Ben Carnow
@carniferus.bsky.social
Senior and sometimes Lead Character Artist at Bethesda Game Studios.
99% personal sketch/garbage art here.
All opinions my own
AI and NFTs go right in the trash
99% personal sketch/garbage art here.
All opinions my own
AI and NFTs go right in the trash
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Ben Carnow
@carniferus.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Making a thread to contain my old Skyrim art. I basically never posted any of this stuff. Prob re-post my previous Falmer stuff in here eventually to have it all in one place. #gamedev #3dart #portfolio
Here’s the whole iron weapon set, based on concepts by the great Adam Adamowicz.
Here’s the whole iron weapon set, based on concepts by the great Adam Adamowicz.
Trying to look back on some art I was frustrated with and find the parts of it I like. I am fond of the arms on this weirdo.
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Trying to look back on some art I was frustrated with and find the parts of it I like. I am fond of the arms on this weirdo.
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
Just another little guy
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Just another little guy
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Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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Getting in some final nonsense before the new year. Just gonna embrace making unhinged art. WIP #dreadcember
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Getting in some final nonsense before the new year. Just gonna embrace making unhinged art. WIP #dreadcember
Dawning realization I have not been to the gym since my paternity leave started in October. Surely my body will remember.
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Dawning realization I have not been to the gym since my paternity leave started in October. Surely my body will remember.
Doodling some birds
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Doodling some birds
“Blaze” (2014-ongoing) posits a reality where car-centrism reaches a final absurdity. Sentient cars are the dominant life. All animals have become bio-mechanical, their legs swapped for wheels.
4 humans(?) exist;
2 children,
real-life Astronaut Megan McArthur,
and Santa Claus.
In this essay I will
4 humans(?) exist;
2 children,
real-life Astronaut Megan McArthur,
and Santa Claus.
In this essay I will
December 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Blaze” (2014-ongoing) posits a reality where car-centrism reaches a final absurdity. Sentient cars are the dominant life. All animals have become bio-mechanical, their legs swapped for wheels.
4 humans(?) exist;
2 children,
real-life Astronaut Megan McArthur,
and Santa Claus.
In this essay I will
4 humans(?) exist;
2 children,
real-life Astronaut Megan McArthur,
and Santa Claus.
In this essay I will
Trapdoor Croc sketch. Not sure why I decided to Freiren angle myself.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trapdoor Croc sketch. Not sure why I decided to Freiren angle myself.
Everyone loves unlikely animal companions.
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Everyone loves unlikely animal companions.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Wishing everyone at Naughty Dog a very Merry Unionize Right The Fuck Now Holy Shit
Naughty Dog Is Reportedly Crunching Again For Intergalactic, Despite Planned 2027 Release https://kotaku.com/intergalactic-heretic-prophet-naughty-dog-crunch-trailer-2000654650
Naughty Dog Is Reportedly Crunching Again For Intergalactic
The Last of Us studio has notoriously struggled with overwork on previous projects
kotaku.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wishing everyone at Naughty Dog a very Merry Unionize Right The Fuck Now Holy Shit
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Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
Crafting another hard working denizen of FLESH HELL (WIP)
December 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Crafting another hard working denizen of FLESH HELL (WIP)
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doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
I think I am extra-obsessed with making gross-out art right now as my only other creative outlet I’ve found time for during this paternity leave is the total opposite. Making cute animal meals to get my toddler to eat food.
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think I am extra-obsessed with making gross-out art right now as my only other creative outlet I’ve found time for during this paternity leave is the total opposite. Making cute animal meals to get my toddler to eat food.
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Currently playing @aftermath.site's "Uh Oh, You Have Billions Invested In Generative AI"
woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-bil...
woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-bil...
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Currently playing @aftermath.site's "Uh Oh, You Have Billions Invested In Generative AI"
woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-bil...
woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-bil...
Bounty Huntrix in Flesh Hell (WIP)
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Bounty Huntrix in Flesh Hell (WIP)
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Help us, we're poor, we're so poor, we can't possibly greenlight new projects or keep from laying off employees by the thousands :( :( oh wait nm, we just found $100 billion to try to buy Warner Bros :)
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Help us, we're poor, we're so poor, we can't possibly greenlight new projects or keep from laying off employees by the thousands :( :( oh wait nm, we just found $100 billion to try to buy Warner Bros :)
Some kinda forest dog.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Some kinda forest dog.
First snow of the season and woke up to this picturesque scene in the yard. Fox handsome AF.
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
First snow of the season and woke up to this picturesque scene in the yard. Fox handsome AF.
Trying some new things.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Trying some new things.