Ben Collins-Sussman
sussman.bsky.social
Ben Collins-Sussman
@sussman.bsky.social
He/him, Chicago native. Former eng director @ Google, composer, pianist, banjoist, author, gamer, photographer, illustrator, radio ham, dad. http://debuggingteams.com
From Live figure drawing meetup today
July 28, 2024 at 10:23 PM
iPad Procreate, textures
July 21, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Final cover of my D&D adventure.
June 24, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Another NPC Iin the adventure I’m writing. #art
May 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
First attempt at drawing a fantasy portait ... middle-aged gnome.
May 23, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Well it finally happened: after 3 months of working in the same coffee shop every other morning, today the barista greeted me by name when I walked in.
May 2, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Two months into sabbatical: 25,000 words of fiction written.

I’ve spent my life writing blogs & technical books, and wanted to try something new. I joined #FlashFictionFebruary & wrote 28 tiny stories. I joined a course on writing D&D adventures — and my first draft is almost ready for play-test.
March 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
2月の日曜日
February Sunday
February 11, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Amateur artist here. 😅
November 16, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Look, I love playing in folk jams, but if you cant hear the BANJO, then perhaps everyone needs to turn down their amplifiers.
November 4, 2023 at 12:10 PM
My GPS watch basically shows me Tolkien maps while hiking now. 🤣
October 16, 2023 at 1:31 AM
Unreasonably excited that my new watch can now display Unicode text messages.
September 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Cold dead hands.
September 30, 2023 at 2:22 AM
Sketched the cute pups of a friend. I
September 30, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Hiked 3 hours in the rain through Seattle’s woods and beaches. Still did a bit of candid street photography. 😂
September 29, 2023 at 4:07 AM
Still working on my homemade air quality sensor. Hand-coded the graphics. 😂
September 10, 2023 at 3:06 AM
お好み焼きを食べるの初めて!
オフィスの隣で新しいレストランがある!
漬物も美味しかった 😄
September 8, 2023 at 6:19 PM
After a week of no symptoms, I FINALLY tested negative for Covid on day 10. I’ll test again in 48 hours to see if I can finally come out of quarantine. Can’t believe how slow this virus is.

I celebrated with a hike in the woods. Gorgeous, but too many damn mosquitoes. It’ll be better in October.
September 4, 2023 at 6:43 PM
September 4, 2023 at 6:28 PM
I mean the original anime, yeah. But I just bought a manga too. 😄
September 4, 2023 at 6:21 PM
How about a graphite portrait?
August 21, 2023 at 3:31 AM
Took a great “street photography” class this weekend with @leicaakademieusa . Highly recommended !
July 16, 2023 at 11:10 PM
Having trouble getting this to accept MIDI clock… any advice?
July 5, 2023 at 2:46 PM
From last week: full end-to-end rainbow test in Chicago.
July 4, 2023 at 12:19 AM
Touched grass, sketched surroundings. Suddenly this woman came and sat down right in front of me…!? Maybe she wanted to be painted? So be it. 😂
May 29, 2023 at 8:41 PM