Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. http://rileyblack.net
Every time I look at a proboscidean skull I feel like I’m taking an anatomy test.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Every time I look at a proboscidean skull I feel like I’m taking an anatomy test.
I organized my desktop and sorted all of my projects into clearly-labeled folders.
My brain is screaming at the empty space. Do I even write? Where is the heap of nonsense? I'm lost.
My brain is screaming at the empty space. Do I even write? Where is the heap of nonsense? I'm lost.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I organized my desktop and sorted all of my projects into clearly-labeled folders.
My brain is screaming at the empty space. Do I even write? Where is the heap of nonsense? I'm lost.
My brain is screaming at the empty space. Do I even write? Where is the heap of nonsense? I'm lost.
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Moses Harvey's tub squid will forever live in my memory.
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Moses Harvey's tub squid will forever live in my memory.
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Headcase
Locking sensory deprivation hood
Locking sensory deprivation hood
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Headcase
Locking sensory deprivation hood
Locking sensory deprivation hood
"We can't leave without seeing the giant squid," I told them.
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"We can't leave without seeing the giant squid," I told them.
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First #FossilFriday of 2026!
To celebrate, check out this beauty on my desk today: a neural arch from a juvenile Apatosaurus cervical vertebra.
This lovely specimen was collected by Museum crews from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in 2025.
To celebrate, check out this beauty on my desk today: a neural arch from a juvenile Apatosaurus cervical vertebra.
This lovely specimen was collected by Museum crews from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in 2025.
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
First #FossilFriday of 2026!
To celebrate, check out this beauty on my desk today: a neural arch from a juvenile Apatosaurus cervical vertebra.
This lovely specimen was collected by Museum crews from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in 2025.
To celebrate, check out this beauty on my desk today: a neural arch from a juvenile Apatosaurus cervical vertebra.
This lovely specimen was collected by Museum crews from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in 2025.
The moonlight suits you.
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The moonlight suits you.
Whenever I see Protostega plastron bones, I want them to move like clock gears. As if you could wind up the turtle and watch it go.
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Whenever I see Protostega plastron bones, I want them to move like clock gears. As if you could wind up the turtle and watch it go.
It is only right to visit the likeness of one’s fursona when possible. 🐆
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
It is only right to visit the likeness of one’s fursona when possible. 🐆
The best part about sketching at the museum was all the people who interrupted me to tell me they liked my tattoos.
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The best part about sketching at the museum was all the people who interrupted me to tell me they liked my tattoos.
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I'd like to draw your attention to the accurate cloaca on this bronze Psittacosaurus at the Peabody Museum 🐡🧪
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I'd like to draw your attention to the accurate cloaca on this bronze Psittacosaurus at the Peabody Museum 🐡🧪
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Start the new year off right with a new collar? 😈
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#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
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#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
The last drop of the year is ready to go. Two new collars hitting the shop TONIGHT (12/29) at 6pm est!
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#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
shop.cairosteele.com
#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Start the new year off right with a new collar? 😈
shop.cairosteele.com
#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
shop.cairosteele.com
#BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay
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Working on a lovely drooling beauty~
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Working on a lovely drooling beauty~
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WOOOO! pool party!!! happy new year!!!! here's one last sketch for our "orcs, etc" theme. it doesn't *really* fit, but i wanted to draw a big hot minotaur gal, so Deal With It
[Originally posted 2025.08.12. Subscribe today: https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay ]
[Originally posted 2025.08.12. Subscribe today: https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay ]
January 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
WOOOO! pool party!!! happy new year!!!! here's one last sketch for our "orcs, etc" theme. it doesn't *really* fit, but i wanted to draw a big hot minotaur gal, so Deal With It
[Originally posted 2025.08.12. Subscribe today: https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay ]
[Originally posted 2025.08.12. Subscribe today: https://patreon.com/irisjay // https://subscribestar.adult/irisjay ]
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ground bird
(rerun)
(rerun)
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
ground bird
(rerun)
(rerun)
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top tier new year's resolution
I want to be a better crinoid appreciator
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
top tier new year's resolution
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This bronze-winged pigeon is a little late for birbfest day 1 🪶
I could not miss out on drawing this rainbow-winged friend 💛
#birbfest #birbfest2026 #pigeonsky #sciart #pigeon #art #artyear #animalart
I could not miss out on drawing this rainbow-winged friend 💛
#birbfest #birbfest2026 #pigeonsky #sciart #pigeon #art #artyear #animalart
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This bronze-winged pigeon is a little late for birbfest day 1 🪶
I could not miss out on drawing this rainbow-winged friend 💛
#birbfest #birbfest2026 #pigeonsky #sciart #pigeon #art #artyear #animalart
I could not miss out on drawing this rainbow-winged friend 💛
#birbfest #birbfest2026 #pigeonsky #sciart #pigeon #art #artyear #animalart
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Slug ten drinks, I won't get pickled
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping, that's why
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping, that's why
September 2, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Slug ten drinks, I won't get pickled
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping, that's why
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping, that's why
Strata doesn’t want me to go out without her scent on me.
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Strata doesn’t want me to go out without her scent on me.
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My furry nun comic 😇 1/4
January 1, 2026 at 11:27 PM
My furry nun comic 😇 1/4