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Charles Kohlbeck

@charleskohlbeck.bsky.social
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He/Him Aspiring Comic Artist and Illustrator from Wisconsin. I hate the snow, I hate the cold, and I am lactose intolerant ... So naturally I got into horror. linktr.ee/charleskohlbeck

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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I agree with you 100% on proxying. The appeal of AA was always that you got to meet the artists!
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Voices. Went kind of under the radar, not too much of a surprise because despite Ryan Reynolds and Anna Kendrick starring in it, the movie is really good at being really uncomfortable and weird at points.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I contributed two pieces ( three if you count the very aerodynamic cop car), those being Jack and Fabio. This was a load of fun to work on and really got my creative muscles stretched just in time for another round of Ink/Draw-tober! #art #rampage #kaiju #monsters
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Got the chance to work on a very fun collaborative project this summer celebrating the 40th birthday of Rampage! Thank you @trushtoons.bsky.social for bringing me on it was a blast!! Definity head over to his profile to check out the final project, it looks amazing everyone did such a good job!
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying your age, what was your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old.
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The Voices: Ryan Reynolds & Bosco's Bad Situation
Alt: The Voices: Ryan Reynolds & Bosco's Bad Situation: a dog talking to Ryan Renolds says, "Pretty bad situation, buddy."
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks for brining me on, I had a blast (and it took me way too long to notice Fabio was a Spanish flea joke)
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I remember when I first started playing it was that art too that really stood out such a cool piece!
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Ghoul Squad hits the town to celebrate the end of the week, now in FULL COLOR! #zombies #horror #art
Full Color. Four zombie women performing various stages of celebration in a convertible with the roof down. Flat Colors. Four zombie women performing various stages of celebration in a convertible with the roof down. Line art. Four zombie women performing various stages of celebration in a convertible with the roof down.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 24/02/2026
mathew
@mathew@universeodon.com

The orphan-crushing machine is just a tool. You can also use it to mulch puppies and purée kittens.

Why are you angry? You can use it for harmless tasks like making mashed potatoes. You eat mashed potatoes don't you? Yes, admittedly it leaks machine oil into the potatoes, but they're working on that. It leaks so much less oil than it did when you tried it three months ago. In a year from now it's going to be a Michelin-starred chef.

Well, that’s typical, gatekeeping by telling people they should have to learn to cook. You don’t think people who can’t cook deserve good food?

So what if the machine is powered by slave labor? That's innovation. You're just scared you're going to be one of them. Besides, it's inevitable. Nobody is going to crush orphans by hand any more. You're going to get left behind.

Oh, well there you go with your ridiculous purity culture again.
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Emil Privér @priver.dev · 01/10/2025
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Starting to add some color to my favorite pieces from the drawtober project. I love how color can let you set the mood of an illustration so much better, specifically that little bit of fire that is the source of the smoke in the distance. #art #darkfantasy #angel
An illustration of a war torn battlefield. An angelic figure, who's face is obscured by a bright halo in the form of a circle, drifts up from the bottom left, wings reaching from across the entire image. The angel holds a large sword with two ribbons dangling from its handle. The ground bellow is littered with many broken swords, in the background a single gust of smoke contrasts the black sky. An illustration of a war torn battlefield. An angelic figure, who's face is obscured by a bright halo in the form of a circle, drifts up from the bottom left, wings reaching from across the entire image. The angel holds a large sword with two ribbons dangling from its handle. The ground bellow is littered with many broken swords, in the background a single gust of smoke contrasts the black sky. A black and white illustration of a war torn battlefield. An angelic figure, who's face is obscured by a bright halo in the form of a circle, drifts up from the bottom left, wings reaching from across the entire image. The angel holds a large sword with two ribbons dangling from its handle. The ground bellow is littered with many broken swords, in the background a single gust of smoke contrasts the black sky.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The final Drawtober song, day 31: “October” By: Faetooth. I live in an apartment now, pretty high up, so there’s not much of the space for me to carve pumpkins (which is my favorite part of October) so I guess a drawing will have to do this year! Happy Halloween!! #art #halloween #jack-o-lantern
An ink illustration depicting a jack-o-lantern carved out of a pumpkin. The pumpkin was recently carved, given the insides and seeds that are strewn about, leaves fall from a nearby tree and the full moon glows ominously.A line art only, ink illustration depicting a jack-o-lantern carved out of a pumpkin. The pumpkin was recently carved, given the insides and seeds that are strewn about, leaves fall from a nearby tree and the full moon glows ominously.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 30: “You’re Gonna Die” by: Destroy All Monsters. I can’t not think of the old man, “Crazy” Ralph, who warns the camp counselors of their fate in the first two Friday the 13th films, when I listen to this song. Modern Casandra of Troy that one. #art #fridaythe13th #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting an old man in a fishing hat yelling in a young woman’s face, pointing a figure at her and declaring “YER DOOMED!”
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Good? No, This looks amazing!!!
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 29: “Dark Entries” by: Bauhaus. For those times when your magic spells are a little too light. #art #darkfantasy #necronomicon
An ink illustration depicting a wizard hand grabbing a book off of a shelf in a dark library. The book is bound in stitched skin with a lizard like eye on the side, wrapped in bandages.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 28: “People” by: Rosetta Stone. Sometimes the scariest monster of all is man, especially when guided by hate and fear to act cruel towards their fellow man just because of how they look or where they were born. No human is illegal, no human is a monster. #art #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting a mob of people similar to the monster hunt in the classic Frankenstien film, they have tools of hoes, shovels, and pitch forks as well as torches. One man stands towards the viewer with his hands outstretched, facing down. Everyone in the crowd has hollow black eyes and wears a sinister smile, they wish to do harm.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 27: “Wicked” by: Switchblade Symphony. I’m genuinely surprised I went this long during an October art challenge without having drawn a single goblin. #art #goblinart
An ink illustration depicting a goblin in a full witch outfit, hat and all. Before her is a bubbling cauldron filled with various gross items such as eye balls, bugs, and worms. Into the cauldron she pours a the vial of snake venom from day 19.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Harry Houdini dedicated the later half of his life to exposing frauds who were claiming to be psychics or make contact with the dead, which I always thought was interesting.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 26: “Screaming Bloody Murder” by: Sum 41. This is me every time I see two eyes staring at me in the dark hallway of my apartment, before I remember I live with a dog. #art #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting a screaming woman, her hair covers most of the image, floating and spiraling about as though it has come alive.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 25: “Sweetest Chill” by: Siouxsie and the Banshees. Only the bold can get the creamy cold. #art #grossart #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting an ice cream cone with a single scoop of ice cream, topped with an eye ball, some bug legs and antennae, as well as a single earth worm and some toenail clippings.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 24: “Ghuleh / Zombie Queen” by: Ghost. Focused more on the zombie queen side with the glorious return of the queen of the dead herself Gothotika. Some may say a little worse for wear, but a few scratches never set a necromancer back! #art #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting a decaying woman being carried by an army of zombies towards the viewer. The woman has a ball of energy in her hand that whips up out of frame, her hands and feet are charcoal black with skeletal patterns tattooed on, in her right eye is a jeweled false eye that bares a striking resemblance to the lich lord from “Lich Lord and his Ring”
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 23: “Seaweed” by: The Gits. With the word seaweed I was immediately trying to think of monsters associated with the ocean, and I remembered the Qalupalik; A creature of Inuit mythology that were said to grab children who played too close to the water. #art #mythology
An ink illustration depicting a qalupalik, a woman like figure with slimy skin, long black hair, and pale eyes, emerging out of the depths of a watery hole in the ice. A webbed hand is coming out of the water and onto the ice sheet in front of the creature. It’s hair is covered in seaweed and its mouth is obscured by the rippling water.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 22: “Human Fly” by: The Cramps. The things you see on the night shift! Had to break out the Ames Guide for this one (even if I didn’t end up using it for some of the words)! #art #comics #singlepanelcomic
An ink illustration depicting a fly-man creature smoking a vape pen at a gas station. He is blowing out a puff of smoke that forms into a word bubble that reads, “Yeah, Man … Uh-- Twenty on pump 2, And Uhhhhhh You got any of that Coco Blast vape juice? HaHa Yeah.”
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I was gunna say, the Cramps, the Misfits, and Bauhaus alone could fill out a list. And then there's bands like Calabrese and ghost that seem entirely appropriate for Halloween.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 21: “The Hider” by: VersaEmerge. This is either the start to a Goosebumps novel or a very quirky sitcom. I can happily say there are no monsters under MY bed, because my dog has decided to make that his new hang out spot. #art #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting a child hiding under his bed, with a monster next to him. The child looks shocked, and the monster, looking annoyed, shushes the boy.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 20: “Falling In” by: Tapping The Vein. I’d like to think this is the same guy from day 14 just having the worst time. But seriously, watch your step … you never know where a tragic slip might lead you! #horrorart #art
An ink illustration depicting a man in a suit and tie falling backwards into a freshly dug grave. In his hand is a lantern that causes heavy shadows to be cast across the graveyard.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 19: “Thank You for the Venom” by: My Chemical Romance. A little bit of a call back to the first Inktober I ever did in 2018. I think the prompt back then was poison or poisonous. www.instagram.com/p/BoabytxlLh... #art #blackandwhiteart #inkillustration
An ink illustration depicting a witch handing the viewer a bottle filled with snake venom, a label with an “s” shaped rattler snake. She is swishing the bottle around so the liquid inside splashes up against the sides.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 18: “I’ve Been Dead All Day” by: Bayside. I’ve worked enough open to close shifts in my time to say this was definitely me sometimes. Oh well, the grind don’t rest, can’t let death stop me. #art #blackandwhiteart #drawtober2025
An ink illustration depicting a convenience store clerk who is a skeleton in a polo and a branded visor, with a headset falling off of its face. A sign next to the worker reads “I Assure You I’m Happy To Serve”. Various candies and treats hang bellow the counter that the skeleton worker is laying on. From the headset a word bubble reads, “ Hello? HELLO?! Is Anybody There?”
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 17: “Death’s Door” by: Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats. Aah Jeez, it’s that time again already … #grimreaper #art #trickortreat
An ink illustration of three trick or treaters holding out their various buckets of candy to the owner of the house whose door they are at. The owner of the house stands in the doorway, awkward about having forgot about Halloween, the owner is a skeletal figure in a black robe with an oversize t-shirt over the robes that reads: Moon Moon.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 16: “Blue” by: A Perfect Circle. I went for a Blue Cap with this one, a faerie or spirit similar to kobolds or Knockers that would help miners find safety and good ores. This is in contrast to the Red Cap which is said to kill travelers on site. #art #faerieart #inkart
An ink illustration depicting a small child like figure with a flame for a head, holding a pick-axe in a dark cave, pointing to a spot further down the cave to a miner who has stumble upon it in the dark, his light having burnt out.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 15: “The Chauffeur” by: Duran Duran. Your Uber has arrived! Please be kind and remember there’s no smoking in the cab! #lowbrow #ratfink #art
An ink illustration depicting a limo driver, with a crazed look and sharp teeth. The driver is coming out of the top of the car, as well as his steering wheel and gear shift. The limo is barely avoiding hitting a road cone in its way.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 14: “A Coffin Has No Silver Lining” by: Lucifer. Please sir, take your seat, the funeral is about to begin…. #art #horrorart
An ink illustration depicting a very tall and long armed bald man, wearing a black suit and tie, ushering towards and empty, open coffin. A figure in the foreground stares in shock.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 13: “Mother May I” by: Coheed and Cambria. “God only knows when your word isn’t pure and the blood on your hands isn’t yours…” This song has a choir organ playing what sounds like a single held note and it absolutely makes the song for me. #art #horrorart #spiders
An ink illustration depicting a dark dungeon ritual, a figure in the foreground is kneeling, back away from the viewer, holding a large bowl that a liquid drips into from above. Up above two hand dangle from out of frame, and an evil looking figure holds two bloody daggers. Two candles are the only light source, and in the background three large spider leg structures jut out.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 12: “Beetles” by: Warpaint. The wizard hand is back! This song has such a crawling feeling to it, the title mixed with that tone always invokes the feeling of bugs crawling on the skin, and I wanted to cast a spell again. Big fan of casting spells. #art #fantasy
An ink illustration depicting a point of view from a wizard casting a spell on a roman gladiator. The thumb and pinky are out, with the palm facing up, and from the wizard’s hand a streak runs across the image. Where the image touches the gladiator, beetles and bugs crawl along his skin.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
You remembered to lock the window, right?
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 11: “After Dark” by: Blue Öyster Cult. Even to this day my biggest fear is to look out a window after dark and see a grinning figure staring back at me. To be fair, I live on the 3rd floor, so that would be extra unsettling to see. #art #horror #woods
An ink illustration depicting the view from a window at night in the forest. A man is at the window smiling menacingly, his hand pushed against the glass.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt Day 10: “Serpent” By: Castle Rat. Went for a more Frank Frazetta inspired composition for this one. Really I just loved the idea of a large monster being summoned by a dark ritual, big fan of dark rituals. #art #monster #leviathan
An ink illustration depicting a woman with her back turned to the viewer, a knife and torch in hand, standing of a bloody alter surrounded by crashing waves. Above her a large serpent like monster emerges from the depths of the ocean.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
#Drawtober song prompt Day 9: “Do the Evolution” By: Pearl Jam. As the old saying goes when you go into nature you re-enter the food chain … #art #horror
A black and white ink illustration of a hunter posing for a photo with a buck he has just shot. Behind the man a large creature opens its mouth ready to eat the unsuspecting hunter.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 8: “Ghouls Night Out” By: The Misfits. Get in loser, we’re going haunting! #zombies #art #drawtober
A black and white illustration depicting four zombie women performing various stages of celebration in a convertible with the roof down.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 7: “Subways Of Your Mind” By: FEX. Some of you may know this song by a different name, “The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet”. Allegedly, the 17 year search for the origins of this song got the band back together! #drawtober #surrealart #psychological
A black and white ink illustration depicting a persons upper torso and hand, but their head is replaced with the door of a subway train. Inside the train, doors open on the opposite side showing different facial expressions.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 6: “Sour Times” By: Portishead. Some of you may see a familiar face, those who don’t maybe someday soon may come to know, the real question that must be asked: What do you see? #horror #ink #dark
A black and white ink illustration depicting a woman in a dark room with a flash light shined on spoiled food. Behind her a hand comes out of the dark towards the woman.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I want to add: Lunar Moth is a little special to me because they are from Madison, WI ! I heard "Leech Teeth" on Milwaukee Local Radio last time I was there and was hooked. They only have like 387 monthly listeners on Spotify (which is a crime) so def give them a listen!
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 5: “Rot As You Stand” By: Lunar Moth. This title always sounded like a spell a wizard would cast, and I am a sucker for an opportunity to draw a hand so POV shot it was! Don't worry it's probably only an illusion! #dnd #art #horror #spell
A black and white ink drawing from the point of view of a wizard casting a spell on a warrior type character. At the bottom left is a left hand casting a spell which looks like paint being dragged from the top right down across the drawing. Where the spell overlaps the warrior his body decays and becomes overrun with worms, maggots, flies, and fungus. The warrior looks down with a shocked expression at his hand, covered in boils, bumps, and decay.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Drawtober song prompt day 4: “Necromancin Dancin” By: Bear Ghost. Who needs back-up dancers when you can summon an army at the snap of your fingers? #necromancy #disco #art
A black and white ink drawing of a man in disco pants and a necromancer's robe dancing on a disco floor with three skeletal figures also wearing disco attire.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Drawtober personal song prompt day 3: "Million Shattered Swords" by Witchrot. The tone of the song and the title itself is incredibly moody, don't bother counting the number of swords I for sure stopped counting after three! #art #angel #darkfantasy
A black and white illustration of a war torn battlefield. An angelic figure, who's face is obscured by a bright halo in the form of a circle, drifts up from the bottom left, wings reaching from across the entire image. The angel holds a large sword with two ribbons dangling from its handle. The ground bellow is littered with many broken swords, in the background a single gust of smoke contrasts the black sky.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Drawtober personal song prompt day 2 was "Punk's Dead" By Soft Play. Zombies are UNdead so I think it works. #art #horror #zombie
A black and white ink drawing of a zombie punk being struck by a bolt of lighting, and rising from the grave. It's hand is reaching out for the viewer, mud dripping from it, the left side hand is propping the zombie up. It wears a tattered t-shirt and a jean vest with two pins on the left hand side, one being a pentagram the other a skull. on the right hand side of the vest is a patch that reads "Rough Work". The Zombie sports a mohawk style haircut, and is missing his right eye where a smoke like energy emits from.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Personal #drawtober day one song prompt was "Thing Unnatural" by Calabrese. Yep that's right I'm using song titles as prompts, even made a little playlist to jam out to while drawing all these. #werewolves have been on my mind lately, probably because I just watched The Howling. #art #ink #inktober
A black and white ink drawing of a three eyed werewolf who bites his tongue and bares his fangs at the viewer. Part of the flesh that would make up his jowls appears to be tearing apart to reveal more teeth.  A ripped flannel is draped around his shoulders and arms. A lit cigarette is being dropped by two of his elongated, thin fingers. A full moon with a crooked tiny toothed smile can be seen in the sky behind the werewolf, slightly covered by clouds, bats can be seen in the distant night sky as well.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I'm doing something a little bit different for #drawtober / #inktober so stay TUNED.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Sketchbook warm up that is unfortunately in a book that makes it hard to scan. Tis the woes of an artist. #art #fanart #absolutemartianmanhunter #sketch
Ink drawing of An FBI agent in a black suit and sunglasses with short hair and a face covered in bandages; cigarette in his left hand. The smoke from his mouth floats up and forms a face with one eye in the center, a long nose, and a pronounced smile. Text reads: "I know I sound crazy. But the Martian who lives in my head assures me I'm not."Sketchbook shot of the previously mentioned ink drawing, a pencil in view of the right side of the photoBlue pencil drawing of An FBI agent in a black suit and sunglasses with short hair and a face covered in bandages; cigarette in his left hand. The smoke from his mouth floats up and forms a face with one eye in the center, a long nose, and a pronounced smile. Text reads: "I know I sound crazy. But the Martian who lives in my head assures me I'm not."Blue pencil drawing pulled back view which shows a mechanical pencil in the right side along with an Ames Lettering Guide (a ruler used for making lines for comic lettering) and a ruler is placed at a slant on the book in the upper right.
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Charles Kohlbeck @charleskohlbeck.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
To be fair: Bullet Train and Kill Bill feel like they delve into the same vibe.
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