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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Normal Beetles: coming to stationary near you (not really, but wouldn't that be fun?)

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Xen" is a Xenomorphon. A wingless beetle who cries easily. He always wants to watch the same three movies.
upper right: "Atra" is an Atractocerus. A very long and flexible beetle who can fit in narrow areas. He gets nervous in big crowds.
lower left: "Clav" is a Claviger. A beetle who is always showing up in places without having been invited. He's a nice guy, though, so everyone is usually okay with it.
lower right: "Para" is a Paratuposa. A very small and light beetle who is blown around by strong wind. She brushes her wings for two hours every day.

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Cal" is a Calodromus. A beetle with long legs who actually hates running. When he gets angry, he kicks things.
upper right: "Platy" is a Platyrhopalopsis. A shy beetle who loves peace and quiet. She always gets nervous when it's her turn to order at restaurants.
lower left: "Kero" is a Cerocranus. A fussy beetle who cares a lot about his looks. He is often late to things, because he gets distracted by mirrors and windows.
lower right: "Ness" is a Cnestus. A small beetle who knows a lot about mushrooms. If she starts talking about something she likes, she will never stop.

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Mike" is a Micromalthus. A pleasant beetle who always tries to look at the bright side of things. People ask her when she will get married, but she says she is happy by herself.
upper right: "Koto" is a Coatonachthodes. A small beetle with a big tail that looks like a termite. Her tail isn't alive, but sometimes she talks to it when she thinks no one is listening.
lower left: "Mel" is a Meloetyphlus. A loud beetle who loves the sound of her own voice. Even though she has a huge head, she forgets things easily.
lower right: "Trak" is a Trachelismus. A beetle who can always see over the crowd at concerts. He has been getting into origami lately.

The twelve cartoon beetle designs standing together as if posing for a picture

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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Emilius Duckberry @emiliusdraws.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#3427 You get the impression this dog thinks they're better than you

A digital drawing of a squiggly shape with 4 bird legs and a weirdly judgemental human face.

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Georgia 💗 @sillygobbo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

revenge for @thatbfein.bsky.social featuring alina 🤘 [ #artfight #artfight2026 #teammystery ]

a color drawing of alina, a young girl with tan skin and dark hair styled in two braids. she's wearing a gray band t-shirt and pulling a sign of the horns hand gesture in a heavy metal sort of way, sticking out her tongue for good measure.

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Emilius Duckberry @emiliusdraws.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#3371 A high quality boy

A digital drawing of a hand patting a weird but cute dog on the head, surrounded by a patterned frame.

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Dominique Vassie @niqvassie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

a little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by. I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoyed taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.

Watercolour and pencil illustration of a microscopic dragon sitting on a plant root. It's body is transparent and it has two rounded wings covered in beating cilia hairs. It has a long neck and blunt snout with long whiskers. Inside its neck, large jaws are visible and it has tiny black eyes.

The dragon has large claws on its feet, like a water bear, and a long segmented tail hangs down and splitting into a fork at the end. From the root, golden diatoms are growing, and sun animalcules creep along it as a group of rotifers swims past.

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Frosty @frostyrabbid.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

White Cosmos

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Also one of Death's sprites from featherboy.itch.io/midnight-oil, because he's fun

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Haven't used bsky in forever! I'm not gonna fully catch it up to my insta feed, but I'll at least post one of the backgrounds I did on Midnight Oil (and maybe some other stuff in coming weeks) - especially as firefly season quickly creeps up on us

a black-and-white illustration of two boys running through the appalachian summer woods, laughing

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Forgot to post it on-time here, but #funguary week 4 & final - Cosmic! (which I mis-drew as "Celestial," but same diff) 🌟 Went with the violet earthstar, Geastrum violaceum. I really like how the shading turned out on this one! It's been fun getting back into digital #funguary2026 #illustration

An artistic nude of a woman with starry hair, seated on a mushroom and reaching for a star

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

#funguary Week 3 - Immortal! 🪷 For this week's theme I went with Podoserpula miranda, aka the pink pagoda mushroom. It's a critically endangered species,which alongside the angelic, fountain-like look felt like it played nicely with the prompt #funguary2026 #illustration #podoserpula

A woman with grey hair and bowed head, a fountain-like mushroom between her hands spilling tiers of softly glowing liquid

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

#funguary week 2! Fairytale - with the most classic fairytale fungus of course, Amanita muscaria (aka the fly agaric) 🍄 #funguary2026 #illustration

A woman seated on a classic mushroom cap, wearing a pileus-shaped hat and with a white sprintail perched on her finger

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Doing @feefal.bsky.social 's #funguary! Week 1 was Decay... decided to go with Engyodontium aranearum for this one - a fuzzy fungus that specializes in infecting cellar spiders, transforming them into ethereal lacy shapes Trying to get a feel for screentones this year! #funguary2026 #illustration

Figure in a gray decaying dress, stepping forward with a hand on a white spider-like figure

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Pervushovisaurus and Baculites friends

fantastical drawing of Pervushovisaurus, an extinct marine reptile similar to a modern dolphin but with four flippers. it is colored in shades of blue, red, and lavender. Surrounding it are several Baculites, extinct cephalopods related to squids with long pointed shells

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KingCrowned @kingcrowned.newgrounds.com · 24/10/2025

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

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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!

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RambunctiousVA SAG-E 🇵🇸 @handle.invalid · 04/10/2025

‼️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!

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 05/08/2025

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.

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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

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Chris Kotiesen @chriskotiesen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

the last two creatures on this planet

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

#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

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Rowan MacColl @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Was reminded of Baba is You, which then reminded me of the fanart I drew of it way back: "Baba in Captivity"

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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"

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#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.

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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.

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

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?

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

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 . #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

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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! . #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.

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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 !

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🍅 @tomatojamsalad.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

me eatin a timtam

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

a mushroomy storytime 🍄 (decided I'm just gonna post funguary art here and there while I remember to do so) . #funguary #funguary2025 #illustration #art #reading

A woman with blonde hair, reading a book while surrounded by curious mushrooms

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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! 🍄 . #art #illustration #gibsongirl #scarletelfcup #pezizales #fungi #funguary

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Smattering of #funguary2025 days... trying to get a feel for inking in CSP

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

And another of last year's funguary pics - blue coprinopsis! With a rubber ducky cubaris isopod, because I love them

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

One of my favs from last year's funguary, Prototaxites. Posting a few of these before I work up to making new ones for this year! 🍄

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Art I did for a Root homebrew! Marsh Matrons felt like a natural extension of the toad warrior-nuns we were going with, and the hirelings were a chance to highlight the other major amphibian groups! Plus I'm always delighted to draw a caecilian (inspired by the great @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social)

Three woodland animals, dressed in medieval warrior-nun outfits and carrying weapons. A caecilian bears a polearm, a salamander carries a sword, and a frog wields a mallet.

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trashwing Crowchild is the Spooktober VN that I probably poured the most of myself into, and it has a really special place in my heart as a result! Also ended an unofficial trilogy of VNs all involving convenience stores somehow. Mostly unintentionally. featherboy.itch.io/trashwing-crowchild

a trash-homunculus in the form of a crow chick, lit by evening light, sits at the base of a street pole

A teen girl in a black cat costume whispers to a crow-shaped homunculus on her shoulder, saying "If anyone asks, you're, uh, one of those normal puppets."

A janitor, a teen in a cat costume, and a crow-shaped homunculus peek into a convenience store window from within its connecting laundromat. The teen is speaking, "they're closed! Aren't convenience stores always open on Halloweedn? I feel like that's a thing."

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

One of my favorite scenes from A Witch is Getting Married, our Spooktober 2024 entry (check it at featherboy.itch.io/a-witch-is-getting-married ) Hyssop ended up being one of my favorite designs, even though she shows up the least in-game. Incorporates her namesake plant subtly, but cutely!

A witch with purple and green dreads leans on an old farm wall, while a purple-tinged ghost looks on, bemused, from a nearby gravestone

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Ben | the art that b fein! @thatbfein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I'm here now! Not quite sure how I'll be using bsky, but we'll see! For now, reposting some old art so folks know I'm real (I'm real)

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