Ben

Painted tiny men as a teenager, took a break for about 17 years, got back into it last year, set this account up to show the world my efforts.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

If any of you want to keep in touch with me when twitter collapses, I'm on Instagram as @paintingtinymen. I rarely use it to post stuff, but I do reply to messages

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@jamesisfine I suspect he could be turned into some sort of fuel to help bring heating bills down.

[Gary Neville @GNev2]

General Election please! 81,000 Tory members voting for Liz Truss isn’t a mandate to be Prime Minister of the UK. 🗳

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

It was my housemate's birthday last week, and as is fast becoming a tradition, I painted her a birthday mech suit. This one's the Eva-00 from Neon Genesis Evangellion.

Posca pens and acrylic paint on heavyweight paper.

#evangellion #eva00prototype #fanart #mech #artwork

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

I decided to combine the two inked drawings I posted over the last few days into a single piece. I wanted to go for a 'what if Stranger Things were released as an era-appropriate comic'-vibe. I'm pretty pleased with the result.

#StrangerThings #ComicArt #fanart #werenotheroes

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

Another Stranger Things inspired piece, done with pentel and tombow brush markers on Bristol board.

#strangerthings #vecna #art #fanart #inkdrawing

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@JamesJohnRios Thank you.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

Bit of inking practice from last night, trying to get the classic 1980s comic style down, which seems fitting given the setting of Stranger Things.

Combination of #pentelbrushpen and #tombowbrushpen on Bristol board.

#StrangerThings #fanart #dustinhenderson #EDDIEMUNSON

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

A friend of mine is a big fan of the new Warhammer 40k squats, and wanted a profile picture in Ganes Workshop's house style. It was really fun to do. #warhammer40k #leaguesofvotaan #squats #digitalpainting #portrait

[Benny Hunter @BennnyH]

An unaccompanied 16-year-old Eritrean boy turned up at our youth club this week, just after opening, with some others.

He was a new face so I asked him how long he'd been in the UK and he said: "today".

I said: "what do you mean 'today'?"
He said: "I arrived, just today".

🧵

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

It was my friend @WOTFANAR's birthday the other day. As there was no way I was going to be able to surprise him with a Gunpla kit he didn't own, I did him an art instead. And now that I've finally given it to him I can share it here

#gundam #gunpla #art #illustration

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

Did this as a gift for a friend. Thought I'd share it here too.

Colour pencil over alcohol marker underpainting

#tiger #polychromos #art #drawing

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

What ‘happened’ to free speech is that people who don’t look or think like you started actually exercising it and you *lost your goddamn mind*.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@Danacea Absolutely agreed. At 2.5 hours they weren't far off a six episode mini series anyway, and giving the characters the breathing room would have made them much more compelling.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@RedZippo70 @ManMadeMoon If they ever remake the show, maybe they could cast Sam Rockwell

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

Coming to the end of a contract, and as it draws to a close I've found myself thinking of @ManMadeMoon's movie, Moon.

Although because I've been working a lot, it's taken me a week to finish, so now I only have one week to go.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@nick_bayton Is that how the water main got broken?

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

I was having a conversation today, and someone mentioned a pub called the Oyster Wharf. My deliberate misunderstanding inspired this doodle.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@Wargaming_Rev @WarComTeam So many people who have never done wet blending, or painting with glazes, assume its hard, when actually it's an incredibly good way to get good results, and actually pretty easy.

[Ben @PaintingTinyMen]

@Wargaming_Rev @WarComTeam That's definitely the best way. I think the down side of it being so easy to talk to other painters is that we internalise a lot of other people's hang ups early on with painting, before we even try for ourselves...