Ricardo Bessa ✏

Ricardo Bessa ✏

@rbessaaa.bsky.social

Illustrator. Tags: #art #mtg #lifedrawing https://instagram.com/rbessaaa/ https://beacons.ai/rbessaaa

5,019 Followers 247 Following 202 Posts Joined Aug 2023
3 months ago

Thanks Alex but hey, the way I see it, the illustration pissed off all the right people so I must be doing something right

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3 months ago

Oh my god that illustration has been out since June last year and not once has "beerholder" occurred to me, THANK YOU

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3 months ago

It's official artwork commissioned by D&D, so it's not wrong

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3 months ago
Photo of character sheet on an ipad, a couple of D20s and a ongoing combat on a grid map

Ironically I've been busy today because I'm playing D&D with a bunch of gays, you can't make this up

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3 months ago

Overwhelmed by all the responses, ty and sorry if I can't reply to everyone!

To be clear, this was a knee jerk reaction - I'm not sure yet what can be done bc it's official D&D artwork, maybe it falls under "fair use"?? (As lame as that headline might be)

Idk. Rest assured I'll look into it tho

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3 months ago

I was commissioned by WotC to do it for D&D Pride, so it's official artwork

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3 months ago

Just for Pride merch (playmats, t-shirts) and they donated the proceeds to the trevor project :)

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3 months ago

Oh I hate that it was the sun if all places, but I love that outcome for you!

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3 months ago

On it 🤝

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3 months ago

Tbqh its largely passed me by 🤞 I'm never on twitter, I only realised it was happening from a rogue tag. Other than an email saying I was going to hell (lol) + an uncomfortable situation where someone posted a photo of me to try to decide if I'm cis (?), haven't had much directed at me

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3 months ago
Article image description reads "D&D artwork released for Pride month, depicting an elf and a demon in a romantic embrace" (it's half-elf and a tiefling. Romantic is right though)

"An elf and a demon" is so funny. I guess we're just letting whoever write whatever... Mr. Power, your story is yours to tell 💛

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3 months ago

Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess

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6 months ago

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

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6 months ago

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

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6 months ago

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

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7 months ago
the cover of my graphic novel

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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6 months ago

That's v sweet, thank you 💛

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6 months ago

Note to self

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

more concept art!

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7 months ago

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

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7 months ago

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

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7 months ago
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

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

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7 months ago

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

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7 months ago

Aww thanks you Dennis!

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7 months ago

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

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7 months ago

Lá estamos os dois ahah 🌌

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7 months ago

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 🌌

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7 months ago

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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8 months ago
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.

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

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9 months ago

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

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