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@beastliness.bsky.social
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henchman, editor, and official court artist of @stjohnstarling.bsky.social
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lately I've been getting really into lines - you guys ever heard of this?
Vertical paint stripes. Black on white. Stylized curly hair. Black on white. Wavy lines. Some vertical and some horizontal. Black on white. Irregular, geometrical patchwork of hatching. White on black.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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a very pure and innocent snail
Digital art. Simple drawing of a white snail embellished with golden spirals. Soft, hopeful, and slightly mischievous. Ground suggested by an irregular, geometrical patchwork of hatching. All in white, black and gold.
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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sketch practice
Digital art. Rough sketch. Two fragments of bodies. One on all fours, the other kneeling with arms raised. Pale green swirls and one snail fill the empty space.
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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OBSESSION
Digital art. Bright and psychedelic (but more or less accurate) representation of two leopard slugs mating. Their bodies twist together in a suggestive, slightly yonic shape. Their antennae are intertwined, creating a heart in the void between them. Daisies fill the background, crossed by striped, symmetrical ribbons of color at both lower corners. The same ribbon of color seems to drip or ooze from the upper left. All in canary yellow, sky blue, lavender, and very dark blue-green.
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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January 1 vs. December 31, 2025
Digital art. A snail in New Years black and gold. Top hat, party blower, and 2025 sash. Text near party blower reads "wary party noise." Digital art. Simple doodle. A snail that looks like it’s been through hell and back. Top hat crushed with lid popped up. 2025 sash crumpled and torn. Party blower missing.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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good morning
Digital art. Simple doodle. Dazed and exhausted-looking figure. Coffee cup in hand.
December 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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putting pins into that boy and studying him like a specimen
Digital art. Butterfly-sized boy, spread-eagle and fixed in place - in the manner that an insect would be mounted for display by a collector - by 6 pins in his clothing. Cute and angry-looking. Two hands threaten him with a 7th pin. Central figure in shades of black and white - hands and background in shades of green.
December 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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the upper hand
Digital art. Rough sketch. Three hands, two with palms faced down and one palm up. Romantic swirls emanate from them. Black on green background.
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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rarely have I been so grateful to not be doing the grocery shopping
Signal messages. Henchman: You’re lucky you’re not hearing this song about a hundred christmas kisses. Me: 😰😰😰
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I'm alive
Digital art. Simple doodle. Hand rising from the grave of migraine.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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thrift find of a lifetime this week and I'm feeling emotions usually reserved for an evil wizard gloating over his cursed treasure
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY @cupcakegoth.bsky.social 🦇💝💝💝
Digital art. Celebratory bat. Pink on plum-colored background. Happy birthday!
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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WIP 🫳
Digital art. Cropped sketch. Chin propped on daintily poised hand.
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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reviews remain very positive
Discord screenshot. Aeschylus-stan-account: AHHHHHHH! HE’S SO CUUUUTE! I ADORE HIM! He’s a cutie pie, in that he’s cute and built to be sliced open.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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when I can reliably reproduce this effect in the hearts of all who see him, I'll know that I have successfully depicted the charcter
Discord screenshot. Dr. Acula: No offense but he's kind of a cutie pie. Looking kind of edible like a truffle of some sort.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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underhanded means
Digital art. Cropped sketch. Two clasped hands.
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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trying to steal your soul through the screen 👁️
Digital art. Line drawing in shades of blue. One piercing eye with rays and spirals radiating outward from it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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• Beastly
• they/them
• disembodied hand
• sign up to read A COMPANION IN VICE → stjohnstarling.substack.com/p/a-companio...

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Digital art. A disembodied hand holding a pen. Saying “Hi!”
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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stray fragments
Digital art. Cropped sketch of a man’s face in profile. Digital art. Cropped sketch. A mouth with full, parted lips.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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have I ever mentioned that I like distinctive noses?
Digital art. Very rough sketch of a man’s face in profile. Nose has begun to be outlined in detail.
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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ANGELUS
Digital art. A weary angel reclining on a bed of clouds. His features are sweet and sensual-looking. His overall appearance is reminiscent of ripe fruit. Long curls falling in a luxuriant manner down his back and all around his head and shoulders. Heavy-lidded eyes and full, parted lips. All in white, black and gold. The same image again. Cropped to focus on the head and shoulders.
September 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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nose study (+ snails)
Digital sketch. A man's face in profile; his expression is sharp and intense. A strong, prominent nose; long and subtly curved at the bridge. Nostrils are slightly flared, giving the face a suggestion of power and anger. A sensual mouth; full, parted lips. The same nose is drawn three more times, each tilted and angled slightly differently. Trails of blue lines curl over the page in the wakes of two blue snails.
July 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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the longest, most soul-crushingly wretched-sounding meow you can imagine
Simple doodle person. Unimaginably sad, tired, and overall wretched-looking. Has cat ears and is saying "meow."
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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WRITHING BODIES
Digital art. A page of sketches. Anatomical studies of six human torsos and five slugs.
June 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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saturday night plans: become more deranged 💚
Discord screenshot. Person 1: how are you doing this fine Saturday? Person 2: I'm so crazy. I've become utterly deranged. but let's not worry about that right now. Person 1: seems as good as Saturday activity as any other.
May 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM