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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm in a pack 💛 and in GREAT company too

Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · Sep 4

I had been wanting to make one of these for ages, and now that adding folks to Starter Packs is easier, and I had some time to kill while waiting for my plane...

Here is my pack of fave/recommended artists! Some of my heroes, my mates and many folks that keep me inspired! 💙
go.bsky.app/PiYCRZF

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you for including me, Eren!! I need to take this as a sign to be more active here! 🙏

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 21

Aw thanks! I'll definitely try to make something happen with this illustration 😊

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shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · Aug 11

I can finally say BUUZA!! is going to be PUBLISHED BY ABRAMS BOOKS!

I've had to keep this under wraps for SO LONG, but the Pre-Order links went up today, so it's official!!

BUUZA!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa will be available in the USA on 14th April 2026!

www.abramsbooks.com/product/good...

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 18

That's v sweet, thank you 💛

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 18

Note to self

V @visceralhit.bsky.social · Aug 6

Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · Aug 6

more concept art!

jello with a skull in it. text says "i know it was the '70s, but...why would you put that in jello?"

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 15

I might keep doing those but then compile into a thread? I think that might work

Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 14

That makes sense, yes! Also I guess I can do both? And thank you! 😊

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 14

Some favourite sketches from a life drawing session with the lovely @davidieuan.bsky.social, from before I left London. Should I start a thread with all my life drawing, or do people prefer separate posts? What's the consensus here?

#art #lifedrawing

A 3/4 portrait sketch of a man with a mustache, done with coloured pencil in blues, yellow and pink.

A colour pencil sketch of a nude man on his knees, arms hanging as they touch the floor, in shades of purple and blue

A colour pencil sketch of a nude man, sitting back in a relaxed pose, in shades of pinks and blue

A quick sketch of a man standing with an arm up and over his head, and a leg up propped onto a bed

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm crediting the amazing Sami artwork I was shown as reference 👀

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 8

Aww thanks you Dennis!

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 8

Oh I'm so glad you're enjoying it! The music is so good

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 8

Lá estamos os dois ahah 🌌

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 6

New one for @magic.wizards.com and it MOVES! SO happy to be a tiny part of the Edge of Eternities release!

Full illustration coming soon 🌌

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · Jul 28

Immaculate vibes.

Listen to the full #MTGEternities lofi: youtu.be/rXxR7j3Q5TA

Art by Ricardo Bessa

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hey! Yeah I should be posting soon :) thank you so much! I'm really happy with how the finished thing turned out!

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · Jul 9

Guess who's a new Magic Artist!! ✨

Haliya, Guided by Light, for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities' 🪐

Many thanks to the AD, the lovely Sarah Wassel, for the opportunity and the trust!

©2025 Wizards of the Coast #mtg #mtgEoE

Haliya, Guided by Light, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities'. A young black woman dressed in light armour with an orange cape and holding a sci-fi-looking axe, stands triumphantly on top of a pile of dead enemies in dark bulky armours. Behind her there's a flat orange planet against a light purple background with stars, while the silhouette of a ship flies by.

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Ricardo Bessa ✏ @rbessaaa.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you for stopping by, but mostly thank you for saying I'm nice 🥲🙏

nakayama festa waiting room @spiderbeef23.bsky.social · May 30

My fav haul from mcm london lol. Now I gotta make a token deck so I have an excuse to use these. Also @rbessaaa.bsky.social is sooo nice, it was lovely yapping with you!