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Johnathan L Bingham

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Indie/OSR TTRPG Artist and Game Designer. Neurodivergent father to two awesome neurodivergent kids. Husband and devoted partner. Weird space wizard. He/Him. Trans rights are human rights. LGBTQ+ ally. https://linktr.ee/jlbingham

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you enjoy what I do, consider supporting me on Ko-fi! Every little bit means the world! ko-fi.com/ostensiblecat

Ostensible Cat Games Banner depicting several pieces of my artwork such as a mountain troll, the King in Yellow, Odin, and angel, a wolfwere, and Hecate

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a piece that I did as the cover for Strange as Angels Volume 1: Hell knights and Morbid Angels. It is quite a bit more embellished from the black and white cover piece. The text reads Bahal Tahl or Dark Wings in Enochian Angelic script.

A skull with a helm and visor raised is surrounded by dark wings in a circular pattern with text in Enochian Angelic script that reads Bahal Tahl or Dark Wings.

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 2d

It did! I had a lot of fun

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 4d

OK, sometimes you just gotta put yourself out there and get on with it 🙂. Wellington Zinefest is today, and I have a stall. Gonna go ahead and put this out there.

Skull with the Bleak Forest Sigil (A tree-shaped cross rising from an infinity symbol).

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Dr. Goodall. Thank you for everything and for being such an awesome human. I am ever so grateful that we got to see her speak here in Wellington several years back.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 12d

Wellington Zinefest next weekend. For the first time in 11 years since I've been here, I'll actually be selling some of my own stuff. I am excited/nervous.

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 12d

Kia ora koutou! I'm getting ready for a group show at Covenant Gallery. In keeping with the season, the theme is Occulture. Here's one of my four entries - Bahal Tahl or dark wings in Enochian script. I do love the spooky season. Cheers!

A skull with a medieval helm with raised visor grins out from a mass of dark wings encircling it, framed in a triangle within a black circle, and the words Bahal Talh or dark wings surround it. Cheers!

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 15d

Wednesday morning here in Aotearo, a New Zealand. No rapture, but then again, we are left off of a lot of maps :)

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 16d

It's Tuesday here in New Zealand. No rapture yet. Though we do get left off a lot of maps, so maybe we were missed. :)

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 19d

Mission accomplished. Disney+ cancelled.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 23d

Just saw this pop up on someone's Pintrest board as part of a Dungeon Synth collection. I did this one around 2011 or 12 for James Maliszewski of Grognardia. It was a tip of the hat to David C. Sutherland III's artwork. I always loved how DCSIII had these wacky little things going on in his work.

Adventurers discuss their course of action as an army of orcs spills forth from a skull-faced mountain. Above it all, a Dragon flies over and a castle floats in the clouds.

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 24d

Absolutely agree.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 28d

Still very much a work in progress. I have renamed the solo game to Escape the Bleak Forest, and the multi-player game will continue as Beyond the Bleak Forest. The solo game can be used as a character generator for the multiplayer game. I work slowly, but I am having fun working on it. #bleakforest

Hex map for the Escape the Bleak Forest solo ttrpg. This is the play area on which you lay randomly drawn hex tiles as you explore the Bleak Forest

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Sep 6

Heh, I always check. Coming from punk to black metal, I love the sound but am totally suspect of the politics.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Sep 2

In rotation today. Good stuff.

The Cover of Agonist by Latitudes. Depicts a boar facing off against a dog.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Sep 2

Another in my knights and knaves series. I give you Vampyropoda. Cheers and happy gaming! #horrorart #osr #occultart #occult

A skull-faced helm with ram's horns exudes octopoid tentacles and wields a flail.

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'm really digging Alien Earth. Three episodes in, and I really enjoy the glimpse into the wider Alien universe. I understand that it may not be everyone's cuppa and that is ok, but I'm here for it.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 31

Meet Tyto - my latest edition to my knights and knaves. I feel like he is more of a hobgoblin rather than the more devilish knights I've done. I've got a few more things to do with him, but prints will be made available at Covenant in the not-too-distant future. Cheers!

Tyto, a barn owl-headed hobgoblin knight. He is wearing goblin armour with a wicked man in the moon shield.

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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · Aug 24

Juggerknight

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 29

Death Takes the Field. I recently sold the original of this piece at my solo show - Strange Alchemy. I love it when my art finds a new home :). #ostensiblecat #artsale #darkfantasy #wellingtonartist

Skeletal knight takes to the field of battle against a horde of orcs.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 29

Odin at the Yggdrasil by me :)

Odin at the Yggdrasil with his wolves Freki and Geri and his Ravens Huginn and Muninn

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 28

After my solo gallery show, I've been in sort of a post-project funk and trying to get my groove back. I need to work on Escape the Bleak Forest/Beyond the Bleak Forest. I have a lot of ideas for things, just not the spark atm. It'll come, but post-project blues is a thing. #ostensiblecat #BtBF

Beyond the Bleak Forest Sigil based off the Leviathan Cross. It has a stylized conifer tree rising out of an infinity symbol.

Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 27

Anyone need a pig-faced orc illustration for their project? I have a royalty-free version up on my DriveThruRPG and Ko-Fi shops. legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5347...

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pig-faced orcs were the popular depiction of this nemesis back in the early days of Dungeons and Dragons. So, in honour of my gaming roots back in the old days, I've made my pig-faced orc piece available as stock art for you to use in your own projects. Cheers!

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just bought a copy of it. Great stuff! Thanks for the recommendation! Aroha nui no Aotearoa.

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judyds.bsky.social @judyds.bsky.social · Aug 25

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