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Bess (🪼Comms open!🪼)
@barnaclebess.bsky.social
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Disabled POC queer artist!
She/they/any
Commissions: open! https://vgen.co/barnacle_bess
Website/Shop- https://barnaclebess.square.site
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The infamous fish… individually cut and stapled each scale, front and back of the fish. Almost died.

Artist statement is in the comments for those curious about some of the thoughts behind this project!

I recommend zooming in to catch details on the head and tail 🙂‍↕️
#art #fish #interactiveart
A fish made of reflective, metallic, mirror-like material set on top of black fabric and surrounded by pink lily petals. In front of the fish is a sheet of paper littered with small colorful hearts with typed instructions on how to interact with the art piece
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Silly lil drawing of @tanukifatass.bsky.social and my fursonas! Sometimes you just gotta make cute shit for your friends 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
#art #furryart #fursona #oc
Anthropomorphic tanuki and okapi forming a heart with their arms
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Drawings of places! I am NOT a background girlie but art school be art schooling… I have since added more prints to my “pin board” (really just a slab of plastic, it’s the only place we’re allowed to put tape/tack. But it does have a silly reflection to draw!) #art #sketch #traditionalart
Sketch of a laundry room
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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I’m alive I swear-
more observational drawing! Kitty I found whilst escaping a strange man (medium length story)
The back of the paper is the Actual Art, but figured I’d post the front with the sketch as well just in case people couldn’t find the cat in there
#art #cat #traditionalart
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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More charcoal drawings!!! Ft. Ink, pen, and pencil drawings ~ can you guess which one I did first? Hint: there’s a reason I don’t do warmup drawings #art #stilllife #traditionalart
September 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Expect to see more observational drawing from me!
Today’s subject: leafy plant! First one is a 30 min. (we don’t talk about how much I can get done in 30 mins), second one is a series of 30 sec or 1 min sketches, can’t remember
#stilllife #charcoalart #charcoaldrawing #sketch #art #traditionalart
Charcoal drawing of a branch/stem full of leaves Pen drawings of a branch/stem full of leaves from different angles
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Haven't posted enough about me and @whitefort.bsky.social 's upcoming visual novel/point & click game!
Here are the main blorbs~
first one is he/they
second is they/him
If you're tired of one-sidedly toxic yaoi (loose term), this one's for you!
#visualnovel #gameart #indiegame #art #oc #pocart #bl
September 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Tiktok crosspost!

Characters for a ✨mutually✨ toxic yaoi visual novel/point and click I'm making with @whitefort.bsky.social for Yaoi Game Jam!

If you like crazy-cozy tea shop vibes, down-to-earth femboy rep, and transmascs with melanin, this might be for you! #art #gamedev #indiegame #oc
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Hello all, and thanks for the art share, Yuks!
I'm Bess and I draw stuff (mostly ocs) and make cute meat-themed things sometimes and am currently working on a video game!
Artfight attack for kriskross. A character with light gray skin and hair, black eyes and lines coming down from eyes, and candelabra horns with blue-glowing candles looking down at a regular candle. Artfight attack for kobolding. Dark-skinned character with vitiligo, one green opened eye, a purplish-pink half up half down hairstyle with two buns, and orchid mantis arms coming from her head. She is wearing a short green dress and sitting with an open-mouthed smile, surrounded by yellow orchids. Artfight attack for makabun. Two characters viewed from a high angle. The one in the front has dark skin, very short white hair, and rabbit ears and tail. He is standing with his arms crossed wearing a medium-gray suit. The one in the back has lighter skin, orange hair, and tiger ears and tail. He is leaning forward with the hand closest to the viewer in his pocket and is wearing black pants and a black open jacket over a white button up shirt. (character belongs to artholomeow) Illustration of a fox furry character with blue eyes sitting with his head propped in one hand and a fan in his other hand, the arm of the latter resting against the table. His fur and hair are orange, with white on the hair tips and a patch spanning from the bottom part of the face to the chest. He’s wearing red makeup and a purple and blue summer kimono. His ears are turned back in annoyance.
August 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Last attack of the year, #4! For makabun! #art #illustration #artfight #af2025 #kemonomimi
Artfight attack for makabun. Two characters viewed from a high angle. The one in the front has dark skin, very short white hair, and rabbit ears and tail. He is standing with his arms crossed wearing a medium-gray suit. The one in the back has lighter skin, orange hair, and tiger ears and tail. He is leaning forward with the hand closest to the viewer in his pocket and is wearing black pants and a black open jacket over a white button up shirt.
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Congrats on the milestone and thanks for the art share!!!
I’m Bess, I do mostly OC art, and especially love clothing and character design! Here’s my most recent art:
Artfight attack for makabun. Two characters viewed from a high angle. The one in the front has dark skin, very short white hair, and rabbit ears and tail. He is standing with his arms crossed wearing a medium-gray suit. The one in the back has lighter skin, orange hair, and tiger ears and tail. He is leaning forward with the hand closest to the viewer in his pocket and is wearing black pants and a black open jacket over a white button up shirt. Artfight attack for silvernotgold. Man with pale skin and hair dressed in arab/greek inspired clothing squatting over a ledge. He had a veil and cloth on his arms with parts of the skeleton on them. Artfight attack for kobolding. Dark-skinned character with vitiligo, one green opened eye, a purplish-pink half up half down hairstyle with two buns, and orchid mantis arms coming from her head. She is wearing a short green dress and sitting with an open-mouthed smile, surrounded by yellow orchids. Artfight attack for kriskross. A character with light gray skin and hair, black eyes and lines coming down from eyes, and candelabra horns with blue-glowing candles looking down at a regular candle.
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Attack #3 for silvernotgold! Vaguely bird-shaped blobs… One of these days I’ll properly study composition #art #illustration #artfight2025 #teamfossil #af2025
Man with pale skin and hair dressed in arab/greek inspired clothing squatting over a ledge. He had a veil and cloth on his arms with parts of the skeleton on them.
August 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Hi hello! I’m Bess, a black artist who draws mostly ocs! I like fashion, raw meat (aesthetically), and Japanese media!
Tossing my most recent art of black/mixed characters in here, but be informed that you’ll generally see a mix of skin tones from me!
Artfight attack for makabun. Artfight attack for kobolding. Dark-skinned character with vitiligo, one green opened eye, a purplish-pink half up half down hairstyle with two buns, and orchid mantis arms coming from her head. She is wearing a short green dress and sitting with an open-mouthed smile, surrounded by yellow orchids. Character belongs to ejbricks. Illustration of a full-figured fox girl with two tails. Her hair is curly/coily, maroon with white at the tips, and worn in a high ponytail. She’s wearing a bunny suit including wrists cuffs, a detached collar, and a bowtie with tights and high heels with maroon on the underside.
July 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Attack #2 for kobolding! Pulled out the flower language for this one #art #illustration #artfight2025 #teamfossil #af2025 #pocart
Dark-skinned character with vitiligo, one green opened eye, a purplish-pink half up half down hairstyle with two buns, and orchid mantis arms coming from her head. She is wearing a short green dress and sitting with an open-mouthed smile, surrounded by yellow orchids
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Share 4 years of your art!!!
2022 🐟 2023 🐟 2024 🐟 2025

Can you tell that I have always loved lighting but am constantly fighting myself to push my values? :3 if I’ve barely improved in 4 years, don’t tell me or I’ll cry
#arttrain #art #oc #illustration
Illustration of Hatsune Miku is a somewhat chibi style wearing ling black gloves a black dress with a blue trim and diamond cutout connected to a ruffled collar with a striped bow. The diamond shaped accessories around her pigtails are glowing pink and disintegrating. One arm is up as if to shield her face from light and the other is behind her. Her pigtails start out purple at the top and fade to light blue at the bottom. There is a crack on the side of her face. Magazine-cover-like illustration done for Artfight 2024 featuring a tattooed and scarred female-presenting character who has short, dark purple hair with two small pigtails near the top, and lip piercings. She is propping her head up on a half-curled hand while pushing her sunglasses with the pointer finger of the other hand. Her visible clothing includes fingerless gloves, a deep cut purple and red shirt with buckles down the middle front and thin straps, and fishnets A character with light gray skin and hair, black eyes and lines coming down from eyes, and candelabra horns with blue-glowing candles looking down at a regular candle
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Ok, posting my first art fight attack finally… For kriskross ! #art #illustration #artfight2025 #af2025 #teamfossil
A character with light gray skin and hair, black eyes and lines coming down from eyes, and candelabra horns with blue-glowing candles looking down at a regular candle
July 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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!!!Alien Stage round 6 spoiler!!!

Ok so someone sent a pic of the lil guy people are getting for the error message on steam ever since the deltarune drop and… that despairing look… that tooth… I do not art shitpost often, but I knew what I had to do. It was simply too Ivan-coded
June 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Another speedpaint timelapse whatever you wanna call it! #art #speedpaint
May 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Lil snippets from the timelapse of this one! Exposing myself for being super picky about the tights and having no idea what I’d doing when it comes to drawing reflective materials…. I’m doing studies now I prommy #art #speedpaint
May 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Aight y’all, they’re finally real!
Raise your hand if you love psychoanalyzing fictional men!!!

Inspired by the “sparkle on” memes shortly after I came into contact with a lot of photocard deco lol. Hopefully I struck the perfect balance of cute, campy, and questionable!
#buttonpin #art
Blue button pin that says “I 💙 (heart) psychoanalyzing fictional men.” There are images of butterflies, hearts, bows, pill capsules, sparkles, stars, and lace patterns Pink button pin that says “I 🩷 (heart) psychoanalyzing fictional men.” There is a frame of roses around the edge and images of hearts, pill capsules, sparkles, and stars
May 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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There are character design things happening… #art
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Show me your style!

Mine is anime-adjacent, I’d say! I do plan on updating my style whenever I get the time and energy~

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Boy with pointy ears, light blue hair, eyes, scales, and clothing, as well as golden accessories. Lit from the bottom and looking to the side from a 3/4 angle. In a dark cave with water reflections Illustration of a plus sized fox girl with two tails. Her hair is curly/coily, maroon with white tips, and worn in a high ponytail. She’s wearing a bunny suit, including wrist cuffs, a detached collar, a bowtie, tights, and black heels with maroon on the underside. Girl with short brown hair and a black set of ears and split tail wearing the hood of a cropped blue hoodie over one ear. She’s sitting in a messy room, backlit by an old tv Illustration of a fox furry character with blue eyes sitting with his head propped in one hand and a fan in his other hand, the arm of the latter resting against the table. His fur and hair are orange, with white on the hair tips and a patch spanning from the bottom part of the face to the chest. He’s wearing red makeup and a purple and blue summer kimono. His ears are turned back in annoyance.
May 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Workin on a Marcille in the Dungeons of Fear & Hunger (not really, I just didn’t know what to put in a magic circle, so it’s a Funger ritual circle now lol). Perspective isn’t my strongest skill, but I tried!!! #dunmeshi #art #sketch
Marcille sitting with her arms resting between her bent knees
April 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Was in a lingerie drawing mood the other day! do not ask about any of the creative choices, it was a warmup sketch which means Bess Put Limbs Wherever and slapped down lines without thinking about the overall design #art #sketch
April 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM