Gabbie Benda✨✏️✨
@patchysourkids.bsky.social
Professional graphic novelist&illustrator, amateur worm enthusiast 🪱
🍀 SERENDIPITY Spring 2026
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🍀 SERENDIPITY Spring 2026
🎨 gabbiebenda.art
Challenging myself to draw compositions I like instead of taking a picture
April 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Challenging myself to draw compositions I like instead of taking a picture
Spent my day making art and feeling a sense of whimsy and joy that an ai ‘artist’ will never experience
April 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spent my day making art and feeling a sense of whimsy and joy that an ai ‘artist’ will never experience
I can post on image based socials all the time no problem but it’s struggle with Twitters/blueskys/threads. I simply don’t know what to say!!
April 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I can post on image based socials all the time no problem but it’s struggle with Twitters/blueskys/threads. I simply don’t know what to say!!
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday !! I feel like im still finding my groove after completing my first graphic novel, but I always love to hear about exciting new projects :-)
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🐰 Repped by the lovely @ladygoofus.bsky.social
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🐰 Repped by the lovely @ladygoofus.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday !! I feel like im still finding my groove after completing my first graphic novel, but I always love to hear about exciting new projects :-)
✨ gabbiebenda.art
🐰 Repped by the lovely @ladygoofus.bsky.social
✨ gabbiebenda.art
🐰 Repped by the lovely @ladygoofus.bsky.social
Playing totk again and I think I might never get over this Zelda character design 🥲
March 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Playing totk again and I think I might never get over this Zelda character design 🥲
How do I celebrate finishing my first graphic novel? Wrong answers only please 💖
March 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How do I celebrate finishing my first graphic novel? Wrong answers only please 💖
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DragonForged: Sword of the Champion is out today!!!
March 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
DragonForged: Sword of the Champion is out today!!!
I can’t believe this is my last week working on my graphic novel 😭 I’ve never been more proud and more afraid to let go of a project!!!
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I can’t believe this is my last week working on my graphic novel 😭 I’ve never been more proud and more afraid to let go of a project!!!
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!! I think I’m ready for some sunny weather 🌻😭
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🐰 represented by @ladygoofus.bsky.social
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🐰 represented by @ladygoofus.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!! I think I’m ready for some sunny weather 🌻😭
✨ gabbiebenda.art
🐰 represented by @ladygoofus.bsky.social
✨ gabbiebenda.art
🐰 represented by @ladygoofus.bsky.social
Actually criminal that I can’t spend my whole day playing kcd2 😔😔😔
February 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Actually criminal that I can’t spend my whole day playing kcd2 😔😔😔
Making the most diabolical synth pop playlist to listen to while I work on my book because I know my main character would have it on repeat 😌😌
February 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Making the most diabolical synth pop playlist to listen to while I work on my book because I know my main character would have it on repeat 😌😌
Some of my recent sketchbook spreads ✨
February 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some of my recent sketchbook spreads ✨
This time of year has me dreaming of summer produce 🥲
February 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This time of year has me dreaming of summer produce 🥲
Do you ever get hit with crazy decision fatigue and wander around your house like a sim who keeps getting their actions canceled 🥲
February 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Do you ever get hit with crazy decision fatigue and wander around your house like a sim who keeps getting their actions canceled 🥲
My first bluesky #kidlitartpostcard day!! ✨
I thought it’d be fun to share my first postcard I ever actually printed and sent out! I’m currently working a couple really exciting projects but always looking to connect with kidlit people :)
Repped by @ladygoofus.bsky.social 🐰
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I thought it’d be fun to share my first postcard I ever actually printed and sent out! I’m currently working a couple really exciting projects but always looking to connect with kidlit people :)
Repped by @ladygoofus.bsky.social 🐰
gabbiebenda.art 🪱
February 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My first bluesky #kidlitartpostcard day!! ✨
I thought it’d be fun to share my first postcard I ever actually printed and sent out! I’m currently working a couple really exciting projects but always looking to connect with kidlit people :)
Repped by @ladygoofus.bsky.social 🐰
gabbiebenda.art 🪱
I thought it’d be fun to share my first postcard I ever actually printed and sent out! I’m currently working a couple really exciting projects but always looking to connect with kidlit people :)
Repped by @ladygoofus.bsky.social 🐰
gabbiebenda.art 🪱
Fun fact: if you make a scene of your graphic novel in a library, you then have to actually draw a library and every book on every shelf 🥰🥰
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fun fact: if you make a scene of your graphic novel in a library, you then have to actually draw a library and every book on every shelf 🥰🥰
Reposted by Gabbie Benda✨✏️✨
I’ve been really down lately due to well, everything, but DRAGONFORGED comes out next month!! March 11th! I hope it can make people smile in these uncertain times.
February 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’ve been really down lately due to well, everything, but DRAGONFORGED comes out next month!! March 11th! I hope it can make people smile in these uncertain times.
I know there is still kindness in this world because I feel it
February 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I know there is still kindness in this world because I feel it
Paintings from France 🌻
January 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Paintings from France 🌻
I’m usually so hard on myself with coloring, but I’m really happy with the pages I’ve done this week. Watching my debut come together has been so 🥺🥺😭
January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m usually so hard on myself with coloring, but I’m really happy with the pages I’ve done this week. Watching my debut come together has been so 🥺🥺😭
Someone should sit down every person who wants to be a full time artist and tell them how swiftly sitting like a shrimp will catch up with them 😭😭
January 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Someone should sit down every person who wants to be a full time artist and tell them how swiftly sitting like a shrimp will catch up with them 😭😭
I’ve been taking a break from posting on ig and TikTok for obvious reasons, but the emails and push notifications they send me to try and convince me to post more are interesting for sure lol
January 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ve been taking a break from posting on ig and TikTok for obvious reasons, but the emails and push notifications they send me to try and convince me to post more are interesting for sure lol
Just warning yall I’m doing a relisten of the lotr audiobooks so just be ready for me to be super annoying about it 😌😌😌
January 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just warning yall I’m doing a relisten of the lotr audiobooks so just be ready for me to be super annoying about it 😌😌😌