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Figure studies from real life

When I get caught in a block, I just go out to a local cafe, and sketch people and animals on the street. Drawing real-life figures with loose brushstrokes really opens up your creative block - plus it's fun!

Practicing from life also makes my speculative art more realistic.

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Sketch of a subadult Mamenchisaurus

One of the strangest dinosaurs in existence...

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An echinoderm seraph

Commissioned art depicting an extra-dimensional alien entity that pre-dates time, done for generous patron S. A.

Thank you so much for your support on Patreon, and beyond!
You can visit www.cmkosemen.com/comms.html to commission more creatures like this one.

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Commissioned D&D familiar

A "dream drake" to accompany a D&D character, created for generous patron I.B.
Please let me know if you want me to illustrate your D&D characters :)

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Commissioned alien cat

Not every commissioned creature has to be "alien" or realistic.
Here is a purple derpy space cat, created for generous patron C. S.
Please let me know if you want to commission alien-ified drawings of your pets from me.

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Surprise "Turkish Star Wars" watch stream!

This was blocked on Youtube on basis of "copyrighted content", which is silly because the original Turkish Star Wars itself stole music and footage shamelessly from Hollywood films. Enjoy!

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"End of an Era"

New surreal painting, oil on canvas, 60 cm. wide.
I am really enjoying these paintings so much!
Thank you all for supporting me on this platform, and beyond!

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Great Demon Urzultarnas

Oil on canvas, 70cm. wide.
One of my proudest big paintings this year.
Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon and beyond!
Do let me know if you would like to purchase this painting.

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"War God"

New surreal painting,
Oil on leatherworkers' paper,
30 cm. high.

Thank you all for enjoying and supporting my creations on Patreon, and beyond! :)

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"Annunciation"

New surreal art, acrylics on cardboard, 30 cm. wide.
Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond.
Please comment if you would like to purchase this painting.

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Commissioned alien ambulatory tree

An ambulatory tree with claws and eyes on its "branches" - created for generous patron J. M.

Visit www.cmkosemen.com/comms.html to see more about my commissions process!

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New surreal painting: "Suicide White"

45 cm. high, acrylics on cardboard.
Let me know if you want to purchase any of these paintings...

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New surreal painting: "Karanlık Plateau"

30 cm. wide, acrylics on sandpaper.
Let me know if you want to purchase any of these paintings...

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Commissioned creature: Giant isopod steed

A "pack-mule" isopod the size of a reindeer - created for generous patron A. M.

Visit www.cmkosemen.com/comms.html to see more about my commissions process!

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Snaiad: HUNDREDS of new scans from 2023 now complete

Over 200 new animals I drew in 2023 have now been scanned at a professional copy shop, all thanks to your donations on Patreon. There are dozens of exciting new groups from island continents, and new lineages of winged "vertebrate" flyers.

When this massive book is complete, the names of my lifetime Patreon supporters will be reproduced in print, in a special "supporters" section.

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Four new tiny paintings

"Blep Demon" series,
Acrylics on cardboard,
7 cm. high

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Downloadable files for the "Field Guide to Dreams" video

Enjoy! (FILES IN ATTACHMENT)

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Downloadable file for the "Poltergeist Girls of Smyrna" podcast

Enjoy! (FILE IN ATTACHMENT)

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"Herreravian"

Study of a "Herreravian", a hypothetical creature from a clade which palaeontologist Greg S. Paul once proposed for Herrerasauridae + Protoavis + Birds.

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Downloadable file for the "Freak Winter of 1987" podcast

Enjoy! (FILE IN ATTACHMENT)

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Downloadable file for the "Adventures of the Ottoman Journalist Ali Efendi" podcast

Enjoy! (FILE IN ATTACHMENT)

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Downloadable files for the "Art tips in Heatwaves" and "Persistence in Spec Evo podcasts

Enjoy! (FILES IN ATTACHMENT)

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Downloadable file for the "F**k Yeah Humanity" podcast

Enjoy! (FILE IN ATTACHMENT)

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Darwinia

A surreal painting based on Robert Charles Wilson's eponymous book. If you read it, you'll know what this is :)

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Commissioned palaeoart: Mamenchisaurus

My depiction of the extremely weird sauropod Mamenchisaurus, ( see skeletal ) interpreted in a semi-kneeling stance, and with the unusual upturned tail base supporting a mass of fatty tissue.

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Sketch of a giant hermit crab

Sketch of a hog-sized giant hermit crab, from an alternate line of evolution...

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Sketch of a giant, horse-sized isopod

Based on Phreatoicopsis isopods, soon to be a fully-rendered commission.

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Sketches of reptiloids

Free-hand ink and paint sketches, showing three types of reptiloid creatures.

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Commissioned alien monster

Created for generous patron D. J. S., for a DnD campaign set partially on an alien planet. Thank you all for your generous commissions!

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Big digital composite of my surreal paintings this month

Here is a big digital composite of the following paintings I made in June 2024.
All are done with acrylics on art paper, 50 cm. wide.
Let me know if you want to purchase any of these paintings, or a print of the composite above.


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