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the beast with five fingers ✍️

@beastliness.bsky.social
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henchman, editor, and official court artist of @stjohnstarling.bsky.social

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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
climbing over you to get from one leaf to another
Digital art. Two snails stretching across the space between two leaves, their bodies intertwined such that it’s unclear which is supporting the other. All in shades of seafoam green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
qualifications for the ideal mad scientist’s assistant: willingness to work on one’s knees, tendency to hiss “yes, master!" at appropriate moments, having a thing for black surgical gloves
Digital art. Incomplete sketch. Martin Rem wearing three slightly old-fashioned-looking outfits, suitable to a doctor or scientist. All in shades of olive and mint green.Digital art. Incomplete sketch. Martin Rem kneeling and looking up adoringly. Surgical instruments in background. All in shades of olive, mint, and forest green.Digital art. Martin Rem sitting with legs crossed. Holding a book. Looking up at you witheringly for interrupting him. Simple sketch on radioactive-green paper.Digital art. Martin Rem's body sketched from three angles. Small, cute, and wearing glasses. Surgical instruments in background. All in shades of olive and seafoam green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it isn't easy to maintain this level of elegance and poise when you're in the mad science lab all day doing unethical things with sharp implements and hazardous materials
Digital art. Incomplete sketch. Dr. Avenroyth wearing a silk dressing gown. Elegantly posed with legs crossed. Reading a book. All in shades of mint and forest green.Digital art. Sketch of Dr. Avenroyth's head in three-quarter profile. All in shades of olive, jade, and seafoam green.Digital art. Sketch of Dr. Avenroyth's head and shoulders in profile. All in shades of aquamarine and deep sea green.Digital art. Incomplete sketch. Dr. Avenroyth wearing a lab coat and pulling on a surgical glove. Sinister and seductive. All in shades of mint and jade green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is a very good article but I particularly appreciate that they archived Ask Jesus
In some cases, it even pulled down entire publications. Bible Scriptures, a site where BBM had published content attributed to a roster of fake Christian theologians, hosted an AI-powered Jesus, and sold a $97 e-book supposedly penned by a made-up Franciscan scholar clad in a traditional robe — a curious choice, given that Franciscans famously take vows of poverty — has been locked behind a password since May. (BBM sold several other e-books attributed to fake writers on its site Hack Spirit; those volumes are still being sold, but they’ve now been altered so that the author is listed as Lachlan.)Ask Jesus: Your Personal Guide to Biblical WisdomExplore life's most challenging questions through the lens of Christian teachings with our "Ask Jesus" tool.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ORNATE
Digital art. Head and shoulders of a fascinating, androgynous-looking person. Their expression is knowing and mysterious, with the fingers of one hand elegantly covering their lips. Tentacles coil sinuously over their left shoulder. Translucent sea creatures glow out of the darkness beyond. All in black, white and seafoam-green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
FRECKLES
Digital art. An elegant, golden-freckled hand against a background of darkness and stars. All in white, black and gold.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Discord message. Aeschylus-stan-account: DECONTEXTUALIZE THE FROG.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
disgruntled
Digital art. Relatively simple drawing. A very disgruntled-looking desert rain frog. Small, cute, and round.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
been having the kind of conversation that feels like Hypnosis by Sascha Schneider (1904)
Etching. Two figures. Mysterious, imposing, robed figure looming over a nude young man. Beam of light emanating from the eyes of the robed figure, shining directly on the face of the man in his grasp.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
fucking shoes
Digital art. Rough sketch. Two pairs of legs and feet. Black on olive green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
LOVE DART
Digital art. Two snails mating. They are grappling one another, each fighting to maneuver into the ideal position relative to their partner's body in order to fire a love dart. Soft, romantic, and Valentine-pink.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
doodling absentmindedly, daydreaming of valentines I'd like to receive (WIP)
Digital art. Alternating vertical paint stripes and rows of small hearts. Black on white.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
lately I've been getting really into lines - you guys ever heard of this?
Vertical paint stripes. Black on white.Stylized curly hair. Black on white.Wavy lines. Some vertical and some horizontal. Black on white.Irregular, geometrical patchwork of hatching. White on black.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
a very pure and innocent snail
Digital art. Simple drawing of a white snail embellished with golden spirals. Soft, hopeful, and slightly mischievous. Ground suggested by an irregular, geometrical patchwork of hatching. All in white, black and gold.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
sketch practice
Digital art. Rough sketch. Two fragments of bodies. One on all fours, the other kneeling with arms raised. Pale green swirls and one snail fill the empty space.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
OBSESSION
Digital art. Bright and psychedelic (but more or less accurate) representation of two leopard slugs mating. Their bodies twist together in a suggestive, slightly yonic shape. Their antennae are intertwined, creating a heart in the void between them. Daisies fill the background, crossed by striped, symmetrical ribbons of color at both lower corners. The same ribbon of color seems to drip or ooze from the upper left. All in canary yellow, sky blue, lavender, and very dark blue-green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
January 1 vs. December 31, 2025
Digital art. A snail in New Years black and gold. Top hat, party blower, and 2025 sash. Text near party blower reads "wary party noise."Digital art. Simple doodle. A snail that looks like it’s been through hell and back. Top hat crushed with lid popped up. 2025 sash crumpled and torn. Party blower missing.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
good morning
Digital art. Simple doodle. Dazed and exhausted-looking figure. Coffee cup in hand.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
putting pins into that boy and studying him like a specimen
Digital art. Butterfly-sized boy, spread-eagle and fixed in place - in the manner that an insect would be mounted for display by a collector - by 6 pins in his clothing. Cute and angry-looking. Two hands threaten him with a 7th pin. Central figure in shades of black and white - hands and background in shades of green.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
the upper hand
Digital art. Rough sketch. Three hands, two with palms faced down and one palm up. Romantic swirls emanate from them. Black on green background.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
rarely have I been so grateful to not be doing the grocery shopping
Signal messages. Henchman: You’re lucky you’re not hearing this song about a hundred christmas kisses. Me: 😰😰😰
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I'm alive
Digital art. Simple doodle. Hand rising from the grave of migraine.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
thrift find of a lifetime this week and I'm feeling emotions usually reserved for an evil wizard gloating over his cursed treasure
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @cupcakegoth.bsky.social 🦇💝💝💝
Digital art. Celebratory bat. Pink on plum-colored background. Happy birthday!
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
WIP 🫳
Digital art. Cropped sketch. Chin propped on daintily poised hand.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
reviews remain very positive
Discord screenshot. Aeschylus-stan-account: AHHHHHHH! HE’S SO CUUUUTE! I ADORE HIM! He’s a cutie pie, in that he’s cute and built to be sliced open.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
when I can reliably reproduce this effect in the hearts of all who see him, I'll know that I have successfully depicted the charcter
Discord screenshot. Dr. Acula: No offense but he's kind of a cutie pie. Looking kind of edible like a truffle of some sort.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
underhanded means
Digital art. Cropped sketch. Two clasped hands.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
trying to steal your soul through the screen 👁️
Digital art. Line drawing in shades of blue. One piercing eye with rays and spirals radiating outward from it.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
• Beastly • they/them • disembodied hand • sign up to read A COMPANION IN VICE → stjohnstarling.substack.com/p/a-companio... (also on tumblr → www.tumblr.com/beastliness)
Digital art. A disembodied hand holding a pen. Saying “Hi!”
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
stray fragments
Digital art. Cropped sketch of a man’s face in profile.Digital art. Cropped sketch. A mouth with full, parted lips.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
have I ever mentioned that I like distinctive noses?
Digital art. Very rough sketch of a man’s face in profile. Nose has begun to be outlined in detail.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
ANGELUS
Digital art. A weary angel reclining on a bed of clouds. His features are sweet and sensual-looking. His overall appearance is reminiscent of ripe fruit. Long curls falling in a luxuriant manner down his back and all around his head and shoulders. Heavy-lidded eyes and full, parted lips. All in white, black and gold.The same image again. Cropped to focus on the head and shoulders.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
nose study (+ snails)
Digital sketch. A man's face in profile; his expression is sharp and intense. A strong, prominent nose; long and subtly curved at the bridge. Nostrils are slightly flared, giving the face a suggestion of power and anger. A sensual mouth; full, parted lips. The same nose is drawn three more times, each tilted and angled slightly differently. Trails of blue lines curl over the page in the wakes of two blue snails.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
the longest, most soul-crushingly wretched-sounding meow you can imagine
Simple doodle person. Unimaginably sad, tired, and overall wretched-looking. Has cat ears and is saying "meow."
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
WRITHING BODIES
Digital art. A page of sketches. Anatomical studies of six human torsos and five slugs.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
saturday night plans: become more deranged 💚
Discord screenshot. Person 1: how are you doing this fine Saturday? Person 2: I'm so crazy. I've become utterly deranged. but let's not worry about that right now. Person 1: seems as good as Saturday activity as any other.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
average @stjohnstarling.bsky.social text message
Screenshot of text message. woo we got the priest slasher.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
HOW DO I RENAME A LAYER
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
…and 🦇 SNACULA 🦇
Digital art. Blue snail on a purple background with Dracula accessories.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
⚡️ FRANKENSNAIL ⚡️
Digital art. Green snail on a purple background with Frankenstein accessories.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
SWAN TIME
Swan at sunset.Same swan again.
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
like this ⬇️
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
ok, I've never been a mad scientist's lab assistant before — can anyone tell me if this is normal?
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I just can't get over the way they've embraced being "the bathroom-obsessed party"
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is using publicity from her legislation to prevent transgender women from using women’s restroom facilities in federal buildings to sell merchandise to her followers on the social platform X. 
Mace in a post on X is advertising T-shirts for $35.
The post shows a photo of Mace next to T-shirts with the words “come and take it” below a picture of a women’s bathroom sign. On the back it reads “Mace for Congress.”
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Patricia my terrifying skeleton snail wishes you all the best!
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUNTIE JILLI 🦇🦇🦇
Digital drawing of a purple bat dressed to party. Text: HAPPY BDAY!
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 27/05/2024
PASSIONS 🌸
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the beast with five fingers ✍️ @beastliness.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
I turn my pockets inside out and these scatter everywhere (priest property of @stjohnstarling.bsky.social)
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