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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 04/10/2026

Another one for #Orctober! This time it's half-orc/gnoll warrior chef Barny and his wolf familiar North from our Prophecy of Varaxes campaign. #Orctober2026 #orc #gnoll #digitalart #illustration

An illustration of a chubby male half orc/gnoll standing in a snowy blizzard summoning a green ghostly wolf familiar from his magical sword.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 03/10/2026

The Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 01/10/2026

Lazily taking part in #Orctober this year by starting with a drawing of Harry! Orc druid, vegetable farmer and seller of humorously-shaped gourds. Also husband of the dragonborn bounty hunter, Kermet! And I wanted to draw gourds because spoopy month 🎃 #Orctober2026 #digitalart #illustration #Orc

A black and white illustration of a chubby trans-masc orc wearing a wide brim straw hat, simple fantasy leather shoes, no shirt and dungaree shorts with the one suspender loose showing off his top surgery scars. He's holding a gourd in his right hand and is happily smiling while standing in his pumpkin patch.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 26/09/2026

Bust commission of gnoll Rus for @bearinbriefs.bsky.social ! The timelapse edit will be on Patreon soon ;) #commission #digitalart #illustration

An illustration of a big chubby blue male gnoll with a basket of wildflowers, holding up and smelling a daisy while bathed in a warm glow of a setting sun. Behind him is grassy plains and mountains in the distance.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 24/09/2026

I dug out our old label printer and now I've become too powerful.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 21/09/2026

Waiting at the dermatologist getting photodynamic therapy done, so I brought a sketchbook. Here's my orc Lazlo from our His Majesty The Worm campaign, being a thieving thief.

A rough pencil sketch of an orc thief in a dilapidated manor with a short sword drawn and looking around a corner at a zombie with a torch in a hallway.

A bunch of rough pencil sketches of various items: a wooden torch, a poultice, 3 caltrops and a leather pouch with lockpicks.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 20/09/2026

Artist! Quote with smoking character! 🚬

An illustration of a male bugbear investigator smoking a cigar and standing just at the edge of the entrance of a dark archway lit by a single oil streetlamp. The whole illustration is in deep shadow evoking a dark and moody film noir aesthetic.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 19/09/2026

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 18/09/2026

Hey artists! Post with your woman art! Do orc ladies count?

An illustration of a female green-skinned orc blacksmith forging a sword on an anvil with sparks flying with every hammer hit. The coal forge is seen in the background.

An illustration of a female orc sorcerer wearing a shoulder cape standing in front of a wall of fire, casting a spell with her left hand. There's a fiery glow in her eyes.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 17/09/2026

The timelapse is now up for patrons! Apologies for the delay on this one, it's been a busy month. If you'd like to see the full video, consider supporting my patreon :) www.patreon.com/bengeldenhuy...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 15/09/2026

One one or two commission slots left! Open for full body comms as well :) #Commission #commissionsopen

My pricing sheet for bust/half body commissions.

My pricing sheet for full body commissions.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 11/09/2026

Sometimes you just have to doodle a hyrax destroying Joburg. Yup.

A stupid rough doodle of a giant buff rock hyrax with a crazed/angry expression stomping through the city of Johannesburg, engulfed in flames.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 09/09/2026

Might be time for a new tablet soon 🤔🤔🤔

A photo taken of a 16 inch Wacom drawing display tablet with some gnarly surface scratches.

The same tablet but you can see me waving in the reflection.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 05/09/2026

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/lizardfolklo...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 30/08/2026

The timelapse edit for this commission is finally up for patrons! Have a little clip :) If you'd like to become a supporter and gain full access to these videos you can do so on patreon: www.patreon.com/bengeldenhuy...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 26/08/2026

A Frank Frazetta-inspired poster commission for @zebesvbot.bsky.social ! #digitalart #commission A timelapse edit of this will be available for patrons soon 😁

An illustration of a chubby blue male dream dragon wearing a purple apron with yellow starry designs on it, holding up a yellow legally-distinct lightsaber with his purple feathery wings spread out while a little white and brown rat with fairy wings sits on his left forearm. He is standing on a rock and there is a starry nebula in the background.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 22/08/2026

Newlyweds bought a tavern! Ulrik and Garm commission for @yenoc.bsky.social ! Timelapse edit of this will be posted to Patreon soon 🙂 #digitalart #illustration #commission

An illustration of two male werewolves, one big and chubby and the other lean wearing medieval fantasy clothing holding each other side by side each celebrating with a beer tankard in hand inside of a candle-lit medieval fantasy tavern.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 18/08/2026

Noah welcomes you into his cult with open arms. My half of an art trade with the fantastic @zetrystan.bsky.social 😎 #digitalart #illustration #firbolg

An illustration of a male green firbolg druid with a big beard and a long thick braid wearing mostly white clothing with golden medallions with engravings of a tree pinned to his shirt is standing with his arms outstretched and is smiling with his eyes closed. There's a large sunflower and a mandala behind him.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 18/08/2026

Definitely check out Harrow County!

The cover for Harrow County published by Dark Horse comics, showing a caucasian woman in a field wearing a blue dress soaked in blood as well as her hands.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 16/08/2026

Did some extreme grass touching today with @dwuff.com and @gibbo-za.bsky.social Absolute perfection 👌

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 15/08/2026

Bust commission of big dragon Kane for @huttser.bsky.social! Timelapse video coming soon for patrons :) #commission #dragon #digitalart #illustration

A half-body illustration of a male red dragon laying belly-down on his hoard of gold, looking coyly towards while resting his chin on his right hand.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 15/08/2026

The timelapse edit is now up on Patreon! Have a little clip :) www.patreon.com/bengeldenhuy...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 10/08/2026

"That's a nice data center you've got there. It would be a shame if something... happened to it." Found this old sketch of Abott that I decided to give it an ink and colour pass. I haven't drawn him in a while and it felt right to do so. #digitalart #illustration #gnoll #gnollbard

A closeup illustration of a male gnoll bard looking towards the viewer with a mysterious smile and a glowing yellow eye.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 09/08/2026

Happy Women's Day! To celebrate, I drew @dwuff.com 's tabaxi Pom and her girlfriend Nadine from our Prophecy of Varaxes campaign ❤️ #digitalart #illustration #womensday #lesbians

A black and white illustration of a female anthro caracal being held in the arms of a four-armed female dragonborn barbarian while her other two arms are flexing.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 08/08/2026

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

An illustration of a male half-orc/gnoll wearing an apron and marinating a big piece of lamb on a bed of veggies with honey.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 07/08/2026

We finished our 3 year long Spelljammer campaign last night. There's an epilogue session happening next week, but I can't believe it is over. So many feelings! Thanks @robynhazekamp.bsky.social, @dwuff.com, @gibbo-za.bsky.social, @lupusdei.bsky.social and @dernooks.bsky.social for this wild ride ❤️

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 05/08/2026

Better late than never for #BowserDay2026 Thanks to my patrons for suggesting this! #bowser #bowserday

An illustration of Bowser doing the iconic Akira slide on a bike from Mario Kart Wii on the rainbow road with the city scape of Neo Tokyo from Akira in the background. He's wearing a leather jacket, gloves and jeans.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

An image from the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse showing Nathan Explosion sitting on a golden toilet that is on a raised brick pillar that's surrounded by axe blades with a staircase leading to it.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 01/08/2026

The timelapse is now up for patrons! If you'd like to see the full edit, consider supporting me on patreon: www.patreon.com/bengeldenhuy... Thanks!

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 30/07/2026

That Night page 6/- ! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Page 7 is underway, and if you want to stay updated you can always throw some coins over on the ol' patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/bengelden... Thanks! #indiecomics #queercomics #fantasy #digitalart #illustration #fantasycomics

A comic page showing Kermet (male dragonborn) knocking out a half giant with an uppercut in the first two panels. He shouts: "GET FUCKED YA BLOODY DRONGO!" as he does so.

The third panel shows two goons shouting at Kermet: "Hey! That was our boss!" "GET HIM" as Kermet stands with his fists ready. There's a crowd formed behind him.

The fourth panel shows the one goon running up and throwing a punch which Kermet ducks under. In the fifth panel Kermet suplexes the goon with his head hitting and breaking the wooden floorboards.

Kermet shouts with a wild look in his eyes: "ANYONE ELSE WANNA FUCK WITH ME?!" on the sixth panel, which leads to him getting a pitcher of beer thrown at his face in the next panel.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 29/07/2026

Sketching in bed 😎 Burjack and Khadhi tea time (prompted by @dwuff.com ) and of course Jimothy the trash paladin. #traditionalart #sketching #sketches #sketchbook

A sketch of a male bugbear giving a cup of tea to a female leonin while snuggling close to her.

A sketch of Jimothy (the raccoon with short spine syndrome) wearing armour made of cardboard, soda cans and duct tape and wielding a trashcan lid in one hand and a toilet plunger in the other that nails driven through the rubber, turning it into a makeshift mace. He is standing on a trash heap.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 28/07/2026

I made a new guy during my lunch break today. This is Lazlo, an orc I'm playing in our upcoming His Majesty the Worm campaign (a game by @riseupcomus.bsky.social). He hates magic. #digitalart #illustration

A portrait illustration of a male pale-skinned orc with a side shave hairstyle revealing a scar on his head and mutton chops for facial hair and he's wearing a tattered cowl the hood of which is down. He has a miserable expression.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 27/07/2026

Talos Flintclaw, the leonin fighter in our Prophecy of Varaxes campaign! Bust commission for @tktigerkat.bsky.social ! Behind the scenes progress and a timelapse will be added to patreon soon! #digitalart #illustration #commission #commissionsopen

A half-body illustration of a shirtless muscular male leonin/anthro lion fighter drawing a bladed fantasy bow that has an eye built into the middle of it that is looking towards the off-screen target.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 25/07/2026

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

A fake anime screenshot showing a half-orc/gnoll facing off against a dark spirit trapped in a magic circle that's holding a tabaxi captive.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 20/07/2026

We have @sexwithfriends.bsky.social mugs at the office and this particular one makes me giggle every time XD

A mug of coffee with a print of some very janky 3D people having relations in a pixel heart shape design.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 18/07/2026

The timelapse for this is now up for patrons! If you'd like to gain access to posts like these, consider supporting. It would be greatly appreciated <3 www.patreon.com/bengeldenhuy...

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 18/07/2026

SAFC 2026 con badge commission for @scratch-ad.bsky.social! #digitalart #illustration #commission Timelapse will be posted to patreon soon!

An illustration of a male anthro St. Bernard in a modern detective outfit standing with his left hand in his pocket and holding a cup of black coffee in a red mug in his right. He is standing in a police office surrounded by paperwork, a chair, a desk and a pin board with red string as bright sunlight seeps through office blinds from a window to his right. The name "Scratch" is displayed underneath in a distressed typewritten font.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 12/07/2026

That Night Page 5/-! More updates will be posted to patreon soon if you would like to show your support: www.patreon.com/c/bengeldenh... Thanks! #indiecomics #queercomics #webcomics #digitalart #illustration

A comic page showing a dragonborn (Kermet), an orc (Harry) and an unnamed half-giant. Kermet says while angrily pointing at the giant: "That was bloody uncalled for! Apologize for being rude to my buddy right now!" to which Harry says: "It's fine Kermet, let's not-"

Harry is then cut off in panel two with the giant leaning face to face to Kermet and saying "And what if I DON'T?" Kermet, looking him straight in the eye responds with: "Well... then we're gunna have a problem now, aren't we?"

The giant then in panel 3 punches Kermet in the face and says: "Hah! What are YOU gonna do, little snake man?!" Harry has a horrified expression on his face.

Harry bends down to Kermet now on his butt, frantically saying: "OH MY GOD KERMET! ARE YOU OK?? ...SAY SOMETHING!"
Kermet just starts laughing.

Panel 5 is a closeup of Kermet's face wildly grinning with his eyes glowing red as he says, still laughing: "I'm good, Harry mate... BETTER than good!"

Panel 6 cuts to Harry's surprised expression as Kermet continues: "The REAL party is about to begin!"

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 12/07/2026

Hey everybody. Cash is a bit lean this month so I'm offering some bust commission spots with a relatively quick turnaround. Either B&W or colour! #commissionsopen #commission Alternatively, you can also just leave a small tip on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thebeardlyben Some examples in the carousel:

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 11/07/2026

Prophecy of Varaxes is now live! www.twitch.tv/LizardfolkLo...

A half orc/gnoll standing ready for a fight with a greatsword along with his pet frostbite wolf standing in a snowy tundra.

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 04/07/2026

That Night page 4/- ! If you want to read the rest that's out already, please consider supporting my patreon: www.patreon.com/c/bengeldenh... Thanks! #indiecomics #queercomics #webcomics #digitalart #illustration

Page four of my queer fantasy comic "That Night"

Panel 1 shows a whole bunch of empty tankards

The second panel shows Harry walking to get another round of drinks with Kermet and Burjack in the background holding their empy tankards upside-down. Harry says: "Hahaha! Alright fellas, I'll get the next round!"

In the third panel, Harry bumps into another guy's arm by accident spilling his drink.

The fourth panel shows Harry looking up at a half-giant man with a goatee and saying: "Shit! Sorry man, I-" and is cut off by the guy yelling: "Watch where you're going you fat fuck!"

Panel 5 cuts to Harry's scared face as he tries to apologise. The speech bubble reads: "I... I'm sorry. It was just..." to which Kermet yells from off-panel: "OY MATE!"

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The Beardly Ben @thebeardlyben.art · 02/07/2026

Happy 10 year anniversary to @dwuff.com Hoping for many more years of being in mutual weirdness together ❤️

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