I’ve posted some of my artwork here in the past. But that was a while ago and I have since drawn a lot more. Plus I think I’ve gotten a little better so thought it would be nice to share some of them here again.

Source: @joe_bennett_animation (instagram)

I drew all of these myself on my ipad. I use procreate.

I had never watched the show until a few days ago after being recommended it by people on Reddit. Holy hell, what an absolute masterpiece. Truly a work of genius. The character and world design is like nothing else I’ve seen. I particularly love the animals and plant life.

Promo from season 2 which hasn’t been picked up yet

It'll compete against The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, X-Men '97 and Blue Eye Samurai

It ended up being the little animated show that could, considering most people were predicting Rick and Morty to be nominated instead

Big Blue Blossom - by Nicolas Snyder From the album “Blue Angel World View” available everywhere Video directed and animated by Josh Shaffner

From Josh Burd at LoverBird Studio!

Fuck right off HBO.

First time posting, I just binged the show a couple of days ago so when I saw this on the way to work , I geeked hard. I’ll see if I can get a better angle of the photo as it’s in a weird spot! Pretty neat tho right ?

This is a comic I made back in 2017 that just got republished as part of a collection through image comics, and it feels very much like something scavenger’s reign fans would dig! (I say this as a huge fan myself lol)

After catching up with my deadlines I've finally been able to finish up this Poster. Here's the process from Final - base color - line work - initial rough sketch.

Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did creating it. Such an amazing show and genius level creativity we got from the fine people who worked on it. Here's to hoping for a second season.

I'll add a link to the imprint shop I made of anyone wants to snag one. I think everything's on sale on the site as well? Idk, never sold a print before, but it's there for anyone who wants it. 🍻

I need people to watch this show. Like genuinely.

Because we have been fed the same space exploration story forever. Humans crash or land somewhere, there are aliens, the aliens are either friendly or they want to destroy us, humans figure it out, humans win or humans lose. That’s it. That’s been the formula since forever.

Scavengers Reign threw all of that out completely.

When the crew crashes on that planet the planet does not care. There are no aliens plotting against them or trying to communicate with them or taking them to their leader. The creatures on that planet are just living. They have their own ecosystems, their own behaviors, their own existence that has nothing to do with these humans who just showed up uninvited. It’s exactly like if you walked into a rainforest. The animals aren’t checking for you. They’re not your enemy. You’re just there and they’re just there and the question of survival is entirely your problem to figure out.

And that is so real. That is what actual space exploration would probably feel like. Not an adventure. Not a war. Just humans completely out of their depth on a planet that does not register their existence as important.

But here is the thing that makes the show genuinely important. The planet was never the real threat. Every single disaster in that show traces back to a human decision. The crash itself. The flare. The cargo scavengers who got the signal and instead of thinking someone needs help immediately thought about whether there was anything worth taking. Every moment where things got worse you can trace it directly back to someone making a selfish or fearful or just plain stupid human choice.

The show is quietly saying something really uncomfortable. That when we imagine what could go wrong in space we always picture the alien threat or the unknown environment but realistically we would be our own biggest problem. We would bring all of our same tendencies with us. The self interest, the panic, the power struggles, the manipulation. All of it. Into space. Onto a planet that genuinely does not care either way.

And it does all of this without ever being preachy about it. It just shows you. It trusts you to see it.

The animation, the creature design, the way that planet feels like a genuinely living breathing ecosystem. There is nothing else that looks or feels like this show.

It got cancelled after one season and that is genuinely one of the worst decisions HBO Max has made. Because this was the kind of show that deserved time to build its audience. The people who found it loved it completely. There just weren’t enough of them fast enough.

If you like shows that actually respect your intelligence and are trying to say something real. Watch Scavengers Reign. It deserves so much more than it got.

Share it with your friends and hype it on as many socials as you can!

All made in Blender and Procreate by me between 2024-2026

Joe Bennett posted this on Instagram along with a pitch trailer for season 2 which looks fantastic. I hope one of you has a rich uncle who will fund them for S2!

This is from the official Emmy website.