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Another digital piece I'm still very proud of from 2023 of a Microraptor imagined with the plumage of a modern Pileated Woodpecker :D 60 hours in ibis paint

Also I didn't paint the background it's just an edited photo I took in the woods on my phone 😅 Like to imagine these little guys running around the forest floor hehe

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Nice rock you got there lil buddy

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One of the huge weaknesses of these things is that they populate their covers with full color illustrations of totally rad-ass dragons. That's a gnarly dragon grabbing those children! If only there were a board game that let me fight monsters like that.

LOL. So, I thought I had all the major anti-D&D religious tracts that floated around from the ‘70s through the ‘90s (with the exception of the original Pat Pulling pamphlet, which seems vanishingly rare), but then Ed Park showed me A Christian Response to Dungeons and Dragons (1987). The subtitle is “The Catechism of the New Age,” which, I wish, and then on the back the hype copy is titled, “They want our children. They want our future.” Which may as well be the tag line for like, a Body Snatchers movie.

I have to say, if I saw this in ‘87, it might have made me nervous. While ultimately the authors seem somewhat exhausted, there is some rigor in the argument here, ten years or so into the panic, that is perhaps a little troubling. They seem aware of RPGs beyond D&D, for one, and have a working knowledge of how to play, a major flaw in most other tracts of this kind. They also lack the shrill panic of Pulling. But for all their attempts to better package their concern, before long they eventually claim that D&D in a primer for occult practice, which is a deeply stupid thing to say.

I find this stuff fascinating because it displays such a profound lack of imagination. By design — the authors actually argue that the imagination encouraged by RPGs puts us in the roles of those who would rebel against God. “Since Descartes, modern man has retreated from the bright light of God’s creation into the dark world of his own mind and imagination,” they say.

I hope it drives them nuts at how completely they lost the argument.

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I'm listening.

Jurassic World Rebirth TRAILER

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Okay, okay, but hear me out: Chappell Rodan

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Okay, okay, but hear me out: Chappell Rodan

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Trench Crusade grail hounds!

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i couldn't miss a cool dark elf party :D

cute golden boy Efi for @trucbiduleschouettes

[Don't use/repost please. Reblogs/shares are appreciated. <3]

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Rosemary, the Lost Knight.🌿🌙✨

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Tumblr made me kill the quality on this so rip An Azhdarchid of some sort. Probably Hatzegopteryx. I didn't reference anything while drawing this so let it be whatever you wish

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Owl Hedorah

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commission

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"Does The Way Christians Use Capitalized He/Him For God Count As A Neopronoun" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

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holy shit y’all should watch this one, what an admirable person

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