#phalanges

Enlist your classmates, coworkers, family, friends, and enemies in the Skeleton Wars!

What does this entail?

Draw a skeleton hand! On your hand!

This can be with henna, gel-pens, glitter pens, felt-tip, brush pens, markers, etc.

The skeleton hand drawing MUST consist of all phalanges, metacarpals, carpals, and the beginnings of the radius and ulna.

You do not have to be good at art. You only have to draw BONES

You do not have to draw on both hands.

You may do other parts of the skeleton, if you so choose and if you will not be punished for it by the people around you. Examples of other bone options include the mandible and surrounding facial bones, small quantities of spinal discs, the patella and bones below it, etc.

I will be writing the Skeleton Song eventually and listening is most certainly optional for all participants

Bones of the Arm and Hand

A black tint slowly crept its way up tattooed fingers, beginning from their tips, slightly chipped but similarly black painted nails blending into the discoloration as Tristan harnessed his gemstones for magic that was far darker than what he was used to. Watching the light of life escape another, even if it was a monster set out to bring forth naught but chaos, forced Tristan into a position he wanted very little to do with. It was expected of him. By the Wizard, by his friends, by himself even. Yet the knowledge of that did not make it any easier on his shoulders. The runes carved into each part of his fingers gave out a faint, almost blue colored radiance, trembling quite a lot as he held his hand out and all air seemed to have completely left the monster under his spell.

He closed his hand slowly, fist now shaking while he stopped the urge to close his eyes. He would have to be strong enough to endure such a thing. If he was to help in the battles to come, he had to toughen up. That was just about the moment he realized that his cheeks were wet, and droplets were starting to fall from his chin onto his clothes, and his own lungs and throat were burning, pushing a sob out. He swallowed thickly, finally ripping his gaze away from the now unmoving monster, eyes immediately meeting the Head of house Beltran’s own. And all that tough façade might’ve even worked if it wasn’t Rook he was talking to. He turned to walk, but mostly to wipe at his tears. “We’ve got to get that shield off that bloody doll.”

MORE THEN HALF OF YOUR BONES ARE IN YOUR HANDS AND FEET

Humerus -- “funny bone” -- upper arm bone

Radius -- lower arm bone on the thumb side

Ulna -- larger bone of the lower arm -- contains projection called olecranon process at upper end -- olecranon process forms the elbow

Carpals -- wrist -- eight bones on each hand

Metacarpals -- form the palm -- five bones on each hand