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Ricardo Bessa ✏
@rbessaaa.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Tags: #art #mtg #lifedrawing
https://instagram.com/rbessaaa/
https://beacons.ai/rbessaaa
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rbessaaa.bsky.social
I'm in a pack 💛 and in GREAT company too
erenangiolini.com Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · Sep 4
I had been wanting to make one of these for ages, and now that adding folks to Starter Packs is easier, and I had some time to kill while waiting for my plane...

Here is my pack of fave/recommended artists! Some of my heroes, my mates and many folks that keep me inspired! 💙
go.bsky.app/PiYCRZF
September 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
I can finally say BUUZA!! is going to be PUBLISHED BY ABRAMS BOOKS!

I've had to keep this under wraps for SO LONG, but the Pre-Order links went up today, so it's official!!

BUUZA!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa will be available in the USA on 14th April 2026!

www.abramsbooks.com/product/good...
the cover of my graphic novel
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Note to self
visceralhit.bsky.social V @visceralhit.bsky.social · Aug 6
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
more concept art!
jello with a skull in it. text says "i know it was the '70s, but...why would you put that in jello?"
August 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Some favourite sketches from a life drawing session with the lovely @davidieuan.bsky.social, from before I left London. Should I start a thread with all my life drawing, or do people prefer separate posts? What's the consensus here?

#art #lifedrawing
A 3/4 portrait sketch of a man with a mustache, done with coloured pencil in blues, yellow and pink. A colour pencil sketch of a nude man on his knees, arms hanging as they touch the floor, in shades of purple and blue A colour pencil sketch of a nude man, sitting back in a relaxed pose, in shades of pinks and blue A quick sketch of a man standing with an arm up and over his head, and a leg up propped onto a bed
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
New one for @magic.wizards.com and it MOVES! SO happy to be a tiny part of the Edge of Eternities release!

Full illustration coming soon 🌌
magic.wizards.com Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · Jul 28
Immaculate vibes.

Listen to the full #MTGEternities lofi: youtu.be/rXxR7j3Q5TA

Art by Ricardo Bessa
August 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
Guess who's a new Magic Artist!! ✨

Haliya, Guided by Light, for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities' 🪐

Many thanks to the AD, the lovely Sarah Wassel, for the opportunity and the trust!

©2025 Wizards of the Coast #mtg #mtgEoE
Haliya, Guided by Light, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities'. A young black woman dressed in light armour with an orange cape and holding a sci-fi-looking axe, stands triumphantly on top of a pile of dead enemies in dark bulky armours. Behind her there's a flat orange planet against a light purple background with stars, while the silhouette of a ship flies by.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Thank you for stopping by, but mostly thank you for saying I'm nice 🥲🙏
spiderbeef23.bsky.social 🥝 kiwiyama festa 🀄️ @spiderbeef23.bsky.social · May 30
My fav haul from mcm london lol. Now I gotta make a token deck so I have an excuse to use these. Also @rbessaaa.bsky.social is sooo nice, it was lovely yapping with you!
May 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Actually sold out of a couple of things, thank you to everyone coming by 🙏
rbessaaa.bsky.social Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · May 24
Late to the game as always, but MCM London is happening right now and I'm there!
Image reads "Find me at MCM London, Artist Alley P-24 (Last row, up from AA stage, facing the food court)" A photo of my table setup, with a tall display of prints and playmats on both sides Showing off the new Tamiyo playmat
May 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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erenangiolini.com
DAY 2 of MCM London! Yaaaaaay ✨🙌✨🙌✨🙌
May 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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tiffbaxter.bsky.social
Day 2 of MCM! Come find us E-12 in Artist Alley 😘
May 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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completelycathy.bsky.social
MCM DAY 2 with @whereiseileen.bsky.social 🫶❤️‍🔥 We’re at Artist Alley H-13!
Photo of my booth at MCM London Photo of my booth with Eileen Kai Hing Kwan at MCM London
May 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Late to the game as always, but MCM London is happening right now and I'm there!
Image reads "Find me at MCM London, Artist Alley P-24 (Last row, up from AA stage, facing the food court)" A photo of my table setup, with a tall display of prints and playmats on both sides Showing off the new Tamiyo playmat
May 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
Here's Shaarif, drawn at @edfirth.bsky.social's East London Life Drawing a while back.

#art #lifedrawing #queerart
Sketch in colour pencil (mostly magenta and blue) of nude reclining man in high stool, with head in profile. Annotation in the corner - 15 mins. Sketch in colour pencil (mostly magenta, yellow and blue) of nude man sitting on a big fluffy pillow. Annotation in the corner - 20 mins. Sketch in colour pencil (mostly reds, yellows and blues) of nude man reclining in a pile of pillows. Annotation in the corner - 30 mins.
May 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
Someone's gotta do it I guess
New print here!
www.sonnyross.com/shop/together
A marching style band illustration of woodland creatures carrying weapons with a banner that says " We Will Just Have To Kill Him" in a childrens book style.
February 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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alexdiboine.bsky.social
painting
April 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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mountainmagesigs.com
Raluca Marinescu
@rbessaaa.bsky.social
@tentaclesandteeth.bsky.social
@romanklonek.bsky.social

8/9
March 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
This includes me! 🐻
mountainmagesigs.com MountainMage, Signature Wizard ⛰️🧙‍♂️✍️ @mountainmagesigs.com · Mar 19
My Q2 #MTG card signings are stacked with talent! It's basically a MagicCon's worth of artists, with fan favorites and new artists that have never signed! Let's take a look to see who's on the lineup!

MountainMageSigs.com

Anna Christenson
@ansonmaddocks.bsky.social
Bayard Wu
Carl Critchlow

1/9🧵
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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seanislewis.bsky.social
Sphinx tomb
March 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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franekk.bsky.social
Distant worlds

#pixelart
February 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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rdbinns.bsky.social
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.

I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
Newspaper stand with newspapers all carrying the front page Campaign 'make it fAIr'
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
This is so wild
cherylklein.bsky.social Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · Feb 13
Horrified by this e-mail I got from a real illustration agency this morning, advertising the chance to *USE AI* to generate images in the style of one of their illustrators. You join their plan for $$$, pick an artist, give the AI a prompt, then reach out if you want specialization.
An illustrated portrait in a painterly/cartoon style of a black woman with a puff at the back of her hair, a blue scarf headband, big double-hoop earring, and a yellow blouse with white flowers and a Peter Pan collar, against a green background filled with clouds and leaves. Text at the bottom says << Image generated with Exactly.ai in a style of Masha Shu >>.
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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rerekina.bsky.social
First art in 2025, hope there will be much more (⁠*⁠ﾉ⁠・⁠ω⁠・⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♫
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
rbessaaa.bsky.social
If you've got a Bearscape or a Collective Voyage that you've always wanted to have signed - I'm joining forces with @mountainmagesigs.com to make it happen 💛 #mtg
mountainmagesigs.com MountainMage, Signature Wizard ⛰️🧙‍♂️✍️ @mountainmagesigs.com · Feb 11
New artist announcement for my 2025 Q2 #MTG signings! Everyone please welcome @rbessaaa.bsky.social to the MountainMage family! 🧙‍♂️

Get cards signed by them and 200+ other artists: MountainMageSigs.com or DM me for more info!

#MagicTheGathering
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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sachinteng.bsky.social
QRP with something watery 🌊
Movie poster illustration of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo. Ocean water is filled almost to the top of the poster, flooding the page the way the ocean floods the town in movie. The water surface divides the poster into above and below the water. At the top Sōsuke, a little boy with a yellow shirt and short black hair, floats face down in the water, his hands and face refracted by the water. Below the water a plethora of sea creatures swirl around Ponyo, a little mermaid girl with long pink hair and a red dress with short puff sleeves. Ponyo and Sōsuke are looking at each other and reaching toward each other through the forest of kelp in the water that surrounds them all.
February 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM