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Cartoon Beardy
@cartoonbeardy.bsky.social
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Ex VFX artist and animator.

Internet Curmudgeon and generally a bit of a shambles of a human being.

For your own safety do not ask for help with DIY projects.

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Here’s a timelapse process video for the bulldog sketch I did tonight
#Art #video #timelapse #dog #bulldog #drawing #animalArt
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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It’s not all monsters y’know… Sometimes I draw other stuff like this chonky pup
#Art #Drawing #Bulldog #dog #animalArt #ProCreate #ProCreateArt
A digital painting of a defiant looking beige and white bulldog
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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#Dreadcember day 6 - more chilly horror with The Thing. There’s lost of stand out parts but I remember this as I went to see Wrath of Khan at the cinema in ‘82 aged 12 and this was the final shot in the trailer show at the time and it scared the crap outta me 🤣
#Art #TheThing #DarkArt #HorrorArt
A digital painting of a “man” lit by red light his mouth open wide in a scream. His eyes wild and his arm a mess of unnatural red tendrils
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hey, artist! Quote with your red art! 🟥
A digital painting of a HR Giger biomechanical Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise the creature is bathed in red and pink light and has a more feminine appearance than the traditional creature as it appears in the films.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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I don’t know who is the bigger idiot. The cat for thinking that me crouching down to sort the washing out is an opportunity for a sit down on me. Or me, for letting it happen.

It’s me isn’t it!?
#caturday
Ginger cat silhouetted against a kitchen window Ginger cat silhouetted against a kitchen window A ginger cat laying on a lap of a man sitting on a kitchen floor like an idiot
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Another #Dreadcember entry just because why not...

I thought frosty horror and this leapt to mind.

#Art #DarkArt #Shining #Horror #HorrorArt #BSkyArt #Cold
A digital sketch of Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance from the movie The Shining. Silhouetted in a frosty light a very angry looking man, clutching his chest to hold his coat shut glares at the camera
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Had a bit of time this morning and thought I'd have a stab at a bit of wintery horror for #Dreadcember
Not my finest hour, but it was fun to doodle for 30 mins while on a teams call.
#Art #Horror #DarkArt #Krampus #Winter #HorrorArt #BSkyArt
A red shadowy shape stares at you with bright red eyes. Bearded features are barely visible beneath the shadow of the red cloak. Black horns protrude out from the shadows, while snow drives across the whole image.
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio Del Toro looking unwashed, unshaven, disheveled, haggard and in Leos case, still in his dressing gown, share a can of cheap bear sitting in a car
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Afternoon all, took a break from drawing after Xenovember and margarita alcohol poisoning on Monday night 🤣

But here’s a Penguin sketch based on reference maquette on a Facebook daily drawing group.

#art #character #penguin #batman #sketchbook #pencilart #drawing #copic #bskyart #fanart
A pencil and marker pen sketch of Chester Cobblepot aka The Penguin from DC Comics Batman series. The character is highly stylised to look like an anthropomorphic emperor penguin in human form. Wearing a lavish top hat, monocle, fur lined coat, bow tie and waistcoat. The characters nose is long, thin and comically oversized to imply a penguin beak. While the head is squashed and wide nestled in rolls of neck fat
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I think the last time I was at Wembley Arena, Wet Wet Wet were at number one

God I’m old
The stage at Wembley arena lit in blue light
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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To celebrate finishing #Xenovember challenge here’s a time-lapse of Day 30
#Art #DarkArt #Alien #Xenomorph #Film #HRGiger #Horror #HorrorArt #ArtChallenge #video #timelapse #process
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#Xenovember Day 30 Challenge Done - the month comes to a close so I went old school working from reference. Lambert is about to get some unwanted attention.

#Art #DarkArt #Alien #Xenomorph #Film #HRGiger #Horror #HorrorArt #ArtChallenge
A digital painting of a scene from the movie Alien. The titular creature stands on the left of the screen mainly in shadow, looking to the right. Parts of its biomechanical skeleton is highlighted by strong light which intensifies the shadows making the creature’s features hard to define
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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#xenovember day 29 - Another stab at an Alien Human hybrid reimagining. One more day to go…

#art #xenomorph #alien #HRGiger #horror #horrorArt #DarkArt #BSkyArt
A dark biomechanical creature with human features bathes in a sickly yellow light from above its eyeless head
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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“Get the fuck outta my seat!”
The pope stands on a plane with a baseball bat in his hand
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Behold! The self adopted ginger doofus sleeping the sleep of the just. Despite being an agent of chaos that managed to knock / spill an entire cup of tea straight into my shoe I just took off
#Caturday
Ginger cat sleeping calmly on a sofa despite turning my running shoe into a makeshift mug of tea!
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Post your favorite "The Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne from the TV show Community. He is an old man dressed in fancy dress to look like a Barbarian in a badly stuffed costume with fake muscles. He also has a stuffed owl stuck on his left arm. And the caption below says “I am the Beastmaster”
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Inspired by @superactionfunboy.bsky.social I’ve had a crack at a redesign of the #Xenomorph hybrid / Alien Romulus Newborn for #Xenovember Day 28

#Art #DarkArt #Alien #Horror #HorrorArt #HRGiger #BSkyArt #Hybrid #Creature
A digital sketch of a portrait of a human alien hybrid creature. The creature is in a red gloom and its features are skull like. Its skin is lumpen and vaguely biomechanical, its eyes are pure black under a translucent skull cowl
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Not my actual #Xenovember entry for day 28. But a quick rough test of recording a #sketchbook timelapse. Didn’t really plan the sketch out so it’s all over the place and I should have started with harder pencils. But as a test its okay

#art #sketch #alien #xenomorph #drawing #timelapse #darkart
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Just been on Linked In for the first time in ages and got hit with this absolute bollocks about a “AI lighting analyser” and the poster actively admits they don’t know how accurate it is when 15 seconds of googling shows how barking mad the results are.

His comments are for connections only.
Some AI bullshitter results posted as fact by someone who doesn’t know how accurate it is, showing a supposed Lighting set up of an iconic shot from the film Blade Runner 2049. The shot is above and the AI result below. The AI assumes the set is small and there’s a few lights in a ring around the actor and the set is small. All of which is utterly ridiculous The ACTUAL footage of the Blade Runner 2049 lighting set up that is 100% not some AI nonsense
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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#Xenovember Day 27 - Went landscape for a change of aspect.

#Art #DarkArt #Xenomorph #Alien #HRGiger #Horror #HorrorArt #BskyArt
A digital painting of an Alien from the movie series Alien. The creature is on all fours running towards the left of the image
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Didn’t have a lot of time for a detailed #Xenovember entry today. So Day 26 is Meh

#art #xenomorph #darkart #alien #horror #horrorart
An alien from the film alien
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Etsy has me covered for reference material
A xenomorph wearing a Santa hat poking out of a decorated Christmas tree
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Finally #Xenovember Day 25 a testament to my patience, the undo key and trying to do this on four train trips. I’m surprised it’s not just a stick man or that I didn’t throw my iPad out the window in frustration.

#art #alien #Xenomorph #DarkArt #Horror #HorrorArt #HRGiger #ArtChallenge #BAkyArt
A digital painting of an Alien from the film series Alien. The creature is visible in a pale blue light it has its arms up as if to cower from the light. The shadows are blood red and the creature has a metallic sheen to its body.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you 🧟‍♂️
A zombie pours coffee into the top of its open skull
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Me last night: I will go to bed early, get a good nights sleep and be ready for tomorrow.

Me this morning:
A picture with the caption “Always start your day with a positive mental attitude” The picture itself is of a person, clearly ill in bed. Laying there, mouth slack, arms limp and the word “Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck…” overlaid near their head
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM