John Bilodeau Illustrations
@servsci.bsky.social
Toronto Traditional Pen and Ink Artist.
pronouns (he,lui)
No AI no NFTs
If you like traditional old school illustrations and need sketches, portraits, illustrations, reach out!
https://linktr.ee/servsci
pronouns (he,lui)
No AI no NFTs
If you like traditional old school illustrations and need sketches, portraits, illustrations, reach out!
https://linktr.ee/servsci
Watercolour practice - same mouse in the snow pic as with the ink wash practice.... Two washes down ..many more to go
#watercolour #mousednd
#watercolour #mousednd
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Watercolour practice - same mouse in the snow pic as with the ink wash practice.... Two washes down ..many more to go
#watercolour #mousednd
#watercolour #mousednd
Stocking stuffers and gifts for the cool people you know:
✨Looking for weird & quirky dark art & want to support a small artist over the holidays?✨
Grab something from my shop!
phasemoth.com/collections/...
International postage from the UK takes a few weeks, so please don't leave it too late! :)
#darkart #bsnm #cryptids #furby #birds #illustration
Grab something from my shop!
phasemoth.com/collections/...
International postage from the UK takes a few weeks, so please don't leave it too late! :)
#darkart #bsnm #cryptids #furby #birds #illustration
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Stocking stuffers and gifts for the cool people you know:
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I didn't know you had to apply to sell prints on inprnt... Now I'm nervous lol
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I didn't know you had to apply to sell prints on inprnt... Now I'm nervous lol
mouse sketch - where it all began with @miceoflegend.bsky.social
The world of those modules used mouse sized swords and not artifacts like this needle-sword, but I still like the ideas of a mouse kitted out with thread spool + fishing hook in place of rope + hook.
#osric #mousednd #mausritter
The world of those modules used mouse sized swords and not artifacts like this needle-sword, but I still like the ideas of a mouse kitted out with thread spool + fishing hook in place of rope + hook.
#osric #mousednd #mausritter
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
mouse sketch - where it all began with @miceoflegend.bsky.social
The world of those modules used mouse sized swords and not artifacts like this needle-sword, but I still like the ideas of a mouse kitted out with thread spool + fishing hook in place of rope + hook.
#osric #mousednd #mausritter
The world of those modules used mouse sized swords and not artifacts like this needle-sword, but I still like the ideas of a mouse kitted out with thread spool + fishing hook in place of rope + hook.
#osric #mousednd #mausritter
check out this dragon art:
you can now find BLACK DRAGONS prints in my inprint. As dragons go those are quite chill and friendly, the sunny-smiley type you know?
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mart...
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mart...
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
check out this dragon art:
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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My current Shadowdark lineup is a bunch of Weird Little Guys going through Cursed Scroll 6.
#SoloRPG
Tuttle Guy, Rat Guy, and a Goblin (inspired by the art for an upcoming comic from Image called D’Orc [half-dwarf, half-orc]; @majorspoilers.bsky.social had a preview and it looks pretty rad.)
#SoloRPG
Tuttle Guy, Rat Guy, and a Goblin (inspired by the art for an upcoming comic from Image called D’Orc [half-dwarf, half-orc]; @majorspoilers.bsky.social had a preview and it looks pretty rad.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My current Shadowdark lineup is a bunch of Weird Little Guys going through Cursed Scroll 6.
#SoloRPG
Tuttle Guy, Rat Guy, and a Goblin (inspired by the art for an upcoming comic from Image called D’Orc [half-dwarf, half-orc]; @majorspoilers.bsky.social had a preview and it looks pretty rad.)
#SoloRPG
Tuttle Guy, Rat Guy, and a Goblin (inspired by the art for an upcoming comic from Image called D’Orc [half-dwarf, half-orc]; @majorspoilers.bsky.social had a preview and it looks pretty rad.)
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Folks have been using this guide for making home games, self-publishing, and starting programs at libraries and schools.
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Folks have been using this guide for making home games, self-publishing, and starting programs at libraries and schools.
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
Check it out, and I hope it helps you create something amazing!
Find physical copies on @ipr.bsky.social:
https://loom.ly/wlk1Eis
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November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Friends who are into solo play, tarot cards and pocket monsters, dont forget to check my friend Daria @hodagsoup.bsky.social ‘s game :3
She have put a lot of love into it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/521...
She have put a lot of love into it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/521...
Creature Capture Cards!
A GM-less Monster Catching Tabletop RPG that uses Tarot Cards as dice! Play solo or collaboratiely with up to 4 players.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Friends who are into solo play, tarot cards and pocket monsters, dont forget to check my friend Daria @hodagsoup.bsky.social ‘s game :3
She have put a lot of love into it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/521...
She have put a lot of love into it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/521...
Great post
New on RPG Gazette: a deep dive into how the OSR aesthetic went from scrappy blog maps to full artpunk identity. From early zines to MÖRK BORG neon chaos, here is why the look became a movement.
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
Why the OSR Aesthetic Became a Movement: From Old School Renaissance blogs to MÖRK BORG’s art-punk explosion
At one point in my obsessively reading OSR blogs, junking through home-printed zines, and debating random encounter tables at unreasonable hours, I noticed something strange. The OSR aesthetic was categorically more than a surface visual preference for somebody. It was a declaration of values. All of a sudden scratchy black-and-white illustrations, crazily layered pages, handmade maps, zine-style-ness, and general rejection of clean or corporate aesthetics felt meaningfully loaded.
therpggazette.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great post
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PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@artofmaquenda.bsky.social 's stuff is like wall to wall show stoppers... you scroll through enough cool drawing online and you get a little jaded - then suddenly something they have done rolls across your screen and you just stop and stare...
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@artofmaquenda.bsky.social 's stuff is like wall to wall show stoppers... you scroll through enough cool drawing online and you get a little jaded - then suddenly something they have done rolls across your screen and you just stop and stare...
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Let's talk items. First up; the flow staff! You can see it in the trailer.
The flow staff folds in to fight and out to fly; both in the game and on the sheet. But it's weaker than most heavy weapons.
All illustrated items have mechanics on the back. Never look up a magic item effect again.
The flow staff folds in to fight and out to fly; both in the game and on the sheet. But it's weaker than most heavy weapons.
All illustrated items have mechanics on the back. Never look up a magic item effect again.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let's talk items. First up; the flow staff! You can see it in the trailer.
The flow staff folds in to fight and out to fly; both in the game and on the sheet. But it's weaker than most heavy weapons.
All illustrated items have mechanics on the back. Never look up a magic item effect again.
The flow staff folds in to fight and out to fly; both in the game and on the sheet. But it's weaker than most heavy weapons.
All illustrated items have mechanics on the back. Never look up a magic item effect again.
Sobering but real testimony on the challenges on doing what we are doing from a popular artist. (and keep in mind, AFAIK, she's in Canada, like me, where we have some social safety net, and don't pay thousands of dollars if we go to the ER with a bad case of the flu)
#indieartist
#indieartist
What I am reading is “yes it is possible but you will be miserable as fuck”.
As a worker class person who started with no money and who now earn 100% of her revenues from TTRPG, I can confirm that 1) yes it is possible and that 2) yes it is miserable AF.
Should you still try? 1/2
As a worker class person who started with no money and who now earn 100% of her revenues from TTRPG, I can confirm that 1) yes it is possible and that 2) yes it is miserable AF.
Should you still try? 1/2
I disagree that the _only_ way to practice your craft to produce your art is to have money already. It certainly helps! It fully SUCKS to be a game designer working on a cool thing while feeling stressed AF at the check-out because your WIC checks are running low & your toddler needs fruit! BTDT!
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sobering but real testimony on the challenges on doing what we are doing from a popular artist. (and keep in mind, AFAIK, she's in Canada, like me, where we have some social safety net, and don't pay thousands of dollars if we go to the ER with a bad case of the flu)
#indieartist
#indieartist
storybook dragon - watercolour practice.
I wanted a white birch forest - but trees, orange leaves, sky accidentally evokes a calvin & hobbes panel to me for some reason... I guess I absorbed that look for an "adventure in the woods" straight from Calvin's imaginary play.
#dragonart #fantasyart
I wanted a white birch forest - but trees, orange leaves, sky accidentally evokes a calvin & hobbes panel to me for some reason... I guess I absorbed that look for an "adventure in the woods" straight from Calvin's imaginary play.
#dragonart #fantasyart
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
storybook dragon - watercolour practice.
I wanted a white birch forest - but trees, orange leaves, sky accidentally evokes a calvin & hobbes panel to me for some reason... I guess I absorbed that look for an "adventure in the woods" straight from Calvin's imaginary play.
#dragonart #fantasyart
I wanted a white birch forest - but trees, orange leaves, sky accidentally evokes a calvin & hobbes panel to me for some reason... I guess I absorbed that look for an "adventure in the woods" straight from Calvin's imaginary play.
#dragonart #fantasyart
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November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you're in Toronto between now and Feb, go check out the fantasy and scifi map display at the Merril Collection (3rd Floor of the Lillian H Smith branch on College)
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you're in Toronto between now and Feb, go check out the fantasy and scifi map display at the Merril Collection (3rd Floor of the Lillian H Smith branch on College)
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
I love these old maps and they have a couple by Phillipe Druillet, one of my fav artists.
#osr #fantasyart #fantasymap #tpl
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Checkout these beautiful #Mausritter characters 😍
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Checkout these beautiful #Mausritter characters 😍
pigfolk mushroom farmer.
I have a mental image of a pig faced orc society focused around iron mines and mushroom farms. Chaos magic enhances both the shaping of metal and the spread of fungus...
They'd slowly take on a fungal element as they are infected by their labour.
#osr #fantasyart #dnd
I have a mental image of a pig faced orc society focused around iron mines and mushroom farms. Chaos magic enhances both the shaping of metal and the spread of fungus...
They'd slowly take on a fungal element as they are infected by their labour.
#osr #fantasyart #dnd
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
pigfolk mushroom farmer.
I have a mental image of a pig faced orc society focused around iron mines and mushroom farms. Chaos magic enhances both the shaping of metal and the spread of fungus...
They'd slowly take on a fungal element as they are infected by their labour.
#osr #fantasyart #dnd
I have a mental image of a pig faced orc society focused around iron mines and mushroom farms. Chaos magic enhances both the shaping of metal and the spread of fungus...
They'd slowly take on a fungal element as they are infected by their labour.
#osr #fantasyart #dnd
I need to figure out a way to do an ink version of this that doesn't lose the lurking stillness of the pencil shading...
#osr #shadowdark #porc #redraw
#osr #shadowdark #porc #redraw
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I need to figure out a way to do an ink version of this that doesn't lose the lurking stillness of the pencil shading...
#osr #shadowdark #porc #redraw
#osr #shadowdark #porc #redraw
this is a beautiful idea. The more you draw, the better. We need this for every game
Drawing item tokens for my “Tails and Trinkets” expansion for the Mausritter ttrpg.
Check out my project on Backerkit. Link in the Bio.
Check out my project on Backerkit. Link in the Bio.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
this is a beautiful idea. The more you draw, the better. We need this for every game