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Ben Mortimer
@montimer.bsky.social
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I used to write about film, then I produced movies no one watched. Now I draw things for a living.

Formerly @montimer and @paintingtinymen on Twitter.

Ben Mortimer II, III & IV on IMDb

https://www.benmortimer.com
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In addition to clothing, I do traditional art. You can get prints on my website, and if you act quickly, there's time to get a handful of bespoke pieces completed in time for Christmas. Get in touch for pricing.

#art #illustration
A mixed media piece of Neil Newbold as Astarion from Baldur's Gate A watercolour and pencil rendering of a French bulldog A pen and ink drawing of the band Skating Polly playing at the Hundred Club A vector graphic piece of the Saturn V in front of the moon, against a dark blue background
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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If you're a space nerd, I've got a range clothing on my website aimed at you. Including ludicrous 'race to the moon' shoes and trousers, and t-shirts that let you show your allegiance to either NASA or the Soviet Space Program.

Check it out here:

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A dark blue T-shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket A red T-shirt featuring the S7 rocket that launched the Vostok capsule A pair of red and blue hi-top shoes featuring the Soyuz and Saturn V rockets A pair of ridiculous trousers, with a desaturated lunar landscape in the background, a Soyuz rocket on the right leg, and a Saturn V on the left leg.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Need stocking fillers for Christmas?

Check out the sticker section of my website

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A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of the Saturn V in front of the moon A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of a t-rex A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of Saturn A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of the Space Shuttle
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince
Screenshot of a BBC News headline "Prince Andrew to lose his 'prince' title and will move out of the Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace says"
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Have some art. A piece inspired by the amazing Skating Polly gig i went to at the 100 Club the other day.

Went for a 1980s, 2000AD art style with this. Really pleased with how its come out

#art #illustration #inktober
A pen and ink drawing with digital colouring of the band Skating Polly playing the 100 club in London. Mostly black and white with pops of red, The logo of the 100 club is in the background, on the left Peyton Bighorse is playing a red guitar, on the right, Kurtis Mayo is playing drums, one of which is red. Front and centre, Kelli Mayo is playing guitar, upside down. Her boots are red. In the foreground is a crowd, all of whom are shillouetted.
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I'm unlikely to keep up with #Inktober as I have a ton of work to do, but here's a doodle of one of my cats. As he's a pretty cooperative model, if I do keep doing these, you'll see more of him. #art #illustration
A pen drawing of a cat logging around looking very lazy. Text reading "inktober 2025, Day 1, 'draw me like one of your French Girls"
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Happy October. I've got loads of spooky themed stuff on my website to get you ready for Halloween. Go order now so it arrives in time.

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A button shirt featuring a Halloween-themed design. The lower half of the shirt is black, while the upper is dark blue, giving a land and sky horizon effect. In the foreground at the bottom of the shirt is a pumpkin. On the horizon is a spooky house, and spooky trees. In the background is the moon. And in the sky above is a bat A dark blue beanie, featuring a design of a ghost A sheet of five stickers, in front of a clipboard. The five stickers are: A ghost A bat A pumpkin A spooky house A witch flying in front of the moon A woman wearing an orange t-short dress with a large pumpkin design on the front.
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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For a guide to what I'm talking about, here's the 1st page of the screenplay and very rough layout sketches of the three panels that coreespond to the page.
A page of a short film script with scratchy annotated notes breaking it into comic panels A rough layout sketch of a comic page featuring a close up of a woman's mouth chewing on a bit of meat A rough layout sketch of a comic page. 1st panel, a woman in a cowboy hat stares in disbelief. 2nd panel, wide on the same woman giving context to the room she is in. 3rd panel, a shot from above showing the woman sitting in a puddle of blood A rough layout sketch of a comic page, 1st panel, an over the shoulder shot of a woman sitting in a room, across from her is a half-eaten corpse. 2nd panel, the woman looks down 3rd panel, a door opposite the woman creaks open
September 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Apparently I can sell my art as hats. So here's a selection of halloweeen-y/spooky hat designs.

Ideal for keeping your head warm while trick or treating.

I'm particularly proud of the skull one, because it's so delightfully pirate-y

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A charcoal grey beanie with a cartoon skeleton design. An orange beanie with a cartoon punkin design A dark blue beanie with a design of a witch flying past the moon A dark purple beanie with a cartoon ghost design
September 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I will never write marketing copy better than this. I have peaked

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A screenshot of marketing text reading "Description Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Bat-Hat. Bat hat! Bat hat! Bat hat!"
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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As the nights are getting longer and the days are getting colder, it's time to start thinking about spooky season. And whether you love Halloween, or you're just a fan of spooky stuff, I've got the perfect hoody for you

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An orange hooded top with a pumpkin design on it A dark blue hooded top with a design of a with flying across the moon on it A brown hooded top with a design of a bat on it A black hooded top with a design of a ghost on it
September 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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My client has now given this as a gift to the person it was commissioned for, so I'm finally posting it. Did this piece of a dog last week, polychromos pencils over watercolour underpainting. #art #illustration
A picture of a french bulldog, lying down, rendered in pencil over a watercolour underpainting.
August 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Framed one of my prints to put up in my favourite pub. If you own a venue in the UK and want a print of my work for free in exchange for putting a small flyer next to it with a link to my website, get in touch.
A framed print featuring the Saturn V rocket in front of the moon on a dark blue background.
July 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Got some prints of my art though over the weekend, and I'm really pleased with how they came out. If you'd like one, you can order them from me and have it arrive within a few days.

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A photograph of a print of my 'moonshot' piece, a picture of the moon with the Saturn V in front of it, on a dark blue background A print of my rendering of the moon against a dark blue background.
July 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Happy Wednesday nerds. What better way to get through the middle of your week than by buying one of my fetching Project Apollo shirts. Available as both a t-shirt or a more formal button-up shirt.

Treat yourself. You know you want to.

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A woman wearing a baggy shirt featuring the Apollo Command and service module in orbit around the moon The back of a button up shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket shillouetted against the moon A t shirt featuring the Apollo Command and service module in orbit around the moon The back of a t-shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket shillouetted against the moon
July 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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No one needs an excuse to get a new backpack, but just in case you were looking for one, here's a load of colourful dinosaur backpacks that I'm selling.

Particularly useful if you're starting a new job, or your kids are using a backpack to take stuff to school.

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A yellow backpack featuring a velociraptor design A red backpack featuring a triceratops design A blue backpack featuring a T-Rex design A green backpack featuring a stegosaurus design
July 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Spaaaaaaaace shoooooesss.

I designed these because there's pretty much no occasion that wouldn't be improved by wearing shoes with the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.

And the moon.

And because I'm a massive nerd. And I suspect you are too.

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A woman wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues A person leaning against a wall, viewed from their feet to their upper shins. They are wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues The front-on view of a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass. The angle shows the Saturn V rocket on the tongues, behind the shoelaces A qhite shoebox on white background, containing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.
July 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Today is the 56th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the moon.

To celebrate that, I've taken a load of my space designs and turned them into clothing.

You can buy it all here:

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A pair of hi-top canvas trainers with the Lunar Command & Service Module and the moon on the side panels A t shirt featuring a simplified design of the Saturn V and the Lunar Command and Service Modules, with text giving dates of all crewed apollo launches. A skater-style dress featuring the apollo Lunar Command and service module on the top part and the moon on the skirt part. A backpack featuring the moon on the bottom half with the apollo Lunar service and command module in orbit around it.
July 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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What better way to stay cool in this heatwave than wearing a skater dress with a massive dinosaur on it?

Particularly if you wear it in an air conditioned cinema watching Jurassic World.

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A woman in a turquoise skater dress with a velociraptor graphic on it A woman in a burgundy skater dress with a tyrannosaurus graphic on it A woman in a yellow skater dress with a triceratops on it. A woman in a purple skater dress with a stegosaurus on it.
July 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Yet more of my designs that I've turned into clothing. Really pleased with how these dinosaur shoes worked out. If you're seeing this post, you should definitely buy them. Imagine how much happier you'd be if you had dinosaurs on your feet.

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A pair of hi top trainers with a tyrannosaurus on the side panels, a velociraptor on the tongues and a blue background A pair of hi top trainers with a triceratops against a light-mustard yellow background on the outside panels, a stegosaurus against a green background on the inside panels, and a brontosaurus against a burgundy background on the tongues A pair of hi top trainers with a tyrannosaurus on the side panels, a velociraptor on the tongues and a blue background, lying in a box A pair of hi top trainers with a triceratops against a light-mustard yellow background on the outside panels, a stegosaurus against a green background on the inside panels, and a brontosaurus against a burgundy background on the tongues
July 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Obviously you like dinosaurs, but do you like them enough to wear a t-shirt or dress with a massive velociraptor on it?

My dino designs are now on clothing. Perfect if you're going to watch Jurassic World. Or to a job interview.

#art #design #illustration

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A woman wearing a blue button up shirt with a large image of a velociraptor on it A man wearing a blue t-shirt with a large image of a velociraptor on it A woman wearing a blue t-shirt dress with a large image of a velociraptor on it A woman wearing a blue skater dress with a large image of a velociraptor on it
July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Been holding off on posting this piece, as it was done as a birthday gift for @torapup.bsky.social, but as I've now given it to him, I can finally share it.

Pretty proud of this, trying to combine everything I've learned about traditional portraits with creating fantasy images.

#art #illustration
A watercolour and pencil rendering of the actor Neil Newbon as Astarion, the character he voices in Baldur's Gate 3
July 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Good news, I've finally found a printing company that isn't a complete rip off for me and customers, so I'm turning some of my designs into clothes. So if you've ever wanted a T-Shirt with a massive ice cream on it, now's the time to get one #illustration #art

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A blue t-shirt with a massive image of an ice cream with a flake and raspberry sauce on it A woman wearing a pink t-shirt with a large image of rocket shaped ice lolly on it A man wearing a green t-shirt with a big image of a fab-style ice lolly on it A man wearing a light blue t-shirt with a pink mini-milk style ice lolly on it.
July 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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I guess now we know why he felt safest in his car.
A screenshot from a Facebook post by musician, Gary Newman. He has written the caption "this is coming", and below is a promotional image for the Discovery+ show 'Celebrity HELP! My House Is Haunted', featuring Gary Newman in the centre, flanked on the left side by two British 'celebrities' that I don't recognise, and the right side by three other British pseudo-celebrities.
June 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Our final Daily Planet, and it's the dwarf planet Pluto, this time without its partner Charon.

I'm really pleased with this piece, and I think there's something satisfying about the way the planet works with the background colour.

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#Art #Illustration #Space
A simplified rendering of the dwarf planet Pluto, against a muted pink background.
May 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM