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@weirdbee.bsky.social
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illustrator + graphic designer
indie ttrpgs. layout design.
weird works co-founder
www.weird.works
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bee ➡️ Origins @weirdbee.bsky.social · Feb 18
Here are the shows I'm going to this spring! See you there! ✨
A goblin sitting behind an artist alley booth. Upcoming events. Feb 22: cid lunar new year celebration March 6-9: emerald city comic con March 20-23: garycon (running games) April 18-20: sakuracon artist alley April 25-27: lvl up expo artist alley May 8-11: pax east, tabletop exhibitor
weirdbee.bsky.social
Omw to #paxeast ! Who gonna be there? 🫡
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Am I hanging out with my viet friends too much? I'm starting to get spam messages in viet. They even gave me a viet name 😌
Screenshot of a spam message in Vietnamese: Anh Barenda công việc của anh dạo này thế nào
April 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Does anyone have an update on #sakuracon gas leak 🥲
April 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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pubgob.bsky.social
May 1st, the Lords of the Dice approach for the final edition of the Goblin's Oracle Dice!
We launch with two, 22-dice oracle sets, made to be cast over their accompanying reading cloths and divine your futures.

Join us for a new way to divine.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
#oracle #divination
April 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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katherinelam.bsky.social
if i hear one (1) more person say "as an illustrator/artists/designer it's your responsibility to ask for more money" i might spontaneously combust
April 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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chasingbugs.com
Firefly thread!

Wondering where all the fireflies have gone? Our home landscape decisions have had a detrimental impact on firefly populations around the globe. But you can create a haven for these glowing insects starting right in your own backyard with these tips:
April 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
weirdbee.bsky.social
I'm crashing out trying to do design work on my business partner's computer, why are all the keys different where is my alt click 🫨
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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tommchenry.bsky.social
Posting GARY PANTER'S SKETCHBOOK TIPS to save a life -- the site that used to host these took em down years ago, and they are as useful a list about this kind of thing as you will ever find.

They are like a favorite dogeared paperback to me.
INTRODUCTION Get a book-size (or paperback-size)d sketchbook. Write your name and date on an early page and maybe think of a name for it — and if you want, write the book’s name there at the front. Make it into your little painful pal. The pain goes away slowly page by page. Fill it up and do another one. It can be hard to get started. Don’t flunk yourself before you get the ball rolling. You might want to draw more realistically or in perspective or so it looks slick — that’s is possible and there are tricks and procedures for drawing with more realism if you desire it. But drawing very realistically with great finesse can sometimes produce dead uninteresting drawings — relative, that is, to a drawing with heart and charm and effort but no great finesse. You can make all kinds of rules for your art making, but for starting in a sketchbook, you need to jump in and get over the intimidation part — by messing up a few pages, ripping them out if need be. Waste all the pages you want by drawing a tic-tac-toe schematic or something, painting them black, just doodle. Every drawing will make you a little better. Every little attempt is a step in the direction of drawing becoming a part of your life. TIPS 1. Quickly subdivide a page into a bunch of boxes by drawing a set of generally equidistant vertical lines, then a set of horizontal lines so that you have between 6 and 12 boxes or so on the page. In each box, in turn, in the simplest way possible, name every object you can think of and draw each thing in a box, not repeating. If it is fun, keep doing this on following pages until you get tired or can’t think of more nouns. Now you see that you have some kind of ability to typify the objects in your world and that in some sense you can draw anything. 2. Choose one of the objects that came to mind that you drew and devote one page to drawing that object with your eyes closed, starting at the “nose” of the object (in outline or silhouette might be good) and following the contour you see in your mind’s eye, describing to yourself in minute detail what you know about the object. You can use your free hand to keep track of the edge of the paper and ideally your starting point so that you can work your way back to the designated nose. Don’t worry about proportion or good drawing this is all about memory and moving your hand to find the shapes you are remembering. The drawing will be a mess, but if you take your time, you will see that you know a lot more about the object than you thought. 3. Trace some drawings you like to see better what the artist’s pencil or pen is doing. Tracing helps you observe closer. Copy art you like — it can’t hurt. 4. Most people (even your favorite artists) don’t like their drawings as much as they want to. Why? Because it is easy to imagine something better. This is only ambition, which is not a bad thing — but if you can accept what you are doing, of course you will progress quicker to a more satisfying level and also accidentally make perfectly charming drawings even if they embarrass you. 4. Most people (even your favorite artists) don’t like their drawings as much as they want to. Why? Because it is easy to imagine something better. This is only ambition, which is not a bad thing — but if you can accept what you are doing, of course you will progress quicker to a more satisfying level and also accidentally make perfectly charming drawings even if they embarrass you. 5. Draw a bunch more boxes and walk down a sidewalk or two documenting where the cracks and gum and splotches and leaves and mowed grass bits are on the square. Do a bunch of those. That is how nature arranges and composes stuff. Remember these ideas — they are in your sketchbook. 6. Sit somewhere and draw fast little drawings of people who are far away enough that you can only see the big simple shapes of their coats and bags and arms and hats and feet. Draw a lot of them. People are alike yet not — reduce them to simple and achievable shapes. 7. To get better with figure drawing, get someone to pose — or use photos — and do slow drawing of hands, feet, elbows, knees, and ankles. Drawing all the bones in a skeleton is also good, because it will help you see how the bones in the arms and legs cross each other and affect the arms’ and legs’ exterior shapes. When you draw a head from the side make sure you indicate enough room behind the ears for the brain case. 8. Do line drawings looking for the big shapes, and tonal drawing observing the light situation of your subject — that is, where the light is coming from and where it makes shapes in shade on the form, and where light reflects back onto the dark areas sometimes. 9. To draw the scene in front of you, choose the middle thing in your drawing and put it in the middle of your page — then add on to the drawing from the center of the page out. 10. Don’t worry about a style. It will creep up on you and eventually you will have to undo it in order to go further. Be like a river and accept everything.
March 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
Visiting friends in New York
Hat with the words “please do not talk to me about AI I will kill myself”
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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aidenr0.bsky.social
art vs artist
March 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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cultofthelamb.bsky.social
oH nO, DoN't cYbEr aTtAcK ThAt sTiNkY WeBsItE
March 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
A dumpster with the sign "doo doo only" on it. (Context: this is in a goat barn at the state fair)
March 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Today's con makeup lewk but i mostly hid behind my booth cuz i had an A+ booth helper today ✨
Eye makeup details: decorative black eyeliner and dots on upper eyelid, white stars and dots under the eyes.
March 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
All set up at #eccc, come by! G-25
Artist alley booth with various print goods
March 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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teradiamart.bsky.social
Blood Unicorn

#illustration #horror #darkfantasy
February 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Flash designs in case I finally become taddoo artist.
Flash tattoo designs: arcs of angel's trumpets flowers, and Lily of the valley. A blackened clawed hand twined with blood red thread. A crying borzoi (long haired, long snouted dog) with a ribbon tied around their neck. A borzoi running.
February 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Some of my winged creatures, from my risograph prints and two tarot decks 🕊️ Read the alt text for more info on each piece! :D
The mood of this piece is of forlorn love. You are unsure of what will happen after this moment. Under the glow of the moon and an arch of deadly white angel's trumpet flowers, two lovers embrace upon a mossy outcropping. A winged harpy woman looks up at her lover with trusting and lovestruck eyes, but her human lover has tears in her eyes and a pained expression as she looks down at the harpy. She (the human lover) conceals a dagger behind her back. A tarot card for the Dungeon Mistress, from the Adventurer's Tarot. It depicts a horned yet angelic creature with a feminine face. Her face and hands are like cracking marble. Her eyes are golden orbs, and she also has a third eye in the middle of her brow. Two pairs of wings surround her face, and they are teeming with eyes that peer in all different directions. One of her hands is held in a position with two fingers pointing up and two curled in, reminiscent of religious iconography. The other hand is held forward, with polyhedral shapes (tabletop gaming dice) floating above. She seems to beckon you with a myriad of choices. She looks radiant, and surrounded by colorful clouds and her streaming hair. This is a tarot card for the Knight of Swords, from the Eldritch Overload Tarot. An aarakokra (bird person) that looks like an arctic tern (a sea bird with a black head, sharp red beak, and white body) flies high above the city. They are wearing tactical goggles, a techwear-like white cloak, and carrying a sword. They are surrounded with swirling mist. This is a tarot card for the 5 of Wands, from the Eldritch Overload Tarot. Five characters are gathered around an old school CRT computer, and the screen displays a V for Victory! (Because it is the V of Wands.) They are in a very messy room, with all sorts of gaming collectibles filling the shelves, stickers on the desk, and a spilled jar of Cheezy Fireballs spilled on the floor. The topmost character is a pigeon aarakocra (bird person), with their claws clenched and mouth open in elated victory. Character on the top left is a wolf boy with glasses, who thoughtfully looks at the screen in surprise. A small yellow goblin wearing flame colored clothes sits on the desk, smiling at the screen. The player is a young pink tiefling seated on a rolling office chair in front of the computer, their hands on the keyboard as they lean back in shock at having just beaten the game! At the bottom of the card is a small gnome, excitedly clinging to the desk and pointing at the computer screen.
February 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Cover illustration for @9thlevelgames.bsky.social 's new TTRPG zine, Starlee Davidson! Motorcycles, tarot, witchy vibes, and big emotions.
A woman with a punk mullet haircut stands behind her motorcycle, gazing towards the silhouette of a city, and her back to you. Her motorcycle jacket is adorned with witchy patches and decorations, such as stars, tarot cards, and daggers. She is in a desert surrounded by buttes and cliffs, a winding road, and an eye shaped sun beating down on her. The feeling of this piece is one of an unsure future, with dreamlike qualities. Is she heading towards or away from the city? What does the city mean to her?
February 20, 2025 at 5:34 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
weirdbee.bsky.social
Wraith rider ⚔️ 💀
February 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Here are the shows I'm going to this spring! See you there! ✨
A goblin sitting behind an artist alley booth. Upcoming events. Feb 22: cid lunar new year celebration March 6-9: emerald city comic con March 20-23: garycon (running games) April 18-20: sakuracon artist alley April 25-27: lvl up expo artist alley May 8-11: pax east, tabletop exhibitor
February 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Test printing a new carving ✨
February 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Stuck on the plane flying back from PAX for an hour after we've landed. an Amazon truck is parked in the way and the driver with the keys can't be found. Pls Jeff move your truck
December 10, 2024 at 6:55 AM
weirdbee.bsky.social
On my way to PAX Unplugged! 🏊‍♂️ Come by the Weird Works booth, 4147! Cool new stuff ✨

#paxunplugged #ttrpg
December 4, 2024 at 6:23 PM
weirdbee.bsky.social
Played Alice is Missing this weekend and thought how wild it would be to add a random number into the gc when you begin
October 22, 2023 at 8:19 PM