Bess (🪼Comms open!🪼)
barnaclebess.bsky.social
Bess (🪼Comms open!🪼)
@barnaclebess.bsky.social
🔞 No minors please thanks! 🔞
Disabled POC queer artist!
She/they/any
Commissions: open! https://vgen.co/barnacle_bess
Website/Shop- https://barnaclebess.square.site
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Haven't posted enough about me and @whitefort.bsky.social 's upcoming visual novel/point & click game!
Here are the main blorbs~
first one is he/they
second is they/him
If you're tired of one-sidedly toxic yaoi (loose term), this one's for you!
#visualnovel #gameart #indiegame #art #oc #pocart #bl
Sigh. Time to go through the entire new procreate brush library and find something that feels better to sketch with and do quick shading with
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Erm... watching the latest episode of To Your Eternity.... the turtle scene?? Just... ???? I have so many questions
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Silly lil drawing of @tanukifatass.bsky.social and my fursonas! Sometimes you just gotta make cute shit for your friends 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
#art #furryart #fursona #oc
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Started the furry anime and... nobody told me it was monsterfucker-core???? Saw it and thought "oh a silly romance with furries in it, neat!"
💥rut💥
💥growling💥
💥biting💥
💥size difference💥
Had me over here jaw agape I AIN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT TYPA SHOW Y'ALL GODDAMN. AND WHY ARE THEY HIGH SCHOOLERS
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Have you seen my cows???
Well now you have! Available at my store, sleepingseamstress.bigcartel.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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[OC] Professor Morgana making her entrance in the Grand Duke's Masquerade.
🦇✨🩸
Still haven't played in this one shot, but I was inspired to make this painting of her. Originally I wanted to have it done for Halloween but here we are ~
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Is it called laundry. Because. You’re supposed to dry it in your lawn? Lawn-dry? Or am I crazy?
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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sketching out an idea for a new character I might make into a sona of sorts

(any pronouns)
#ocsky #art
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Drawings of places! I am NOT a background girlie but art school be art schooling… I have since added more prints to my “pin board” (really just a slab of plastic, it’s the only place we’re allowed to put tape/tack. But it does have a silly reflection to draw!) #art #sketch #traditionalart
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’m alive I swear-
more observational drawing! Kitty I found whilst escaping a strange man (medium length story)
The back of the paper is the Actual Art, but figured I’d post the front with the sketch as well just in case people couldn’t find the cat in there
#art #cat #traditionalart
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I am sitting here just thinking... Y'all, I think I peaked at writing toxic yaoi in a rehab facility parking lot ngl. Like how tf am I supposed to top that?
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yk sometimes I think about the fact that AMV editors are like the creative cousins of movie/show trailer editors
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I LOVE KOREAN BARBECUEEEEEEEEEEEEE

it is so tasty… it is so tasty and feels so full of love somehow… And am I crazy or is kbbq lowkey detoxing?
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Lord of Mysteries Fanart!
going back to my roots with the style and round brush only. Just a bit of fun today
~roughly 3 hours
#LordOfTheMysteries #LordOfMysteries #诡秘之主 #fanart
September 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Between uni projects rn and I have gone through the stages of:

1. Omg this feels weird what do I do now that I'm not honor-bound to work on anything specific?

2. Catch up on shows

3. Crash and sleep for 12+ hours

4. Omg I have one day left to draw whatever I want before the next project starts
October 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The one thing about making pancakes is that I have to sit here and make all of the batter, I can’t just save half to cook later, it’s not the same… they don’t turn out as fluffy… but also I had to take a break in the middle of cooking because my spine is failing me 👍
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Update. I got three done. Which is still a lot for a week, considering… considering everything about my artistic process lol, I didn’t even get three drawings done a week during artfight (although I was yaoi game jamming during art fight)
Finished The Summer Hikaru Died!

I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill.

Anyways, due to love, obsession, understanding, and girl math, I have convinced myself I can get 5 TSHD drawings done in a week <3
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Finished The Summer Hikaru Died!

I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill. I am so ill.

Anyways, due to love, obsession, understanding, and girl math, I have convinced myself I can get 5 TSHD drawings done in a week <3
October 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!

Store details below!
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Little Siamese with her little flower
🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🪻

#furry #furryart #furryartist #blueskyfurry #artmoots #quicksketch #sketchdump #furryoc #anthroart #siamesecat #cozyvibe
September 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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The Solar Warden
☀️
His wings lie in shadowed sleeves. Once the sun shines upon you, nothing remains hidden under his gaze.

#furry #furryart #furryartist #blueskyfurry #artmoots #quicksketch #sketchdump #furryoc #anthroart #furrycommunity #characterdesign #illustration #sketch
September 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Are we seeing the rendering on this??? Are we seeing??? The shading??? And the highlights??? And the texture ???
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More charcoal drawings!!! Ft. Ink, pen, and pencil drawings ~ can you guess which one I did first? Hint: there’s a reason I don’t do warmup drawings #art #stilllife #traditionalart
September 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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My starter pack for Black and Indigenous artists is now FULL!

Thank you to everyone who contributed, tagged their friends, and submitted!

Please share this starter pack and support Black and Indigenous artists 💖

(NOTE: There are NSFW artists in this pack, myself included.)
September 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM