurs + wintery themes are a favorite of mine, as ya'll know. Starting off the season with Valor and a wreath. 🎄
#paleoart (ish) #TheDinosaurMann
Dinosaurs + wintery themes are a favorite of mine, as ya'll know. Starting off the season with Valor and a wreath. 🎄
#paleoart (ish) #TheDinosaurMann
December 1, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Insert Yule-tyrannus puns here!
Dinosaurs + wintery themes are a favorite of mine, as ya'll know. Starting off the season with Valor and a wreath. 🎄
#paleoart (ish) #TheDinosaurMann
Dinosaurs + wintery themes are a favorite of mine, as ya'll know. Starting off the season with Valor and a wreath. 🎄
#paleoart (ish) #TheDinosaurMann
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One of my favourite bits of embroidery I've done to date.
November 22, 2024 at 2:09 PM
One of my favourite bits of embroidery I've done to date.
Currently thinking about how elephants, some of the most imposing animals on earth, tend to be afraid of mice.
Maybe hope is a mouse.
Maybe hope is a mouse.
November 17, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Currently thinking about how elephants, some of the most imposing animals on earth, tend to be afraid of mice.
Maybe hope is a mouse.
Maybe hope is a mouse.
Boosting Kaladin while I attempt brain wrangling
Well, that was unexpected. First #fanart for anything that I've done in a While. Because sometimes I think of a beat-down, book one Kaladin Stormblessed picking up that spear and remembering who he used to be, and I feel a little better, somehow.
Still rusty, still sketchy, maybe making progress.
Still rusty, still sketchy, maybe making progress.
November 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Boosting Kaladin while I attempt brain wrangling
Current mood: this little guy that lives in the big misty temperate rainforests of the northwest in the world I'm writing in. He's not exactly a lemur, but did descend from Eocene primates that got introduced with a landmass collision
#worldbuilding #amwriting #sketch
#worldbuilding #amwriting #sketch
November 10, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Current mood: this little guy that lives in the big misty temperate rainforests of the northwest in the world I'm writing in. He's not exactly a lemur, but did descend from Eocene primates that got introduced with a landmass collision
#worldbuilding #amwriting #sketch
#worldbuilding #amwriting #sketch
Currently trying to juggle Writing Decisions.
Do I censor the books I'm currently working on because I'm Afraid, or do I pivot to a wild, paleolithic, hand-axe-and-sorcery first-contact/survival thing that's been stewing for a few years?
The temptation is strong to do the latter
#writingcommunity
Do I censor the books I'm currently working on because I'm Afraid, or do I pivot to a wild, paleolithic, hand-axe-and-sorcery first-contact/survival thing that's been stewing for a few years?
The temptation is strong to do the latter
#writingcommunity
November 9, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Currently trying to juggle Writing Decisions.
Do I censor the books I'm currently working on because I'm Afraid, or do I pivot to a wild, paleolithic, hand-axe-and-sorcery first-contact/survival thing that's been stewing for a few years?
The temptation is strong to do the latter
#writingcommunity
Do I censor the books I'm currently working on because I'm Afraid, or do I pivot to a wild, paleolithic, hand-axe-and-sorcery first-contact/survival thing that's been stewing for a few years?
The temptation is strong to do the latter
#writingcommunity
Chop wood, carry water.
It's a little zen, a little stoic, and my whole family's mantra right now. When you don't know what to do next, do the routine things - "chop wood, carry water." Take your meds, hydrate, get grounded, feed yourself and your pets.
Chop wood, carry water.
It's a little zen, a little stoic, and my whole family's mantra right now. When you don't know what to do next, do the routine things - "chop wood, carry water." Take your meds, hydrate, get grounded, feed yourself and your pets.
Chop wood, carry water.
November 7, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Chop wood, carry water.
It's a little zen, a little stoic, and my whole family's mantra right now. When you don't know what to do next, do the routine things - "chop wood, carry water." Take your meds, hydrate, get grounded, feed yourself and your pets.
Chop wood, carry water.
It's a little zen, a little stoic, and my whole family's mantra right now. When you don't know what to do next, do the routine things - "chop wood, carry water." Take your meds, hydrate, get grounded, feed yourself and your pets.
Chop wood, carry water.
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Ok. Let's talk about "Do not obey in advance." I have been recommending Snyder's On Tyranny to many, many people since it came out. I am planning to teach it shortly, too. It's a great book. It is very timely. But it's not perfect.
November 7, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Ok. Let's talk about "Do not obey in advance." I have been recommending Snyder's On Tyranny to many, many people since it came out. I am planning to teach it shortly, too. It's a great book. It is very timely. But it's not perfect.
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Please touch the image to read it all! 🐈⬛ This is a daily Purr from my Purrtreon. Every morning, Monday to Friday, I write and share one of these gentle reminders. If you’d like daily access to this kind of content and other exclusive things, please join my Purrtreon. 🤍
November 7, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Please touch the image to read it all! 🐈⬛ This is a daily Purr from my Purrtreon. Every morning, Monday to Friday, I write and share one of these gentle reminders. If you’d like daily access to this kind of content and other exclusive things, please join my Purrtreon. 🤍
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From _The Fellowship of the Ring_
November 6, 2024 at 12:28 PM
From _The Fellowship of the Ring_
If there's one thing I'm learning this evening, it's that I wish I were half as brave as my protagonists.
November 6, 2024 at 4:12 AM
If there's one thing I'm learning this evening, it's that I wish I were half as brave as my protagonists.
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Almost hard to believe that this was a real animal. But it was, it soared through our skies a hundred million years ago, and it might have looked a little like this.
An illustration I worked on a couple of years ago, and which also features on the cover of my book Ex|Terra.
An illustration I worked on a couple of years ago, and which also features on the cover of my book Ex|Terra.
November 3, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Almost hard to believe that this was a real animal. But it was, it soared through our skies a hundred million years ago, and it might have looked a little like this.
An illustration I worked on a couple of years ago, and which also features on the cover of my book Ex|Terra.
An illustration I worked on a couple of years ago, and which also features on the cover of my book Ex|Terra.
Today's coping strategy involves waffling between throwing myself into writing until time ceases to exist and getting distracted by bird ID because the tree outside my window is a popular spot. So far, I think it's going well!
November 4, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Today's coping strategy involves waffling between throwing myself into writing until time ceases to exist and getting distracted by bird ID because the tree outside my window is a popular spot. So far, I think it's going well!
Referenced a bunch of hawks and sketched some wing studies after yesterday's Write. Clothing is... meh, colors need work. And there's a lot about the wing shapes that I'm not super happy with, but that's what I get for building wings out of early synapsid sails instead of like... limbs.
#sketch
#sketch
November 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Referenced a bunch of hawks and sketched some wing studies after yesterday's Write. Clothing is... meh, colors need work. And there's a lot about the wing shapes that I'm not super happy with, but that's what I get for building wings out of early synapsid sails instead of like... limbs.
#sketch
#sketch
Day 2 of blowing life into these novel embers and I've finally broken the writer's block that's been stuck to me for like two months solid. My protagonist met a snake and this was the highlight of my day.
Yeehaw
#amwriting
Yeehaw
#amwriting
November 3, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Day 2 of blowing life into these novel embers and I've finally broken the writer's block that's been stuck to me for like two months solid. My protagonist met a snake and this was the highlight of my day.
Yeehaw
#amwriting
Yeehaw
#amwriting