Will Schakowsky (prehistorickid)
@prehistorickid.bsky.social
He/they. Worldbuilding and spec evo writer and artist. Working on The Sapient Condition, a science-fantasy novel about people of various shapes and forms.
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Hello! My name is Will and I like to write and draw fictional creatures. My main project, *The Sapient Condition*, is a science-fantasy setting about two worlds, Earth and a World of Magic, coming closer together, amongst other things. Here’re some of my more recent drawings!
Open to corrections
January 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Open to corrections
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November 28, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
I thought I came up with a really cool idea for alien molluscoid fish but then I realized I had just reinvented the snarks from serina. Anguish.
November 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM
I thought I came up with a really cool idea for alien molluscoid fish but then I realized I had just reinvented the snarks from serina. Anguish.
Things are a little tight financially, so I'm opening up commissions! $15 starting for single creature drawings, +$5 for every additional subject. DM me if you're interested.
#art #specevo #commission #artcommission #specevoart
#art #specevo #commission #artcommission #specevoart
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Things are a little tight financially, so I'm opening up commissions! $15 starting for single creature drawings, +$5 for every additional subject. DM me if you're interested.
#art #specevo #commission #artcommission #specevoart
#art #specevo #commission #artcommission #specevoart
Read about these guys here! specevo.jcink.net/index.php?sh...
November 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Read about these guys here! specevo.jcink.net/index.php?sh...
One of these days I’m going to sit down and figure out how to draw human characters in more detail than just messy sketches. And that terrifies me
November 20, 2024 at 12:38 PM
One of these days I’m going to sit down and figure out how to draw human characters in more detail than just messy sketches. And that terrifies me
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November 17, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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Quote repost with your art that has stars in it! 💫
November 12, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Quote repost with your art that has stars in it! 💫
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A benefit of the clean energy transition - access for people that haven't had it. In recent years, solar projects have multiplied in communities in the Amazon, thanks to an accelerated rollout by multiple countries. https://buff.ly/4i1EcAq
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Solar power is turning the tide on energy inequality in the Amazon
Small-scale, low-cost solar is filling gaps in the grid that have long troubled Amazon nations, supporting health, connectivity and environmental protection in remote areas
buff.ly
November 17, 2024 at 2:50 PM
A benefit of the clean energy transition - access for people that haven't had it. In recent years, solar projects have multiplied in communities in the Amazon, thanks to an accelerated rollout by multiple countries. https://buff.ly/4i1EcAq
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Thread 3 about colonial heritage in natural history
Context: This thread stayed as a draft, and it was meant as another example besides those listed in an article from August 2023 by The Nature Conservancy that made the case for changing species' common names.
Context: This thread stayed as a draft, and it was meant as another example besides those listed in an article from August 2023 by The Nature Conservancy that made the case for changing species' common names.
November 16, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Thread 3 about colonial heritage in natural history
Context: This thread stayed as a draft, and it was meant as another example besides those listed in an article from August 2023 by The Nature Conservancy that made the case for changing species' common names.
Context: This thread stayed as a draft, and it was meant as another example besides those listed in an article from August 2023 by The Nature Conservancy that made the case for changing species' common names.
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Per advice, I've compiled the books I'm querying into a single page.
Agents and acquisition editors, my two books:
🫀Near-future Frankenstein retelling (my MFA thesis) in the vein of Never Let Me Go.
🐉Character-driven, literary fantasy with a soul-eating dragon baby.
www.judahmahay.com/amquerying/
Agents and acquisition editors, my two books:
🫀Near-future Frankenstein retelling (my MFA thesis) in the vein of Never Let Me Go.
🐉Character-driven, literary fantasy with a soul-eating dragon baby.
www.judahmahay.com/amquerying/
Books I’m Querying
Though I’ve written four books over these last twenty years, I currently have two polished, beta-read, and heavily revised novels I’m querying: A near-future, high-concept Frankenstein retelling, and ...
www.judahmahay.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Per advice, I've compiled the books I'm querying into a single page.
Agents and acquisition editors, my two books:
🫀Near-future Frankenstein retelling (my MFA thesis) in the vein of Never Let Me Go.
🐉Character-driven, literary fantasy with a soul-eating dragon baby.
www.judahmahay.com/amquerying/
Agents and acquisition editors, my two books:
🫀Near-future Frankenstein retelling (my MFA thesis) in the vein of Never Let Me Go.
🐉Character-driven, literary fantasy with a soul-eating dragon baby.
www.judahmahay.com/amquerying/
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Yes, everything you’re heard about Florida (and its politics) is true. It’s fine. I’m fine. Fine fine fine fine fine. Just more stuff to throw into the wood chipper of my brain and pretend is “funny satire” or “weird fiction” when it comes out, I guess.
To understand the wretched, absurd toxicity of Florida politics now spreading worldwide, a useful example is the NRA's top Florida lobbyist getting state pols to nix attempts to make the Florida scrub jay the official state bird FOR 25 YEARS because she thinks the jay exhibits a "welfare mentality."
November 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Yes, everything you’re heard about Florida (and its politics) is true. It’s fine. I’m fine. Fine fine fine fine fine. Just more stuff to throw into the wood chipper of my brain and pretend is “funny satire” or “weird fiction” when it comes out, I guess.
Goddamn, at 300 now! To celebrate, I will draw any (non-sexual) request you have for my heronsona - do taxes, get bludgeoned by heavy objects, anything really.
And now it’s doubled since I posted this yesterday. Hello new people! Questions are still accepted
I am blown away that even a couple dozen people like my stuff enough to follow me. Feel free to ask any questions about me or my art!
(Apologies to @amber2002161.bsky.social for not including you in the screenshot)
(Apologies to @amber2002161.bsky.social for not including you in the screenshot)
November 17, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Goddamn, at 300 now! To celebrate, I will draw any (non-sexual) request you have for my heronsona - do taxes, get bludgeoned by heavy objects, anything really.
Some members of a clade of birds that are born with nearly fully formed wing muscles and flight feathers. They are abundant in open habitats, with some species (such as the third from the left) numbering in the hundreds of millions or even low billions of individuals.
#specevo #art #digitalart
#specevo #art #digitalart
November 17, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Some members of a clade of birds that are born with nearly fully formed wing muscles and flight feathers. They are abundant in open habitats, with some species (such as the third from the left) numbering in the hundreds of millions or even low billions of individuals.
#specevo #art #digitalart
#specevo #art #digitalart
youtu.be/iHSEFMYjbnE?... incredible video. “It is the birthright of every empire to die” holy shit that’s bars.
I wonder what stories will be told in the mold of our cities in the future.
I wonder what stories will be told in the mold of our cities in the future.
The Most Powerful Type of Worldbuilding
YouTube video by Curious Archive
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November 16, 2024 at 6:56 AM
youtu.be/iHSEFMYjbnE?... incredible video. “It is the birthright of every empire to die” holy shit that’s bars.
I wonder what stories will be told in the mold of our cities in the future.
I wonder what stories will be told in the mold of our cities in the future.
If you see this post do it!
Pronouns: He/they
Height: 6’
Shoe size: wouldn’t you want to know
Zodiac: Virgo
Smoke: no
Smoke: no
Piercings: no
Fave drink: Oreo milk shake
Pronouns: He/they
Height: 6’
Shoe size: wouldn’t you want to know
Zodiac: Virgo
Smoke: no
Smoke: no
Piercings: no
Fave drink: Oreo milk shake
If you see this post do it!
Pronouns: It/its
Height: 6'4
Shoe size: 12.5
Zodiac: Libra sun and moon
Smoke: No
Tattoos: No
Piercings: No
Fave drink: just a good ole coka cola
Pronouns: It/its
Height: 6'4
Shoe size: 12.5
Zodiac: Libra sun and moon
Smoke: No
Tattoos: No
Piercings: No
Fave drink: just a good ole coka cola
If you see this post do it!
Pronouns: He/Him
Height: 5’5”
Shoe size: Whatever fits
Zodiac: Cancer 🦀
Smoke: Not anymore
Tattoos: None…yet?
Piercings: Nope
Fave drink: Whiskey. Or Coffee…if it’s too early for whiskey. And of course, a Pirate Sunrise 🏴☠️🌅
Pronouns: He/Him
Height: 5’5”
Shoe size: Whatever fits
Zodiac: Cancer 🦀
Smoke: Not anymore
Tattoos: None…yet?
Piercings: Nope
Fave drink: Whiskey. Or Coffee…if it’s too early for whiskey. And of course, a Pirate Sunrise 🏴☠️🌅
November 14, 2024 at 7:19 AM
If you see this post do it!
Pronouns: He/they
Height: 6’
Shoe size: wouldn’t you want to know
Zodiac: Virgo
Smoke: no
Smoke: no
Piercings: no
Fave drink: Oreo milk shake
Pronouns: He/they
Height: 6’
Shoe size: wouldn’t you want to know
Zodiac: Virgo
Smoke: no
Smoke: no
Piercings: no
Fave drink: Oreo milk shake
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The problem: I want to scale down the slashdragon, one of the main species in my setting, but I really like the drawing I did for it, and I don’t want to redo it.
The solution: lasso tool.
#specevo #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #digitalart #fantasy #sciencefantasy
The solution: lasso tool.
#specevo #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #digitalart #fantasy #sciencefantasy
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 AM
The problem: I want to scale down the slashdragon, one of the main species in my setting, but I really like the drawing I did for it, and I don’t want to redo it.
The solution: lasso tool.
#specevo #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #digitalart #fantasy #sciencefantasy
The solution: lasso tool.
#specevo #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #digitalart #fantasy #sciencefantasy
And now it’s doubled since I posted this yesterday. Hello new people! Questions are still accepted
I am blown away that even a couple dozen people like my stuff enough to follow me. Feel free to ask any questions about me or my art!
(Apologies to @amber2002161.bsky.social for not including you in the screenshot)
(Apologies to @amber2002161.bsky.social for not including you in the screenshot)
November 13, 2024 at 10:17 PM
And now it’s doubled since I posted this yesterday. Hello new people! Questions are still accepted
Me: takes my night time medicine because I’m ready to go to bed.
My brain: no 🤗
My brain: no 🤗
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Me: takes my night time medicine because I’m ready to go to bed.
My brain: no 🤗
My brain: no 🤗
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anya mouthwashing my beloved #mouthwashing
November 13, 2024 at 5:55 AM
anya mouthwashing my beloved #mouthwashing
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Gorgonichthys because im working on smthn big i needed a break from
#sciart #placoderm #fish #fishart
#sciart #placoderm #fish #fishart
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Gorgonichthys because im working on smthn big i needed a break from
#sciart #placoderm #fish #fishart
#sciart #placoderm #fish #fishart