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Ricardo Bessa

2 years

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Ricardo, a Portuguese illustrator based in London. I've been working on all kinds of stuff, from YA covers to Magic: The Gathering, and I'm always looking for more ways to make the world gay and sunny. My links will follow!

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Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

2 years

The gays found my bakery again, hello new followers

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Can we have an lighthearted alien invasion movie with these two as protagonists

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

Hi! I'm Ricardo, a London-based Portuguese illustrator who needed a new pinned tweet. My links will be in the replies, and this is what I do 👇

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

He's the culprit #artvsartist2021 #artvsartist

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 years

Full art for Bearscape, one of the cards I illustrated for @MTGSecretLair 's Pride Across the Multiverse. Incredibly grateful and still perplexed that WotC let me do THAT. AD: the absolutely delightful Stephanie Cheung

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

Thought: I'm not a huge fan of doing colour sketches because given the chance, I WILL change the colours completely before I get to finals. Several times.

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

when you stay over at your boyfriend's and you wake up late for the photo shoot

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

So excited to post this - @clipstudiopaint commissioned me to do an illustration using their software! I had tons of freedom and it was FUN.

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

A little something I did to surprise this D&D group of mine. Sometimes a family is a druid, a bard, a wizard, TWO barbarians and a stressed out DM✌️✨

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Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

4 years

the sketch the final

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

I don't have any cute pets, so a bow tie will have to do 👯‍♀️ #artvsartist

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

I was explaining to a friend how I easily make foliage look fuller and I guess this is the closest thing to a tutorial I've made. Maybe some of you will find this useful?

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 months

Ok #Portfoliogay let's go

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 months

Hi gay! Happy Pride Month. I did a very queer illustration for @Wizards_DnD ! It's in a bunch of merch and all the profits will go to the Trevor Project, which is pretty cool. 🌈

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Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

5 years

I'm Ricardo, I draw a bit and overthink my colours a lot! 📷 📺 🏕️ #PortfolioDay

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Find this in this month's BBC Sky at Night magazine, alongside an article by Ian Candler on observing the sky while disabled. Illustration ⭐️ Sketch

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 years

⚡️ ONLINE STORE - Flash Opening ⚡️ 29/11 - 3/12 A quick sale this year - no new stock, but folks asked about a holiday sale so I decided to do it. These are some of the prints you can get (and art books + sketch book!) ✨ LINK IN REPLIES! ✨

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

2013: Arya fanart 2015: hired to draw for Game of Thrones History & Lore animations; they wanted someone familiar w/ lore. #fanartgotmepaid

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

Hey, Ricardo here, your friendly queer Portuguese illustrator who likes games, fantasy and most things adjacent! 💫 🌐 🎁 📸

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 months

New work! I did illustration for the @wizards_magic Modern Horizons 3 Gift Bundle 🌸 One of the coolest projects I worked on last year. I will take anything that lets me draw a flowing cape

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

To be me is to feel the constant tension between wanting to live in a big city but also wanting to live here

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

#tbt to this really old piece that I'm maybe sort of considering offering as a print, maybe? 🤔

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

#burlandfur 's campaign ends in 3 days, here's my piece. Check it out if you havent already!

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

I had the IMMENSE PRIVILEGE of illustrating @meakoopa 's new story for @Hazlitt -

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 years

I think maybe this one, some nice people enjoyed it

꒳Star ✡ COMMS OPEN (0/2)

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2 years

Im bored so let's do something artists, What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

See you in the air. My OTP (and two mains) Pharah + Mercy for #BaewatchZine , our @PlayOverwatch tribute! #Pharmercy

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

Website update: going for that grid look I've wanted for years and I REALLY LIKE HOW IT'S LOOKING SO FAR 😭

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 years

So happy I can finally show this off! Got to do this cover for @HarperCollins - Jay's Gay Agenda by @HeyJasonJune , coming out next year. It was super fun and I'd like to do all the YA covers, thank you

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

Did a Pride poster for @HP 's Printables! They gave me the freedom to do what I wanted. I wanted something cute and bright and joyful. 🌻

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Hey just wanted to show you this new print I'll have available at @ThoughtBubbleUK to bring you a little sunshine in November ✨💚

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

I'm trying to get some new prints done for Thought Bubble and I might hold off on posting them until closer to it? But there will be sneak peeks, like this one!

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Start > Finish

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

First one for @SmirnoffEurope 's Pride campaign. Boy kissing boys = excellent. #ChooseLove #SmirnoffPride

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

New illustration for @QuantaMagazine ! They gave me a scientific article about very complex concepts and I went "so ummm... adventurers??" and they let me, because they're extremely cool and you should read all their articles.

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

Some of my work that's too adult for Tumblr: - An illustrations for....... Forbes Japan (no nudity) - Stills of an animation for Game of Thrones (surprisingly no nudity, actually) - Digimon?? (...questionable design maybe, but no nudity)

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

And! I was asked by @ThoughtBubbleUK to do a banner for the Comics Central project! One of my fave things I did this year. 💖

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Last time I retweet this interview, I promise... but I had too because I still really like that illustration ✨

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@digital_arts

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"Sometimes just drawing two men kissing still feels a bit defiant" says @rbessaaa . Read our interview with the illustrator at

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

My series for @lightgreyartlab 's #Wanderlust exhibition, which opened last week! I wrote a bit about these pieces:

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

oh also here, a sneak peek at some Lúcio-ohs #BaewatchZine

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

wanted to try drawing a cape comic cover for fun AND I love a glowing woman, so this happened #CaptainMarvel

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Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

3 years

Oh it's #PortfolioDay ! I'm Ricardo, a London-based Portuguese illustrator - often working in publishing, games, editorial and advertising. This is what I do: 🖥️ 🌻

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Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

6 months

You're all being so kind about the Tamiyo art, thank you thank you 💛

henn, known robot kisser

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6 months

If you're unfamiliar, Ricardo Bessa gave us the *phenomenal* art for the Pride Across the Multiverse secret lair in Bearscape and Collective Voyage. Absolutely incredible work as always.

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 years

I have a really hard time finishing personal D&D art it seems, but I really wanted to say hi to #dndartists

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

Ppl saying "pokemon has run out of ideas" like we didn't have Rock With Arms or Five Eggs With Eyes or Literal Fuckin Pokeball in Gen 1

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

Revisited @HeyJasonJune 's characters from Jay's Gay Agenda, which will be available as a pre-order print 📜📜📜

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Ricardo Bessa

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1 year

HELLO! There's only 4 days left on the Pride Playmat Collection on Kickstarter w/ @OriginalMtGArt ! I extended the artwork just for this new format - take a look at the wider Bearscape below.🐻 Go go! #MagicTheGathering

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

You may have seen these around if you're in the UK - I worked with @picnic_studio on the campaign for the new season of The End of The Fucking World @Channel4 ! They're all really silly and fun and these are some of my favourite images of the bunch ✨

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Feels right to repost this old fanart of #AryaStark now, a propos of nothing 👀

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

Series of illos for Women's Weekly! A hit & run, an adoption, an affair, many gasps

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Ricardo Bessa

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9 years

Hi this is my work! It lives in these places

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

A wee new editorial illustration for Guideposts! Done for a short story about the kindness of a stranger.

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

Been a while since I posted any work, so here! I was honoured to be asked to do a Kickstarter incentive for @BeyondAnthology last year ⚡️

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 years

My other card for @MTGSecretLair 's Pride Across the Multiverse - Collective Voyage, featuring Chandra and Nissa having a gay old time

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

I've been meaning to do some @CriticalRole fan art for a while now - finally got the time, so I got started with a quick Beau portrait! 👊✨

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

Gay kid, now a gay illustrator. Still hesitant about participating in #queerselflove - which is why I had to.

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Ricardo Bessa

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1 year

I illustrated Episode 1 of @midstpodcast ! What a dream it was to work on these for @CriticalRole with the super lovely @Maxcx_well . This podcast is a hoot, I hope you enjoy it!

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1 year

It doesn't occur to any of these people what's about to happen... Hear the first tale of esoteric intrigue on a distant desert world as you enter the cosmos of Midst with Episode 1 - "Unrise", now available on YouTube and anywhere podcasts are found!🧡👁️

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

I recently saw these illustrations by Oriol Vidal for WHO and it's such a lovely project!

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

Hi hi I know I've been away a lot but here's some tiny bits from a book I've been illustrating!

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

Been looking forward to post these! Did a series of illustrations for Happenstance, a short story published in Women's Weekly.

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 months

Art VS Artist!

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Art VS Artist

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Cobbled together enough somewhat recent work to do this thing ☀️ #artvsartist

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 months

🌔 Planeswalker Tamiyo of Kamigawa 🌸 #mtg

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Illustrators, please take a look at this thread! It's so hard to know how everything works when you're just starting out, but please know: - rates like these aren't normal - deadlines like these aren't normal - clients like these are not the people you want to work with

🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ mcm london j-01!

@nooskadraws

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it looks like i'll have to write this thread earlier than i thought because GuESs wHo'S BaCk! this is the story of how BookLife Publishing offered me an interview for an illustration job last year, & how it all eventually went wrong. grab some popcorn, this is gonna take a while

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

When you can't quite get the mouth right

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

It's LGBT History Month in the UK! Illustrated an article on the work place struggles LGBT+ people still face. More:

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

It's #PortfolioDay and I can't post a lot of recent work I like yet, so I'll just retweet this 🙌

Ricardo Bessa

@rbessaaa

6 years

Hey, Ricardo here, your friendly queer Portuguese illustrator who likes games, fantasy and most things adjacent! 💫 🌐 🎁 📸

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Ricardo Bessa

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 months

Hi gay! Happy Pride Month. I did a very queer illustration for @Wizards_DnD ! It's in a bunch of merch and all the profits will go to the Trevor Project, which is pretty cool. 🌈

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

I was "invited" to provide content for a brand's social media Pride campaign on a "voluntary" basis and I'm tired

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Hey all... 🌟MY ONLINE STORE OPENING SOON!🌟 From Sunday 1st of December, through to the 9th! Prints, artbooks and a certain postcard for the critters out there! Keep your eyes peeled!

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

I hope it's not too late for a witchy illustration, because this is a little peek at one I just finished this weekend

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6 years

Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, and I was asked to contribute to SEEN, a show by @madeofmillions_ x @tumblr , opening tonight in Shoreditch. Based it on my own experience. Event details:

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

Did this illustration for @elite_traveler earlier this year! The article was about Moonlight Yoga in Bali, which sounds very fancy.

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Ricardo Bessa

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5 years

New illustration, for @calm 's Sleep story Bella's Bedtime Blanket! Really fun commission for a really lovely team. I cannot believe I managed to pull off a somewhat abstract background I'm happy with

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Ricardo Bessa

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1 year

Thanks so much for all the love on this 🙏

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 years

In case you missed it... ⚡STORE IS OPEN⚡until tomorrow @ 10 pm BST. Prints (including Bearscape 🐻 + Collective Voyage 🚀 for M:tG) and art books (only a few left!) You can also sign up to my newsletter for future updates!

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5 years

And I got to do spot illustrations too, which I never do! These were so wonderful to explore! ✨

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7 years

Second one for @SmirnoffEurope ! About a tweet that struck as pretty ironic. More: #ChooseLove #Pride

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

So hey, did some work for the #GameofThrones S05 blu-ray! The Dance of Dragons, more here:

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Ricardo Bessa

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8 years

Once upon a time I did a variant cover for @natazilla 's Bee & Puppycat! It was never used but it IS included in B&P Vol.3, out next month.

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Ricardo Bessa

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9 years

My contribution to Pepper Breath zine! These angels will give you hell.

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3 years

Cover reveal! 🌊

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

@nicodelort Also: legit thinking whether I want to scan sketch or whether i should take a nice pic of it next to a plant and a pencil and just, i'm tired

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7 years

Yesterday was life drawing day! Getting really into these colour pencils. A few more:

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4 years

Hey, so this was pretty fun: I got to draw the staff of @cavendish_HQ as fantasy characters, for their 2020 advent calendar. ✨⚔️

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

Thanks for all the love 🐸💖 that wasn't even the full page - here it is! #Lucio #Overwatch #baewatchzine

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Ricardo Bessa

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2 years

I found this Wiccan and Hulkling while looking through old notes on my phone? Hire me Marvel

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3 years

Something I loved to work on this year: wraparound cover for @jm_rinker 's The Hike To Home. A wonderful heartfelt story, and exactly the kind of stuff I used to read as a child ✨ For @MacmillanUSA

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Ricardo Bessa

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7 years

CASUALLY SEEING MY WORK IN A SHOW 👯

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Ricardo Bessa

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6 years

Hey friends, STORE IS OPEN - until December 2nd! ⚡️ ⚡️ Art books, prints, postcards - I hope you all find something you like. I only have a handful of some of the prints and they might go fast, so please keep that in mind!

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Ricardo Bessa

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4 years

I don't often bring up my undergrad in Lisbon but I just remembered that the school's corridors are sprinkled with casts of classic sculptures, and I don't mean to brag but that was really freaking cool

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Ricardo Bessa

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3 years

Took me years to realise this but this is 100% in line with my experience - invariably, the people who value my work+time the most are the ones who are the easiest to work with. And the opposite is also true.

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