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Palaeo
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Unconventional wildlife art, pewter, & cardboard mask patterns.

I DO NOT TAKE COMMISSIONS. Beware scammers!

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Ladies, gents, and corporeal souls I would like to announce that Mr. Persimmon Fig has finally pooped after around 36 hours. And feels loads better. His hydration has come way up and he’s being very much more active and kitten-ish. He’s not spicy despite finding him outside and is SO SWEET.
A young somewhat scrawny tabby kitten who feels a lot better.
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Little guy decided he likes that toasty chick brooder. I have it on a slant and have watched him easily move out from under it and back in again.

Not shown but I also didn’t know 3 week old kittens can loaf. Exactly like the adults. I’m gonna pop. Plz little dude have a mom still.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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FUCK

I cannot have three cats

Partner is bringing home a bottle and kitten milk replacer; found the guy shrieking his head off in our firewood shelter. I cannot find hide nor hair of siblings or his mom.

Got him outside with some gently microwaved beans piled beneath towels and THAT in a clear-
A three week old tabby kitten being held aloft in front of the camera.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I hope these are clear enough. If not I’m going to have to break out my magnifier because the phone camera can’t focus much closer.
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Gorgeous giant beetle grubs I’m trying to ID. Time to go find out about beetle grub care lol. There’s so much suburban development in my county that the more unusual and uncommon bugs are really special so I really want to help these guys out. I am thrilled big beetles breed on our land!
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Are these good enough? I like bugs, but it’s the weird outlier bugs that are my favorite! I feel like I found the arthropod version of a fallen baby bird’s nest 😂
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Hey entomology bluesky! I’m in piedmont Georgia (US) and this massive oak log just came crashing out of one of my trees. Does anybody have any idea what these huge grubs are? The only huge beetles I know locally are unicorn beetles. If they ARE big beetles I want to know how to keep them safe!
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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One life eclipses another; Smilodon takes down a whitetail deer. Inspired by petroglyphs, cave art, and ancient Scythian art. It's weird to think that the whitetail deer survived the ice age and made it to the present but many of its predators did not. #art #smilodon #paleontology #rockart #deer
Digital art of a Smilodon hunting a white tailed deer buck. Both figures are drawn as if they were petroglyphs. The Smilodon is pouncing the deer while the deer's rear legs twist to the opposite side of its body. This twisting leg direction signifies a dead or dying animal in Scythian art which also has influences on this piece.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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My youngest and most perfect son.

(Theoden’s not used to sleeping alone. My prize tiger plush seems to be filling in ok these days.)
A tricolor smooth collie asleep with his head draped over a large white tiger plush.
October 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Flashback to last year’s Halloween display. We do it inside because we have no outdoor sockets and no one can see the house anyway.

My heart just wasn’t in decorating this year. I think that’s ok. Warning: extremely annoying cringe Halloween music that I love lol
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I did not expect the -phenomenal- response I've had to my last two pieces; especially the petroglyph one. I need to go for a walk to clear my head and figure out how to respond to the crazy outpouring of support. I'm not sure I've ever received that many comments in one shot! You are all incredible💙
A short three panel comic strip featuring a tiger anthro (the artist's persona), a cameo by their tricolor smooth collie service dog, and the living tiger petroglyph named Petro. In the first panel the artist is checking their phone and asks out loud, "I wonder how that petroglyph art did..." while their dog cranes his head backwards to see what the artist is doing. The second panel the artist is surprised by an outpouring of positive comments shown in the background. They read, "That's beautiful!" "I love this!" "Gorgeous!" "This is stunning!" "Wonderful!" "Cool!" "Fantastic work!" "Oh wow!". Their dog has noticed the surprised expression. In the third panel the artist is drawn with a big grin and stars in their eyes while their side character Petro simply says, "Damn dude. Congrats man." while their dog tentatively licks the back of the phone questioning the source of the surprise.
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Tumblr has my favorite art compliments by a country mile.
A small screencap of a Tumblr notification for a piece of art. The user reblogging it added the hashtag "#art I want to eat".
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This is probably the largest art I've made in a long time; it's 16x48 inches at 300dpi. All of the animals are inspired by petroglyphs and cave art from around the world on top of the shapes found within the animals themselves. #art #caveart #petroglyph #deer #wolves #ravens #raven #wolf #elk
The artwork is made up of many different petroglyph-inspired animal figures. The animals are all moving to the left. In the foreground you see three wolves and four ravens chasing after two bull elk and one doe in fairly dark lines. In the background are similar style elk that use smaller artwork and lighter lines to represent being further away. All the foreground animals have gold foil circles into their design around their heart's location and airway location. The entire piece has been given a distressed treatment.
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Unfortunately this one can't be made into prints for blatant violence (my work usually skirts it; not today), but I can likely get them made elsewhere if there's demand.

Did you know lionesses will sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? That's pretty cool. #art
Digital artwork with a square aspect ratio. It features six highly stylized lionesses in a pride circling a slain male lion. The male is shown from top-down view while the females are shown from a side view. The lionesses have mandala patterns in their fur. The dead male lion appears skinny and old. The style is similar to a vintage print on textured paper. The color themes are gold and red. The bottom right contains the artist's signature and the the word "yong-gi" which is a Korean word for courage.
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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A very late but a very-needed-for-my-brain Ask Petro. #art #comic #ama #anthro
A short three panel comic of a living tiger petroglyph character answering questions. The top left panel reads, "Vasmeth asks: How do you maintain such wonderful high contrast between your markings? So crisp!". Petro the petroglyph character answers "A well loaded brush with a fat edge" while holding a paintbrush. The second panel shows Petro's hand demonstrating the ink technique while his speech bubbles say, "You're kind of pushing a load of ink with the brush. Not wiping off bristles. It leaves a really sharp edge vs pulling with the bristles." The bottom panel shows Petro's arms while he paints one of his markings on them and he continues, "You'd be surprised how sharp of an edge you can get even on very textured surfaces doing this. You've got to mind how thick or thin your paint is, but that's all there is to it really."
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Thinking about petroglyphs again. Thinking about what I would fill a vast blank wall with. #art #drawing #rockart
A 3 page collection of various animal glyphs in the artist’s sketchbook. They have been drawn with a colored pencil and inked over with a brush pen. Tigers are the dominant species depicted, but there is also a Rhamphorhynchus pterosaur, a wolf, a tufted titmouse, a ball python, several betta fish, a turquoise darter, and two coelacanths.
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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The monstrous forms of two characters from a continuity that will never see the light of day. I’m still playing with Verūk’s demon design a smidge (right) but the real breakthrough was an angel’s form I didn’t hate. #art #sketch #sketchbook
An open flat sketchbook; each page contains one character rendered in layers of colored drawing pencil. The character on the left is a long thin dragon with features of a biblical angel such as a body covered in eyes. The character on the left has a quadrupedal stance, a wedge shaped saurian face, long hair, and features such as scales and neural spines.
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I am still making art. Sorry for the deluge of text only posts and stress. Going to try and get back to several people today.

I’ve thought about Oberon’s last day every day since it happened. Dreamed about him last night again. It’s made waking up and starting the day feel strange.
A sketchbook drawing of the author’s Panthera palaeosinensis tiger persona. It has been drawn in heavy pen and ink with a light wash of color.
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Quote post with your pink art!

...this is literally the only pink art I've ever intentionally made. #anthro #furry #art
A topless lion woman is sitting and staring at the viewer with a side-eyed expression. The eye is wide and intense. She is holding an arrow highlighted by the gold splatter. A topless lion woman stares down the viewer from a front standing pose. She is wearing tattered black shorts and nothing else. She holds a knife in her visible hand. Her visible hand is splattered with a gradient of red to screaming pink blood. Her shorts are splattered with red. Her torso and entire muzzle are covered in hot pink blood. Her entire demeanor is intense and threatening.
October 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I like and try to have lots of things at different price points and in terms of mask projects different skill levels. Times are tough and belts are tight; anytime someone buys the smaller things I'll make more small things. I'm just bad at advertising what I have!
Mixed real media artwork of an allosaurus skull carved into pine wood and woodburned further for deep detail. The art uses watercolors, gouache, colored pencil, and mica powders. A small tiger petrogylph (or rock art); about 2.5x3.5" . It is drawn in ink on paper and photographed on a deer fur background. A barn owl mask example made from the mask patterns the artist sells. This version is made from cardboard and has been elaborately painted in a colorscheme similar to real live barn owls. The style is extremely simplistic with very few pieces. A tiny 2.5x3.5" fountain pen drawing of a deer's jawbone on paper. It has been given a watercolor like treatment using walnut ink. It has been photographed on top of a bed of deer fur.
October 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Incidentally I have MANY different kinds of treasures you can take home. Anytime you buy something tangible I know my real media is viable. Pewter is coming due for new casting! Masks are great projects too.

www.paleopanthera.com/masks
www.paleopanthera.com/artforsale
www.paleopanthera.com/foundry
A photo of a pewter skeleton cat paw resting on a dark rainbow stone. The wrist bones form a bail so that it may be worn as a pendant. The skeleton cat paw has been reproduced from a wax carving and is substantial rather than delicate. Open edition linocut prints of a tiger twisting in a perfectly circular pattern. The prints are technically monotypes; each one has had different color watercolor washes applied and different colors used for ink lines. A pink rubber linocut stamp is at the top of the picture; below it is the resulting print. The artwork is of an American lion (P. Atrox) jawbone fossil. The style is full of thick heavy lines. An example raven mask using a pattern the artist sells on their website. It is made of EVA foam, is all black, and the feathers have been "drawn" on using a woodburning tool to melt the feather shapes. It has bright gold eyes that have been painted on mesh to maintain visibility.
October 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Petro did not see that one coming. #art #comic #ama
A four panel comic depicting a living tiger petroglyph character named Petro and co-starring a much smaller blocky tiger anthro character representing the artist Palaeo. The first panel reads, "Simha Asks: What does your shadow look like? Is it like stained glass or solid?" There's a small box with an arrow pointing at the petroglyph character that reads "Never considered being made of stained glass". The petroglyph character looks stunned. The second panel shows the exact same stunned petroglyph character with a speech bubble that reads, "...". The small blocky tiger anthro to his right looks worried and asks, "Uh, Petro?" The third panel is a zoomed in close up of just the petroglyph character's still stunned face. The background is full of glitter and stars. His speech bubble is huge but extremely soft and the tiny text within reads, "I have been blind to the possibilities". The last panel shows the co-starring blocky tiger anthro smiling knowingly while answering for their stunned friend, "It's a solid shadow. At least until he gets to the art supply store."
October 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Petro answers his first question, possibly only spurring further questions. #art #comic #ama
A very short two panel comic set up like a question and answer. The top squared bubble says "Vex Asks: Dear Petro, what are you made out of? What is your flesh?" Petro the living tiger petroglyph answers, "Well I'm the metaphysical concept of art itself so technically I can be anything. It's kind of archaic, but I do like being charcoal and stone if I don't have to go anywhere. I got pretty good at ink and paper in middle school and I still that one a lot because otherwise I'm too heavy for the bus." Petro continues narrating towards the bottom panel, which shows his hands over a cutting board with a small cut. "I've knocked some chunks out falling off stuff as stone; a little mortar and a bandaid fixes that. Ink and paper is harder; I've cut myself in the kitchen and ink goes everywhere."
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I started this project a zillion years ago when I wanted to do a cave art pin set. Since my country is a dumpster fire that's not happening, but I DID finally finish the Megaloceros. #bskynightmarket #paleontology #anthropology #archaeology

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A picture advertising the artist's cave art stickers for sale. There is a wild horse inspired by Lascaux cave, a Megaloceros (or Irish elk) inspired by Chauvet cave, and a bison inspired by Altamira cave. The artist's Redbubble (Where they sell shirts and merch) is written on the page: PaleoPanthera.redbubble.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Petro is one of the ways I can reset my brain; like shaking an etch-a-sketch.

Today he is taking questions and I will be drawing whatever he picks out. #art #ama #ask #OC
A petroglyph tiger character stands around in a hoodie and shorts while smoking. The clothes are rendered realistically with dimension while the character himself is completely flat. There is text on the righthand side that reads "It's time for: ASK PETRO!". Below it are a pair of speech bubbles for the petroglyph character to speak through. He is saying, "I mean I guess if you want to. I'll pick my favorites. Try to be chill. Like PG-13 chill." A petroglyph tiger wearing realistically rendered clothes even though the petroglyph himself is 2 dimensional. He’s puzzled at who’s calling his cell phone. A petroglyph tiger wearing realistically rendered clothes in an otherwise normal environment. He’s sitting on a mass transit bench with his bags while listening to music on over-ear headphones and holding his cell phone in his hand. A character that is a 2d petroglyph of a tiger wearing otherwise 3D renders clothes. He has paused mid stride after all his groceries ripped out of the bottom of the bags he was carrying and are all over the ground. He says all you can say: “fuck. “ in tired old typewriter font. The image is oxblood fountain pen ink and sketchy pencil in a sketchbook.
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM