cmkosemen posts
Posts: 721
Files: 2512
"The Garden of Eden"
Acrylics on canvas, 55 cm. wide...Already sold - but do ask if you want to acquire any other paintings on display on this page.Thank you all for your support on Patreon, and beyond!
Christmas Creature Commissions Open!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Creature art commissions are open again! DM me to get your critters and concepts illustrated the Kosemen way! 📩💥🎨
All Tomorrows gift sketches for reviewers on Amazon & Waterstones online!
Last month I asked for good reviews for #AllTomorrows on Amazon, Amazon UK, and Waterstones - and everyone who sent me back a screenshot of their review through c.m.kosemen@gmail.com or my socials was rewarded with a whimsical ink cartoon of their favorite All Tomorrows creatures.Here is a selection...
Rhamphorhynchus longiceps
Aquatint of the famous, gnarly-jawed Jurassic flying reptile - prepared for the DinoCon2025 event in Exeter, UK.The original line-art drawing is the cover image for this Patreon collection!Thank you all for your support on Patreon, and beyond!
Eurhinosaurus
Aquatint from earlier this year - prepared for DinoCon2025 in Exeter, UK.Eurhinosaurus was one of the most derived ichthyosaur genera - with a long, swordfish-like mouth.
Lambeosaurus
Aquatint from earlier this year - prepared for DinoCon2025 in Exeter, UK.
Blending charcoals and watercolours until they can't be told apart anymore
"Reclining Figure"Mixed media on art paper,34 cm. wide.Thanks for your support on Patreon, and beyond.Let me know if you want to acquire this painting!
Turkey's "Lake Van Monster" cryptid illustrated
Unbeknownst to many cryptozoology enthusiasts, Turkey's Lake Van is home to a native cryptid, a horse-and-dinosaur-like monster known as the "Lake Van Monster", or "Cano".I was recently commissioned by a native of the area to design "a wistful-looking Lake Van Monster" fo...
Downloadable file for the CMTK Podcast - Precambrian Episode!
Check attachment - and enjoy!
Another HUGE surreal art batch from 2024 & 2025
Some you have already seen - most others are brand new!These are almost all for sale - let me know if you are interested!
Ox-sized giant flightless bats
Perhaps inspired by the Pegasoferae hypothesis, which groups odd-toed ungulates, carnivorans, and bats in a single clade, generous patron M. D. commissioned me to draw giant flightless bats used as beasts of burden in his speculative universe.We began our efforts with a series of sketches for goat, ...
From figure studies to pure fantasy
If you want to be good as a surreal artist, you have to wrap your mind around real things first. Figure drawing is a wonderful way to acquaint yourself with reality.Sometimes I sketch friends and acquaintances who pose for me. Most other times, I make very quick "snapshot" doodles while look...
HUGE batch of surreal art from 2024 & early 2025
Some you have already seen - most others are brand new!These are almost all for sale - let me know if you are interested!
"Likeness of the Sandown Clown"
Acrylics on art paper, 30 cm. wide.Loosely inspired by the eerie story of the "Sandown Clown" entity.
"Horseback Jinn and Stationary Ghost"
Acrylics on art paper, 50 cm. wide.Up for sale! Let me know if you are interested!Thanks for your support on Patreon, and beyond.
A patron's portrait as an All Tomorrows posthuman
A whimsical portrait of a patron as a pre-colonial post-human from the #AllTomorrows universe. Arms and legs get blocky and flatten - and fit together with others like an M. C. Escher pattern.
New Youtube perks for Patreon supporters!
If you've been following my Youtube channel, here are some new benefits my Patreon supporters can enjoy.My supporters on the top two tiers now get a personal thank-you at the beginning of every Youtube video.My supporters on all and every tier will be listed in the credits of all "big produc...
Downloadable audio file for the "Predator: Badlands" review video!
Check attachment, and enjoy!
Creating an alien ecosystem
Once again, generous donor J.M. asked me to create a commission from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe - this time the low-energy ecosystem inhabited by the "Luckies" - a genus of tiny hive intelligences. ...“A single Lucky is only this big. The size of a dust mite, in essenc...
An alien from a high-gravity planet
Created for generous patron T. T., a character that evolved into "...a particularly aggressive carpet, after an incredibly long passage of time and a series of unfortunate events."This was the ancestor of the commissioned creature. Like all my commissions, this one started out with a batch o...
In the Liminality: concept art for a video game
Another character design for generous patron S. A.'s upcoming psychological horror game, "In the Liminality" - now available to wishlist on steam!This illustration originated from one of the game's original character designs - a shape-shifting girl named Anastasia. She was supposed t...
Teenage fantasy-cartoon world from 20+ years ago
Drawn in 2004 - one of my first experiments digitally colouring an illustration.How time flies!
"Rainbow Shimmer"
Charcoal, watercolour and other media on cotton art paper, 20 cm. wide. Lots of intricate work went into the subtle colour shifts in this piece...Thank you all for supporting my art on Patreon, and beyond! Please let me know if you are interested in purchasing this painting - or my other pieces...
Snaiad: Layout study for two large arthrognaths
Some of the largest freshwater (above), and marine (below), arthrognaths from the upcoming Snaiad re-release. Arthrognaths are a phylum of fish-equivalents on Snaiad, characterised by quasi-exoskeletal forelegs evolved into jaw-like structures, and eight (sometimes less) sets of fleshy, lobe-like fi...
"Kylix Tender"
Oil on cardboard, 27 cm. wide.Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond!
The great Ba'khar - for Tales of Kaimere
Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere is an incredible speculative evolution project that really needs more attention. I have really been enjoying Kaimere and its creatures for a while, so I decided to create fan-art for this universe.I got in touch with Keenan for a species to illustrate. He sent me...
"Phoenix" aliens from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe
Once again, generous patron J. M. commissioned me to illustrate an alien from Robert Reed's "Great Ship" universe. Here is how the "Phoenix" race was described:They evolved on a small hot world. Gills augmented a trio of large, black-blooded lungs; their metabolisms were quick an...
Images for the "Weird French Palaeo-Cards" video - including the unseen set!
Check attachments - and enjoy!
Snaiad: Two splendid herbivores
Nearly every day I put in extra work to Snaiad. It's taking time, but it will be worth it. Here's a preliminary layout featuring two "Elythrakephalid" herbivores with (independently-evolved) flamboyant display structures.Thank you all for your support of Snaiad! When it comes out as ...
"Mocking the Stranger"
Acrylics on art paper, 35 cm. wide.Thank you all for supporting me on Patreon, and beyond.
