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Ben | the art that b fein!
@thatbfein.bsky.social
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Illustrator & visual novel dev over at featherboy.itch.io
Check out prints at inprnt.com/frames/thatbfein/ !
I'm mainly on insta, under the same name!
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kingcrowned.newgrounds.com
It’s finally the 24th for me (if it’s not for you, kill yourself :3)

So it’s club penguin’s 20th anniversary today, so to celebrate, I made a background inspired by the style 🐧
Club Penguin was big apart of my childhood and sad it’s been 8 years since the shutdown :(
#clubpenguin
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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mistershins.bsky.social
Tomorrow/Friday OCT 17th @7pm PDT I'll be #streaming #SpooktoberVNJam entries Houndwife & Midnight Oil! Houndwife writer/director @ocreatus.bsky.social and their team will be joining us after, and we'll talk with @thatbfein.bsky.social (and company) after Midnight Oil!

I hope you will join us!
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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rambunctiousva.bsky.social
‼️Old Man Announcement‼️

More #SpooktoberVNJam! You can hear me as the voice of Liam in "Midnight Oil"! This game is hauntingly beautiful in every way, and I HIGHLY suggest checking it out at itch.io/jam/spooktob...

Thanks so much to @krhodesva.bsky.social & @thatbfein.bsky.social for having me on!
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
My most perfectly rendered background art, no crashes, definitely definitely, just a normal cafe
A glitched image of corrupted data, in streaks of noisy cyan, green, and yellow
September 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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trungles.com
Sometimes a mandragora root just has bad vibes. New public post up on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/mandra...
A black and white comic. A young witch is hard at work in her garden. "Boss?" she intones to an older witch behind her. "Problem?" the older witch responds. "Yeah," the young witch replies. The young witch pulls out a mandragora root that appears to be surly. Instead of screaming, it grunts. "Weird, right?" says the young witch to her mentor. "Mhmm," the older witch grunts, in agreement.
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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rockpapershotgun.bsky.social
Itch.io are seeking out new payment processors who are more comfortable with adult material
After delisting thousands of games with adult or NSFW sexual material, indie store Itch are looking to move away from Paypal and Stripe.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Older pen-an-ink illustration I did for the Mushrooms & Magic rulebook, a post-apocalyptic #mushroomfolk #monsteroftheweek system where you can get little buggy buddies..... sorting through old art and was really pleased by how these came out! 🍄

Available at featherboy.itch.io/mushrooms-an...
Illustration of multiple small thrips and other bugs, including a velvet worm, aphids, and leafhoppers
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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chriskotiesen.bsky.social
the last two creatures on this planet
July 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
#portfolioday ! I'm a illustrator who works in science illustration, visual novels, ttRPG characters, and #kidslit , and am always happy to discuss projects 💖

Check out more links in the bio, or more of the VN games I've worked on at featherboy.itch.io
A visual novel screenshot, showing a crow homunculus in a cut paper style sitting at the bottom of a street lamp. Classical-style science illustration of a hoatzin bird and its chicks, climbing in a tree Illustration of two fairies with firefly wings, doling out soup from a witch-cauldron fungus An artfight illustration of a DnD character, a warrior woman with wings and a sword
July 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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skulkingfoxes.bsky.social
Was reminded of Baba is You, which then reminded me of the fanart I drew of it way back: "Baba in Captivity"
July 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Hopping on the #kpopdemonhunters train! ✨️ Been seeing lots of genderbent designs for huntrix, but saja boys not so many.... and so, we fix that. 🫡

Will I draw more of them? No, probably not
Genderbent designs of the Saja Boys from the film "KPop Demon Hunters"
July 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
thatbfein.bsky.social
I'm doing artfight this year! Don't know how many I'll get through, but if you want something drawn by more, or to see more of my oc's, find me over there! Lots of spooktober VN characters, but not entirely!

#artfight #artfight2025 #teamfossils
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
thatbfein.bsky.social
#makeaterriblecomicday2025 with some more of the A Witch is Getting Married crew .... there's nothing so humbling as having to draw a character twice 🫠

The game is still free on featherboy.itch.io/a-witch-is-getting-married ), but wanted to explore them again before plopping them in #artfight2025 !
A comic of a ghost girl and a witch sitting in the rain. The witch asks if the ghost ever misses feeling the rain. The ghost, Hyssop, replies "eh. it's not so bad," as drop fall through her. A comic of a ghost girl and a witch sitting in the rain. The ghost stretches out a leg, letting the raindrops pass through as she says "I can stay out in a storm as long as I want and I don't get any colder than I am. But I can't be warmed either. And I miss the massage of it all. I liked when I had skin and hair and stuff." "But no laundry," the witch replies. "The no laundry is nice," the ghost agrees.
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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korybing.bsky.social
A little opabinia mermaid for #mermay
a mermaid made in the shape of the extinct animal opabinia. She looks very strange but ultimately very happy.
May 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?

guard: [looking away] fine

wife: did something happen?

guard: [tearing up] no

wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
May 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Wanted to do at least one drawing for #mermay2025 - so here we are! 🦭 Will I do more before the month is out? Time will tell, but I had fun with one

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#mermay #illustration #selkie #mermaid #mermay2025guard
Two seal-mermaids holding hands as they swim back-to-back in the waters, one woth green-gold fur and the other with blue-grey
May 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
More of this year's #funguary drawings! How long will it take for me to post them all over here? Idk! But they're all on insta already, so at least there's that.

An indigo milkcap milkmaid, and a bird's nest fungus costermonger!

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#illustration #lactarius #cyathus #mushrooms #characterdesign
A blonde-haired milkmaid, with a dirndl dress modeled after an indigo milkcap mushroom, in shades of indigo and periwinkle A costermonger holding spore packets, with dark purple hair and a straw-like shirt, with a striped maroon scarf resembling a striped bird's nest fungus.
May 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
A slightly-late #invertefest post! Some gouache guys from last year, drawn from specimen - glorious scarab being a favorite of mine, in no small part due to its name
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Also, hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I'm a illustrator and papercutter with a heavy science / STEM background, looking for representation & projects. I love cozy, tender stories, and have done a lot of writing and illustrating in the visual novel world - check me out at thatbfein.art !
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
thatbfein.bsky.social
More #funguary roundup! Red cage and pixie parasol, and some lil fluffy creatures

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#funguary2025 #clathrus #mycena #mushrooms #illustration
A masked witch-like figure, with a red cage dress carrying a bag of small fluffy creatures A blue-haired woman in the rain, using her umbrella to shield a shivering fluffy creature
March 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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tomatojamsalad.bsky.social
me eatin a timtam
mossworm.bsky.social mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · Feb 26
Opabinia is our friend the graspy grabber
Reconstruction of Opabinia, an arthropod-like creature from the Cambrian. It is drawn dark teal in color, using its proboscis to grasp an orange creature
February 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
a mushroomy storytime 🍄

(decided I'm just gonna post funguary art here and there while I remember to do so)

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#funguary #funguary2025 #illustration #art #reading
A woman with blonde hair, reading a book while surrounded by curious mushrooms
March 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Another #funguary2025 piece - I'll do a roundup once they're all done, but really like how this came out! Tried to imitate some gibson girl -esque energy...

Day 27 (posting early), the scarlet elfcup! 🍄

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#art #illustration #gibsongirl #scarletelfcup #pezizales #fungi #funguary
February 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
thatbfein.bsky.social
Smattering of #funguary2025 days... trying to get a feel for inking in CSP
February 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM