Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond

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✨she/her, tired 30-something ✨character art and illustration - no AI here ✨working on F-Infiniti and Shine Your Last ✨books, TTRPGs, romantasy, and robots ✨contact me at bee@thoughtbubbleart.com

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Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· 23d

This is BRILLIANT.

Tiffany Pollard meme with the text “DOUG DIMMADOME!?!?”

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· 29d

IT WAS SO GOOD???

“santa teresa solera rum, truffle watchpost, braulio, cardamaro, mushroom, sherry, angostura bitters”

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· 29d

Absolutely blessed stay in Washington and I finally received proof that Rainier is real. It’s going to be hard to leave this place again.

Photo of Mount Rainier because it’s apparently real

Another photo of Mount Rainier and proof that the state of Washington wasn’t lying to me

Photo of the herbal mushroom cocktail I drank on a roof in Seattle because hell yes mushrooms

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Jul 8

Beyond stoked to be working with @infinite-citadel.com on HOPE DIES LAST, featuring two new campaign frames for #Daggerheart that we’d love to give you a glimpse of below! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Book cover for Shine Your Last, featuring a trio of heroes on the bottom half, including a winged seraph with glowing sword held aloft. The faces of the Church of Unity loom oppressively in the stars above, and starships of the Church and the rebels who oppose them prepare for a galactic clash.

Illustration of a Katari rogue looking toward the viewer with a cocksure expression.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Jun 27

Day completely derailed by finding an injured bee in the middle of the pavement in a heavily trafficked area and like hell was I leaving it in that situation. Bee condo is currently under construction by @cblockus to replace the ventilated jar. (And graphic tag applied for non-bee-enjoying bsky.)

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· May 25

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$Edit of a four-panel “comic” created from a video of Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor. The first panel reads “How are you tonight? Having a good time? Ready to party? Have fun?” The second panel reads: “Well that was the last guys. Wrong fucking NHP.” The third panel reads: “We’re here to have a bad time”. The text of the word “we’re” is red, and appears to be glitching and refracted. The final panel features the sound effect of a synthesizer playing.$

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· May 16

Lancer character commission for @nenosronhir.bsky.social. Thank you for letting me draw this absolute disaster (affectionate)! #lancerrpg

Artwork of a pale masc figure with messy shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a leather jacket covered in spikes, pins, buttons, and patches. His eyes are glowing orange and his right hand is mechanical and loosely holding a cigarette.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· May 5

Lancer character commission for @daxolotl.bsky.social! In this house we love Miss Cleo Albright. #lancerrpg

Artwork of a dark-skinned woman with curly black hair. She is wearing a cropped orange cardigan secured with a moon-shaped brooch over a white sleeveless top, grey pants, glasses, and large gold earrings that resemble a circle nested in a half-moon. She is using braces for mobility assistance and gazes thoughtfully to the left.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· May 1

Posting the tiniest doodle I have ever doodled but he crept back into my head like a bad habit

Scribble of Emet-Selch from the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV that now includes a free trial up to Shadowbringers which you should absolutely play for like ten thousand reasons. Brought to you by Bee stopping in the middle of doing laundry because she was overcome by the need to doodle this man.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Apr 5

I've been making tweaks to my favorite ink and painting brush that's been sitting on a shelf for a while, which means I end up with another little emotional support pile of unfinished Hal doodles (and also one fewen).

page of grayscale doodles featuring a humanoid-shaped robot with multiple arms and wings, a masc character in assorted outfits, and a single female in an 1980s-anime-inspired outfit.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Apr 4

the beating heart of a distant star #lancerttrpg #lancerrpg #originalcharacter #rkgk

colored sketch of Lancer pilot Feren Wainridge, seemingly suspended nude in space with her eyes closed and arms loosely wrapped around her chest to cover it. Her hair wafts up as if she's underwater. Stars both caress and censor her form, and are strung up in her hair and across her body like ornaments. She wears a contended expression.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Apr 3

What's waiting beyond the finish line? We won't find out without you. Go the #SpeedofSad with #F-Infiniti for #OrbitalBlues at ttrpg.link/formulainfin...

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Apr 3

Go fast. Don't crash. A glimpse at some of my art for #F-Infiniti, a standalone racing supplement for #OrbitalBlues and part of #OrbitalBluesMonth! Learn more about the book, support us on our way to the finish line, and go the #SpeedOfSad at ttrpg.link/formulainfin...

A weary masc individual with messy hair and wearing a leather jacket lights a cigarette with a melancholy expression. Behind him, an explosion spews smoke and debris into the sky. A battered racing helmet rests at his side, the visor cracked from an impact. Perched on the wreck of his own ship, perhaps he considers what got him to this point.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 24

Hot take I guess but I think that people who do not or cannot drive or have access to a vehicle deserve to be able to get to where they need to go safely.

Entrance to ice covered pedestrian bridge

Long stretch of ice covered pedestrian bridge

Stairs leading down from bridge that were nothing but — you guessed it! — solid ice

My entire boot sinking up to the calf into the snow I was forced to wade through because there was no other way to get to safe, shoveled ground

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 14

Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen. Dark Light came out the year prior but that didn’t stop me from looping the first half of that tracklist for like two years minimum.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 11

GIRL, ME TOO.

Screencap of Icelina Eschonbach from Mobile Suit Gundam having a good cry

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 10

Definitely posted the wrong file and not the correct one where I'd made tweaks to Head #2 so that I was happy with him, but that's what I get for dropping my warmups when I'm two seconds from going to bed!!!

three greyscale heads that bee drew in an attempt to play with expressions. from left to right they are a woman with a crooked smile and raised brow, a man with dark hair that's slicked back and is wearing a look of some concern, and a masc figure with white hair who is glitching out while angry and totally not an NHP in a state of cascade

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 10

warmup heads from earlier today 🎤☕🔴

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Feb 6

404. I am not found. [warmup, studies, character exploration, breaking my rule about not giving a certain NHP a Look] #lancerrpg #lancerttrpg

Black and white sketches of a masculine-leaning figure with white hair that, when moving, almost appears as flame. Their eyes feature black sclera and a lack of pupils, with one iris red while the other is mostly gold. A gold line bisects their face, running horizontally over the cheek and nasal bones. They appear to be cybernetic from the neck down, or are wearing a futuristic hard suit.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Jan 12

I genuinely love it when NYC caters to my lifelong need to enter Jareth’s labyrinth.

Photo of a walkway beneath New York City scaffolding that terminates in a dead end. “This Way” is scrawled on the wall with an arrow that points off into the shadows.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Dec 15

Some July and Feren for your Monday. I've had this draft sitting on my iPad for a while but I think I'm going to end up reworking it a little bit, so may as well share the current iteration! #lancerrpg #lancerttrpg

Unfinished sketch of a man and woman sitting side by side on a bench, wearing futuristic body suits. The man looks off to the side, pensive, with a tablet within reach of his fingers. The woman is seemingly asleep with her head on his shoulder, legs curled up on the bench. She wears the poncho he normally keeps over his hardsuit. They recently went through The Horrors. A rail gun was involved. It was bad for everyone.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Dec 1

Getting to this way late, but we did some damage at #PAXUnplugged last weekend that definitely warranted walking around with a bag that said "I love indie TTRPGS". 😅 Shout outs to: @plusoneexp.bsky.social @gilarpgs.bsky.social @goodluckpress.co @soulmuppet.co.uk @gameswell.shop

Photo of the tabletop roleplaying games Slayers, This Old House, Dying of the Light, and Primadonna, as well as the Pox supplement for the game Hunt and the Wicker Park supplement for Slayers. Finally, finally have the copies of Slayers and This Old House that I regretting not grabbing last year!

Photo of the tabletop RPGs We Shall Be Monsters and Insatiable Cravings, as well as the duet copies of Before the Bog God that allow you to experience the same story from two different perspectives. Also seen is the QuickStart for Hinterlight!

Photo of the TTRPGs Contact, Lady Dee's Grand Ball, The Festival of the Hidden Moon, and Underneath. Also pictured is Prickly Pear, a card game by Gameswell.

Photo of the physical copy of Orbital Blues I let myself pick up as a treat while waiting for F-Inifini (alongside the promo for F-Infiniti)

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Nov 21

PAXU Day 1 on my overdue vacation. Felt cute. Time for crab. 🦀

Bee waiting for crab. She’s having a questionable hair day.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Nov 18

Better with your eyes gazing upon me. 🫀🍁🪲 Insomnia-fueled #Frankenstein WIP.

Work-in-progress sketch of the Creation and Elizabeth from Guillermo del Toro's 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein. A woman with long hair and a gown with sleeves made of uncoiling ribbons has her arms wrapped around the neck of a tall, stooped man with long hair and lines of facial scars. She gazes up at him with a smile. The man holds her carefully, bulk covered in furs, and gazes down at her with a smile of his own.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Nov 17

A quick study because once again GDT has released a film that's touched the deepest parts of my soul and I haven't been able to stop thinking about his #Frankenstein adaptation for weeks.

Digital sketch of the creature/creation/Adam from Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Oct 31

Happy Halloween from their reality to yours ✨

Sketch of OP's Lancer RPG pilot, Feren, dressed as Marvel Comic's The Scarlet Witch, with a smaller version of her mech, Halcyon, behind her dressed as Marvel Comic's Vision, both posing in an homage to a comic cover by artist Russell Dauterman. Feren is dressed in a red leotard that bares her legs and shoulders. The insignia of Smith-Shimano Corpro is emblazoned on the chest. Her long, black hair is tinged pink at the ends and glitters. She holds a whirl of equally pink, glittery magic between her raised hands as she stands facing slightly to the side. Halcyon is a four-armed robot of masculine build, currently painted green, with arms painted yellow to the biceps as if wearing gloves. The tall collar of a yellow cloak is tied around his neck, propped up by part of the chassis. A red, featureless faceplate like that of a helmet is where his face would be, with a red "eye" of light projected onto it.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Oct 23

Finished this last night and I’m still thinking about it. If you’re in the mood to pick up some 17th Century erotic folk-horror, Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay really hit with something both powerful and dreamlike.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Oct 23

Precious cozy hours right now ft. Jack

Photo of a black and white tuxedo cat who is sitting on a grey sofa in a position that’s kind of like a man. He’s looking off to the side, likely thinking about shrimp. He has a white chest and lower-face with a little black nose, white glove-like markings on his front feet, and white sock-like markings on his back legs.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Oct 15

Uncleaned and unfinished, but it's been a wacky few weeks and I missed Feren very much. Her song keeps me going. 🦋✨ #lancerttrpg #lancerrpg #originalcharacter #rkgk

Sketch of Feren Shion-Wainridge, OP's Lancer RPG character, in her public persona as the musician sOna. She is a fair-skinned woman with long, pink hair singing into a microphone while wearing a glittery, light blue ballroom-style gown and gloves.

Bee O'Connor | To Infiniti and Bee-yond@just-a-bee· Aug 30

New shirt is Extremely Good