Dex Greenbright

@dexthewriter.bsky.social

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Artist | SFF Author | pro DM/GM | 🏳️‍🌈Queer🏳️‍⚧️ Chicagoan (He/they) https://linktr.ee/Dexagonal_magic

The Chicago skyline at dusk on a clear night, as seen from just north of Foster Beach
A gray unicorn with flaming rainbow mane, tail, and eye. Art by Dex Greenbright. Text says “2026 | year of the horse”
Dex wearing and pointing to Seventh.ink's Mapled shirt where a delighted and curious skeleton inspects a maple leaf
a little goblin-ish, kobold-ish monster wearing a winter coat, hat, pants and boots. They look really excited and happy, and the pupils have been replaced with snowflakes
4 pet head doodles: Bard frog, wizard cat, paladin dog, and rogue parakeet/budgie
A "postcard" from the Studio Folly game Gubbins. It says "Quick, read up! Kept intel helps"
Art / sign that looks like a paper coming out of a yellow typewriter, seen in a store window. Words on the paper say "Question yesterday. Improve today. Aim for a better tomorrow."
A goofy cartoon T.rex ready to smash a red button on a console that says "DINOSAUR!" playing off of the "LIZARD!" meme from the movie Elio. The background is covered in the word "DINOSAUR!" repeated over and over.
A skull with black flames licking up from the eyes and all around. The person's innfer fire was described as "black like an oil slick, rainbow in the right light" so to represent that, I added a glitter glaze on top of the flames that will sparkle with rainbows when they catch the light
Cartoony cardinal sketch, with a very flat yet goofy expression
Little acrylic painting of a pigeon, the painting being held in the artist's hand. A couple of other bird paintings wait their turn to also be picked up, they have a goldfinch and a black throated blue warbler
Illustration of an excited peregrine falcon flying (Chicago fag color starburst background) looking at the viewer and saying, “We’re 1 week away! (From the 2nd ever Urban Birding Festival in Chicago) Come see Dex in the vendor room Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm. Below is the logo for the urban birding fest, the dates September 12-14, festival hub location is the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (with many cool guided birding opportunities around the city!)
A gorgeously shiny blue, aqua, and purple cuckoo wasp wanders on a plastic plate, gathering strength from the sugar water provided
A digital drawing of a screaming, crying opossum with a deep red, grungy background. Text reads “the horrors persist, yet so must I.”
Dex pulls a new Chaos card during a game of Tarot RPG at Fan Expo
An ad for a D&D oneshot game featuring a tarrasque (added some illustration to a photo of the biggest mini I have ever seem!) in a jungle setting. The game name is "Tarrassic Park" had its has a logo of a tarrasque in silhouette like the Jurassic Park dinosaur logo. Words: This expedition may just be a rescue mission. Tarrassic Park. Join the 5e homebrew oneshot by Diego Bruno (@gmdiegobruno)
An exhausted blue cartoon wolf with his tongue out. Words say “pardon my… everything. Rebuilding my entire digital life is tricky”
Gubbins digital "postcard" that reads "Fossil site hypes dinosaur!"
“Kiljoy was here” a combo of killjoy and Kilroy (the famous graffiti from ww2) A fat, naked, baby hands simplistic Trump cartoon with dead x eyes, frowning angrily as it looks over a wall.
A simple graffiti style drawing of a cartoon baby trump wearing only a taco. Words say "the new Kilroy" This cathartic doodle references 2 great memes about a terrible man, and one meme that helped drive hitler mad in ww2
Shiny pink mudkip Pokémon looking protective of his iced coffee. Words to the left of mudkip say “the only ice I like is in my coffee”
A variety of stickers on a silver laptop, including birds, D&D, Spiderman, a gay male zorua, sobek the spinosaurus, and a Hope Crow that a friend commissioned and I adored.
A dragon face with mouth open. The color is swirling pink, purple, and aqua. The eyes are purple and teal. I added a little tongue to this one and reduced the number of teeth (since they were hard to stick in. It also has more horns and jaw spikes, and pink ears w/ purple centers (illusion of depth).
A teal & lime dragon face made out of air dry foam/clay. It has an open mouth, pointy teeth, angry purple and yellow eyes, and while it dries, a green d20 die sits inside the open mouth.
A photo of the Dino Pride Pack and the 3 stickers within. Trans T.rex is roaring and includes the words "Trans folks have always existed," the archaeopteryx has the colors of the queer pride flag, and the glittery styracosaurus has cream colored horns, a pink claw scar over its eye, and colored like the intersex-inclusive pride flag. The background of the photo is a small pride flag and some tan fabric with little rainbow lightning bolts.
Wooden animal sculptures at the Christkindlmarket in Chicago. The one that makes me laugh is a tapir that looks shellshocked, with its eyes splayed and its tiny pupils.
A print of a mixed media piece I did. A little orange dragon snoozes on top of a purple mushroom growing out of a mossy log. The dragon has soft-looking wings and tail tuft, and thin deerlike (branching) horns. It is mostly a digital painting, but the log is actually a photo of an acrylic painting! The reason is I was working on an all-acrylic version of this piece, but I was so worried about messing up the dragon that I wanted to experiment in digital first. Obviously I ended up liking the digital version a great deal, so I finished it and mailed them out to my Patreon print club! Now I sell them on etsy and at conventions
A close up of a illustrated skull with rainbow fire in the eye socket. Game title: Queer Eye for the Dead Guy (guy is gender non-specific) Powered by Rough Magic Games Friday, June 20th @ 6pm CST Twitch.tv/roughmagic
June game schedule, corrected (all in CST) Monday 7-9pm - 1 seat left for the Broken Chains game June 20 6pm - live on Twitch June 21 11-3 - Brunch & Barbarians @ Paulie Gee’s June 25 5:30-9pm - Drinking & Dragons @ Revolution Brewing
A cartoon goblin running with a giant d10 die over his head. Words: It’s happening! 2 seats still open for tonight’s game. Tinyurl.com/broken-chains Come be a monster! - fun, friendly game - open world you can explore and even influence - a chill break from the weight of the real world - themes of found family and community building - a simple game system that is easy to learn
Full pride flag colors: A styracosaurus head looking right at us with a determined expression. It has claw marks over its left (our right) eye. The horns are cream colored, and the rest of the head is painted in the intersex inclusive progress pride flag.
Dex Greenbright’s June ttrpg game schedule Mondays @ 7pm (CST) Broken Chains: Minions No More Cozy, easy to learn game where you are a monster who is free from your evil master. Online game @ StartPlaying June 21st @ 11AM - 3 pm (CST) Brunch & Barbarians @ Paulie Gee’s One-shot adventures presented by Rough Magic Games. Pick a pre-created character and start your adventure! June 24th @ 6 pm (CST) A special game for Pride @ Twitch.tv/RoughMagic. See a band of skeletons cursed into mimics! To break the curse, they’ll need to rediscover a sense of self they haven’t had in ages. June 25th @ 5:30-9 pm (CST) Drinking & Dragons @ Revolution Brewing One-shot adventures presented by Rough Magic Games. Pick a pre-created character and start your adventure!
A 2-puppeteer, walking T.rex puppet patrolling the first floor of the Field Museum in Chicago
A werewolf, imp, Minotaur, and skeleton play a ttrpg together. Text says: Be a dungeon creature! Go on adventures! Have fun! Tonight!
Glittery gay frog sticker! A "sexy and he knows it" cartoon frog wearing a leather cap that has a halo sticking out, a leather harness, and a set of rainbow feathery wings.
A cheap children's educational toy that has 4 rotating wheels with letters on them so kids can try and spell out words. The words "stab" and "crow" are shown lined up. The toy is surrounded by colorful dice, since it was used in a D&D game.
In the bottom left corner is a post from Shannon Eichorn quoting a presentation from Susan Wilz. It reads “What are you doing to take care of yourself today? Feel free to use these five (actually 6) axes (plural of axis) of wellness to consider: * sleep, * nutrition, * exercise, * social support, * meditation/spirituality/brain defragging, * hobbies An orc man stands proudly in front of a wall of battle axes, each unique in style. He says “I’ve got mine right here!”
Two 5x7 prints on a small table, they are both digital illustrations of dinosaurs floating against their own swirling, colorful void with a Jetsons-like retrofuturism style. One dino is a stegosaurus and the other is an allosaurus. In the foreground on the table are a toy zuniceratops and an open sketchbook featuring an archeopteryx.
An askew view of my new art print featuring North American Birds of Prey. There’s a vulture, kestrel, a couple of owls, hawk, and falcon! This is in the same style as the Chicago Tree Birds seasons series. Text: join my Patreon print club this month & get some awesome birds! (Plus stories, wallpapers, extra art, sneak peeks, updates, & other downloads!)
“Orc Mornings” 3-panel comic featuring a modern orc family. Panel 1: An exhausted Orc dad sits at the kitchen table in his fuzzy slippers, drinking coffee, eyes closed, holding onto the only quiet moment he’s had in weeks. A battle axe is propped against the wall beneath a calendar. A frightened dog races from the hallway into the kitchen. Panel 2: Orc son (wearing only boxers) storms after the dog with his scrawny arms raised as he shouts “I WILL DEVOUR YOUR FLESH! I AM DEATH!” Orc dad opens one eye to glare at his son like wtf. Panel 3: Orc dad alone in the kitchen again, takes a sip of his coffee and says, “That’s great. Can Death also brush his teeth and put on clothes?”
A picture 'postcard' from the Gubbins game. Pastel rainbow checkered background with a little flower, a black heart, and the words "weaving nice colors for mom"
"Postcard" from the Gubbins app game. Rainbow background and the words "Dex = gay" and "be gay, do crime."
Flowers in the forest. Violets in the foreground and bluebells in the back
A stack of art prints with one more visible. It has a chunky, multicolored dragon breathing colorful bubbles instead of fire amid a blue and purple garden. The dragon's wings look insectlike, and instead of spikes it has crystals growing on its back and tail. Text over the photo of this illustration says "monthly print club - April: fairy dragon!"
A tree-lined Chicago sidewalk. Many of the trees have pink or white flowers blooming.
A "postcard" from the word game Gubbins. Green background with the words: Yes, today (is) sad. Opt (to) rally! Tomorrow, reason chimes!
It's Dex Greenbright "Artist! Author! Game Master!" as an action figure. The illustrated image proudly uses no AI in its creation. The back is space / night sky themed, but with a bright, wavy rainbow across it. This Dex figurine is in winter mode, which includes jeans, a black denim jacket full of pins, and a hoodie. Accessories include a sparkly d20 die (with the promise of character sheet & downloadable game), stickers including real designs like the pufferfish saying "fake it 'til you make it" and an Adulting Gold Star, an ipad & apple pencil, and a toy dragon. A hot coffee is depicted as "PWC (peppermint white mocha) sold separately"
A scene unfolding on a neighboring balcony, where a pigeon has been attempting to garner the affections of a plastic owl. The pigeon stares at the cameraman, incensed at being interrupted mid-courtship song. The plastic owl remains unmoved by both song and interruption.
3 cheap, tiny, plastic infants (blue, pink, and green) lay on the Cyborg card from the Cowgirls & Aliens oracle deck.
Illustration: drippy brown coffee dragon on a stone counter next to a tipped-over mug
Ad for Dex Greenbright’s Patreon, with a collage of doodles including a hawk, nervous werewolf, cute dragon, and a page of a novel. Words say “things to look forward to in April & May. Click the link in my bio and join today!” Or go to Patreon.com/dex_sketches
It's a detail of the "Relics From A Traveling Show" book cover I made, featuring Pippin, the majestic Maine Coon and real life cat of the author KM Herkes. In the illustration, he is mostly a loaf on the arm of a teal chair, atop a purple and gray quilt, but he's got one arm and his tail dangling down. There's also a book on the chair that has no words, but features a spider, web, and pig (Charlotte's Web).
A close up photo of an empty syringe lying next to a small bottle of Testosterone Cypionate. HRT is life saving, life improving care.
Rainbow infinity symbol (the inclusive and accepting Autistic symbol) on a black & dark rainbow background
An incomplete collection of empty bags of coffee beans (laid out on the kitchen floor). Top row: Lilacia by Spiritus, Triforce Blend by Halfwit (my fave), A Love Supreme by Dark Matter, Fossil Fuel by Two Brothers. Middle Row: Sunshine Daydream by Dark Matter, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe by Bridgeportcoffee, Sputnik, Hard Scrabble by Bridgeportcoffee, House blend by Metropolis. Bottom row: Dream Team espresso by Dollop, Sweet Home Chicago by Two Brothers, Songbird Coffee by Thanksgiving, and Creature Comforts by Whirlwind
A dark illustration of a crow’s face. It has blue and red-pink streaks in its feathers, a trans flag in the shine of its eye, and a cloudy trans flag-colors background. Crow knows who to trust, crow values kindness and punishes hatred, crow supports trans rights - always.
An illustration of a wet and dripping brown dragon the color of coffee (dark, hot coffee with foam). It happily stands in (or is it emerging from??) a spilled mug on a gray marble, coffee-stained counter. This is a piece of art by Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter (prints available for purchase on etsy)
Sign reads "Biological Reality: 1. Sex & gender are NOT binary 2. Trans people are natural human diversity and will always exist 3. Science supports gender affirming care 4. Trump, Musk, + RFK are eugenicists" and then "Ask this trans genomics PHD @jeymccreight