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He/him. Cape Town based bearded Illustrator & games animator at @freelives.bsky.social. Twitch affiliate. Husbear of @dwuff.com. Metalhead. TTRPG enthusiast. Cat and dog dad. Bisexual. ✉️ thebeardlyben@gmail.com linktr.ee/thebeardlyben FUCK AI

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Primal hunter

09.03.2026 16:59 👍 938 🔁 249 💬 3 📌 1
Princess Mononoke Fanart. Ashitaka it's riding Yakul. They are crossing a river with a waterfall behind them. The kodamas are walking with them

Princess Mononoke Fanart. Ashitaka it's riding Yakul. They are crossing a river with a waterfall behind them. The kodamas are walking with them

Wanted to paint some greenery 🌿🌸 #digitalart #fanart #illustration #princessmononoke

09.03.2026 10:40 👍 1874 🔁 679 💬 16 📌 0
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My Serendipity prints are here 🙏

artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/4463...

#art #natureart

09.03.2026 09:42 👍 134 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
My bg3 tav, Nimue Silverhorn, summoning her water sword, Excalibur.

My bg3 tav, Nimue Silverhorn, summoning her water sword, Excalibur.

Nimue and Excalibur 🗡️✨

08.03.2026 15:37 👍 2445 🔁 513 💬 21 📌 0
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TheBeardlyBen - Twitch Hi, I draw stuff.

Ko-fi doodle stream day 10!

www.twitch.tv/thebeardlyben

08.03.2026 16:33 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

mini vent?

I truly don't see how people can have the energy to surround themselves with a social circle that's nothing but drama, chaos and two-faced behavior?

Those kind of people are NOT good for anyone's wellbeing. Surround yourself with HEALTHY people who uplift you, not drain you.✌️

08.03.2026 07:55 👍 518 🔁 96 💬 14 📌 3
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Official Trailer for "Dorohedoro" Season 2.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQSz...

08.03.2026 09:14 👍 2105 🔁 935 💬 20 📌 222

Big yike

08.03.2026 08:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An illustration of a half-orc gnoll covered in flour kneading bread dough in a cozy medieval-fantasy kitchen with cooking utensils, pots, gourds and dried herbs in the background.

An illustration of a half-orc gnoll covered in flour kneading bread dough in a cozy medieval-fantasy kitchen with cooking utensils, pots, gourds and dried herbs in the background.

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live!

www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

07.03.2026 16:33 👍 77 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0

Thanks!

07.03.2026 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon

panel one:
three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. 

panel two:
the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested.

panel three:
as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-"

panel four
phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

07.03.2026 02:45 👍 6756 🔁 2101 💬 2 📌 86
An illustration of a half-orc gnoll covered in flour kneading bread dough in a cozy medieval-fantasy kitchen with cooking utensils, pots, gourds and dried herbs in the background.

An illustration of a half-orc gnoll covered in flour kneading bread dough in a cozy medieval-fantasy kitchen with cooking utensils, pots, gourds and dried herbs in the background.

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live!

www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

07.03.2026 16:33 👍 77 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0
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So, we have a new lady! This time, I didn't set up an autobuy so that those who wanted to could fight for this princess, but I did leave tiers for obtaining additional elements.
Please DM to bid
Quenta ⬇️

06.03.2026 15:09 👍 763 🔁 152 💬 12 📌 1
a black and white edit that reads "the future includes trans people". around the text is a floral pattern. the image is grainy

a black and white edit that reads "the future includes trans people". around the text is a floral pattern. the image is grainy

the future is for trans people

04.03.2026 21:02 👍 8565 🔁 3361 💬 27 📌 19
Bust of a pink coloured anthropomorphic dragon.

Bust of a pink coloured anthropomorphic dragon.

A dragon-man doodle 🐲

07.03.2026 00:33 👍 2103 🔁 444 💬 16 📌 2

Three days to make this happen. Fighting every month to keep us housed. There is no fallback besides living in the car. So please consider a book purchase or a Ko-Fi thank you thank you thank you.

06.03.2026 19:44 👍 121 🔁 154 💬 0 📌 3

I kind of have the opposite where faces are quite easy for me to draw.

Busts can trip me up sometimes since I usually measure proportions with head sizes and when drawing it in certain angles messes with my brain.

07.03.2026 09:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Screaming Head on Steam In this psychedelic 2d platformer you are a walking head named Mr Head and your wives have been kidnapped by your own body! Now you have to scream your way back to them! This game is darkly comedic, b...

I am 29 years old today I'm the oldest person alive the dust of ages is creaking in my joints if you want to support me living through another year please buy my games in that order:

store.steampowered.com/app/3372460/...

store.steampowered.com/app/3010070/...

also comics:
gingerblast.gumroad.com

06.03.2026 08:18 👍 30 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 2

Watch out for this guy… articles in the second post

05.03.2026 22:51 👍 88 🔁 54 💬 3 📌 4
The word of the day is:
DICKTIM
(n.) A person who acts like a dick, then acts like a victim about it.
@thealphawomenclub

The word of the day is: DICKTIM (n.) A person who acts like a dick, then acts like a victim about it. @thealphawomenclub

Nicked off IG 😂

06.03.2026 06:32 👍 259 🔁 61 💬 7 📌 2

Good thing you took a BEFORE photo haha

06.03.2026 06:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One year older than the first Legend of Zelda NES game 😎

05.03.2026 08:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Heck yeah! Happy birthday 🤘

04.03.2026 21:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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04.03.2026 09:40 👍 84 🔁 3 💬 26 📌 0
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#portfolioday

illustration stuff

13.01.2026 20:06 👍 994 🔁 300 💬 15 📌 5

Very good, no notes 👌

04.03.2026 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me and Jordan stood outside a painted shop window

Me and Jordan stood outside a painted shop window

A painted lion

A painted lion

A painted gladiator

A painted gladiator

Heading home from another great book tour in Wales.

We ( @jordancollver.bsky.social ) did a great window display for Mold Bookshop

03.03.2026 16:10 👍 27 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Going back to the vet again today, please share and throw me a few dollars if you can.

04.03.2026 10:12 👍 34 🔁 47 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, interesting gambit, let's just check how pivoting from reliable software people actually use to an AI focused subscription service is going for Adobe real quick

04.03.2026 12:21 👍 723 🔁 156 💬 10 📌 2

Hehehe, thanks bud :)

04.03.2026 12:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0