John Bilodeau Illustrations
@servsci.bsky.social
Toronto Traditional Pen and Ink Artist.
pronouns (he,lui)
No AI no NFTs
If you like traditional old school illustrations and need sketches, portraits, illustrations, reach out!
https://linktr.ee/servsci
pronouns (he,lui)
No AI no NFTs
If you like traditional old school illustrations and need sketches, portraits, illustrations, reach out!
https://linktr.ee/servsci
Pinned
Black Bristle is Live!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
Are you alive? make a zine about that...
Not alive? also a good topic for a zine
youtu.be/bYhy2ufJllc?...
Not alive? also a good topic for a zine
youtu.be/bYhy2ufJllc?...
I’m BEGGING You To Make Zines
YouTube video by bre
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Are you alive? make a zine about that...
Not alive? also a good topic for a zine
youtu.be/bYhy2ufJllc?...
Not alive? also a good topic for a zine
youtu.be/bYhy2ufJllc?...
new stock art added - Mystic Naga
Have treasures in your adventure that need guarding?
Add Nagas!!
nonexclusive commercial license
#OSR #NSR #TTRPG #DND
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Have treasures in your adventure that need guarding?
Add Nagas!!
nonexclusive commercial license
#OSR #NSR #TTRPG #DND
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
DriveThruRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
new stock art added - Mystic Naga
Have treasures in your adventure that need guarding?
Add Nagas!!
nonexclusive commercial license
#OSR #NSR #TTRPG #DND
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Have treasures in your adventure that need guarding?
Add Nagas!!
nonexclusive commercial license
#OSR #NSR #TTRPG #DND
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Such a cool thread about eastern influence on nordic stories. Seems to always turn out that people travelled, knew and remembered more than the boxes we like to put them in for the sake of a neat little history.
"Aesir" meant "Gods from Asia" to Snorri Sturluson, 13c Icelander who recorded everything we have today about 'norse viking epic sagas'.
18c "Sweden's 1st modern historian" Sven Lagerbring claimed Aesir are Turkish, image of Odin Sleipnir influenced by Attila the Hun.
Orientalism IS their origin!
18c "Sweden's 1st modern historian" Sven Lagerbring claimed Aesir are Turkish, image of Odin Sleipnir influenced by Attila the Hun.
Orientalism IS their origin!
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Such a cool thread about eastern influence on nordic stories. Seems to always turn out that people travelled, knew and remembered more than the boxes we like to put them in for the sake of a neat little history.
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Aw 🐢
on pre-order next month for physical release at Salute, the Dire Tortkin are big resin bad guys you'll absolutely want to shell out for
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Aw 🐢
The sheer volume of advice about how to improve your art or make money from your art is depressing.
I don't want to shit on anyone's course or on their attempts to mentor ppl (I slip into that with young ppl, sometimes, by mistake) but this feels like too much commodification.
Time to logoff
I don't want to shit on anyone's course or on their attempts to mentor ppl (I slip into that with young ppl, sometimes, by mistake) but this feels like too much commodification.
Time to logoff
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The sheer volume of advice about how to improve your art or make money from your art is depressing.
I don't want to shit on anyone's course or on their attempts to mentor ppl (I slip into that with young ppl, sometimes, by mistake) but this feels like too much commodification.
Time to logoff
I don't want to shit on anyone's course or on their attempts to mentor ppl (I slip into that with young ppl, sometimes, by mistake) but this feels like too much commodification.
Time to logoff
More pigs!!!
Live now! 👀 🐖⚔️
THE GOBLIN GAME HAS LEFT THE GROUP CHAT!
@laralarks.bsky.social, Morgan and I made a chaotic, GMless Honey Heist hack where your band of goblins must escape from behind elvish enemy lines using some d6s, dumb luck, and — you guessed it — your WAR PIGS! #zinemonth
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...
@laralarks.bsky.social, Morgan and I made a chaotic, GMless Honey Heist hack where your band of goblins must escape from behind elvish enemy lines using some d6s, dumb luck, and — you guessed it — your WAR PIGS! #zinemonth
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
More pigs!!!
Pencils for an elven mystic.
I don't have a foot fetish but something about elven characters makes bare feet seem appropriate
I'm always ging elves insanely fey big ears I stead of the Vulcan ears you usually see in lore type elflords.
#osr #ttrpg #imdieart #pencilsketch #fantasyart
I don't have a foot fetish but something about elven characters makes bare feet seem appropriate
I'm always ging elves insanely fey big ears I stead of the Vulcan ears you usually see in lore type elflords.
#osr #ttrpg #imdieart #pencilsketch #fantasyart
February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Pencils for an elven mystic.
I don't have a foot fetish but something about elven characters makes bare feet seem appropriate
I'm always ging elves insanely fey big ears I stead of the Vulcan ears you usually see in lore type elflords.
#osr #ttrpg #imdieart #pencilsketch #fantasyart
I don't have a foot fetish but something about elven characters makes bare feet seem appropriate
I'm always ging elves insanely fey big ears I stead of the Vulcan ears you usually see in lore type elflords.
#osr #ttrpg #imdieart #pencilsketch #fantasyart
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🚨MEDIEVAL MARGINALIA GAME ALERT🚨
Veritable Tales of Folly in the Realm is crowdfunding now! You play various roleplaying medieval minigames & write about them in the annals. The minigames & manuscript allow for players to vary or irregular play. The game is illustrated (with marginalia!) by @yesthattallulah.bsky.social
Veritable Tales: An Illuminated Manuscript Party RPG
Create your own illuminated manuscript and play role-playing minigames set in an interconnected medieval period.
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
🚨MEDIEVAL MARGINALIA GAME ALERT🚨
so hot
1/2 page illustration for Goodman Games
Ink on cardstock
#dcc #trrpg #rpg #ttrpgart #osr #ose #retroclone #adnd #traditionalart #goodmanganes
Ink on cardstock
#dcc #trrpg #rpg #ttrpgart #osr #ose #retroclone #adnd #traditionalart #goodmanganes
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
so hot
I found this great book at my branch of the public library
Here are a few of the artworks that jumped out at me.
I was born in 1975 so I only vaguely remember some.of this stuff from used bookstore shelves and my collection of Heavy Metal Magazine from the 70s.
Here are a few of the artworks that jumped out at me.
I was born in 1975 so I only vaguely remember some.of this stuff from used bookstore shelves and my collection of Heavy Metal Magazine from the 70s.
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I found this great book at my branch of the public library
Here are a few of the artworks that jumped out at me.
I was born in 1975 so I only vaguely remember some.of this stuff from used bookstore shelves and my collection of Heavy Metal Magazine from the 70s.
Here are a few of the artworks that jumped out at me.
I was born in 1975 so I only vaguely remember some.of this stuff from used bookstore shelves and my collection of Heavy Metal Magazine from the 70s.
Interesting thread.
I trust the clients I've done crowdfunding with and had clear discussions about the $$ funding aspect.
Sometimes I've opt'ed to get paid up front and left the profits % out of it.
Both of the situations with a % had clients who had proven to want to be fair to artists
I trust the clients I've done crowdfunding with and had clear discussions about the $$ funding aspect.
Sometimes I've opt'ed to get paid up front and left the profits % out of it.
Both of the situations with a % had clients who had proven to want to be fair to artists
It used to be that the difference between gross and net was well known enough to be an effective punchline, but I feel like that knowledge has faded, at least within RPG publishing.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Interesting thread.
I trust the clients I've done crowdfunding with and had clear discussions about the $$ funding aspect.
Sometimes I've opt'ed to get paid up front and left the profits % out of it.
Both of the situations with a % had clients who had proven to want to be fair to artists
I trust the clients I've done crowdfunding with and had clear discussions about the $$ funding aspect.
Sometimes I've opt'ed to get paid up front and left the profits % out of it.
Both of the situations with a % had clients who had proven to want to be fair to artists
What the hell? This looks awesome
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
What the hell? This looks awesome
Reposted by John Bilodeau Illustrations
A bunch of projects launching for Kickstarter’s #ZineQuest this month are using Gen-AI. Even if the concept sounds appealing, please support designers with integrity first. If this sounds unreasonable, we shouldn’t be mutuals.
Art by @/willowsquest.co.uk
Logo by @/hinokodo.com
Art by @/willowsquest.co.uk
Logo by @/hinokodo.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
A bunch of projects launching for Kickstarter’s #ZineQuest this month are using Gen-AI. Even if the concept sounds appealing, please support designers with integrity first. If this sounds unreasonable, we shouldn’t be mutuals.
Art by @/willowsquest.co.uk
Logo by @/hinokodo.com
Art by @/willowsquest.co.uk
Logo by @/hinokodo.com
Check this one out too. Looks cool.
I did not expect to fund in 2 hours! 🤯
#Shadowdark fans are the best. Thank you all for the support!
#TTRPG #RPG #OSR #ZineQuest
#Shadowdark fans are the best. Thank you all for the support!
#TTRPG #RPG #OSR #ZineQuest
Here we go folks, we are LIVE!
"The Curse of Stoneshatter Tomb" for #Shadowdark is a 2nd lvl, one-shot, adventure designed to drop into your campaign, or for convention play!
PDF, Print, and #Foundry VTT options available!
#RPG #TTRPG #OSR
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
"The Curse of Stoneshatter Tomb" for #Shadowdark is a 2nd lvl, one-shot, adventure designed to drop into your campaign, or for convention play!
PDF, Print, and #Foundry VTT options available!
#RPG #TTRPG #OSR
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jer...
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Check this one out too. Looks cool.
Check out this project if you love @salvaterra.bsky.social and hate AI
What's better than supporting @salvaterra.bsky.social on Patreon? Putting his art into your anti-AI art edition of Goblyn Market!
#zinequest
Goblyn Market Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...
#zinequest
Goblyn Market Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Check out this project if you love @salvaterra.bsky.social and hate AI
or just do everything in black ink like me.
j/k
Figuring out these printer safe palettes feel like a right off passage for artists making stuff...
j/k
Figuring out these printer safe palettes feel like a right off passage for artists making stuff...
Don't get surprised (in a bad way) when your labor-of-love zine project arrives from the printer!
Get those CMYK-safe colors right from the beginning.
🎨 I made a free palette to make it easy: exeuntpress.itch.io/cmyk-color
#zinequest #ttrpg #zines #cmyk #rgb #printing #affinity
Get those CMYK-safe colors right from the beginning.
🎨 I made a free palette to make it easy: exeuntpress.itch.io/cmyk-color
#zinequest #ttrpg #zines #cmyk #rgb #printing #affinity
CMYK Color Palette by Exeunt Press
CMYK color palettes for Affinity Publisher
exeuntpress.itch.io
February 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
or just do everything in black ink like me.
j/k
Figuring out these printer safe palettes feel like a right off passage for artists making stuff...
j/k
Figuring out these printer safe palettes feel like a right off passage for artists making stuff...
Do you want to toss the old pig skin around?
No one shot has more pig skin than Black Bristle!
🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
No one shot has more pig skin than Black Bristle!
🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
Check this project out on backerkit if you like this sort of thing.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
Black Bristle - A MythCraft Dungeon Crawl
Black Bristle is a grimy, blood-slicked dungeon crawl module for MythCraft. Part satire, part slaughterhouse, it drags the classic OSR orc trope into a world of grease, smoke, and meat-grinder brutali...
www.backerkit.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Do you want to toss the old pig skin around?
No one shot has more pig skin than Black Bristle!
🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
No one shot has more pig skin than Black Bristle!
🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷
Check your mailboxes for Silam 3 for DCC from @wwlrttrpg.bsky.social
The latest from @wwlrttrpg.bsky.social should be hitting your boxes!
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Check your mailboxes for Silam 3 for DCC from @wwlrttrpg.bsky.social
Reposted by John Bilodeau Illustrations
Black Bristle is Live!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
February 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Black Bristle is Live!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...
excited to see how this goes 🐽
you can print up your own little nerds!!
#miniatures #paperstandees #oldschool #dnd
Xcrawl classics night, my brawler survived the Balticrawl Blitz only falli.g unconscious once defending fort McHenry from a swarm of zombies
Super fun crawl
Super fun crawl
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Xcrawl classics night, my brawler survived the Balticrawl Blitz only falli.g unconscious once defending fort McHenry from a swarm of zombies
Super fun crawl
Super fun crawl
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Top cross collab projects. Nice
Pig faced orcs in a fantasy setting or in space! Get them both!
#zinequest #pigfacedorcs
Pig faced orcs in a fantasy setting or in space! Get them both!
#zinequest #pigfacedorcs
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Top cross collab projects. Nice
Pig faced orcs in a fantasy setting or in space! Get them both!
#zinequest #pigfacedorcs
Pig faced orcs in a fantasy setting or in space! Get them both!
#zinequest #pigfacedorcs