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Kooks • they / them • PhD • illustrator coupleofkooks.myportfolio.com "I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things"

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Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

Level 9 portrait for my Curse of Strahd / She is the Ancient witch boy, Victoro di Terzo. With his messed up eye that got (as in: he did it himself >.>) poked out by his raven and replaced by a weird eye with three irises. All previous portraits done for respective level ups in the comment below.

Level 9. A digital grayscale portrait of a thin pale man with a bread and gray hair. A raven that's next to him holds its beak open, and it's framing his left eye that has weird, messed up irises. The man has horns looking like a crown, and behind his are hints of more raven wings visible in the darkness.
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

More background characters for the Labyrinth story, two diner ladies, Susan and Jenny. Best coffee and pie in the universe and all the that regular diner stuff. I will maybe finally give these guys a tag for organizing things easier around this profile from now on. #TheLabyrinth

Digital ink portrait of a lady with curly hair, large white earrings and a smug expression. She wears vivid make up and hold glasses in her hand. A tag on her blouse reads "Susan".Digital ink portrait of a lady with short curly black hair, round white earrings and a broad smile. A tag on her blouse reads "Susan".
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Characters that are so background they are barely visible on the horizon also deserve art. New faces in the works: Smiling Pete (on the left) and the ghost of shot in the head Roman (right). For The Labyrinth, a City of Mist based rp/story.

Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And the final result, printed on a pretty matte paper with proper greys, and with this cute red thread binding it together. Very happy with how it turned out. The Labyrinth: Book 1. It Starts With a Fire. Personal art zine project collecting first batch of portraits made for an rp with a friend.

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Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Characters that are so background they are barely visible on the horizon also deserve art. New faces in the works: Smiling Pete (on the left) and the ghost of shot in the head Roman (right). For The Labyrinth, a City of Mist based rp/story.

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Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anniversary visit to the cafe. it's been one year ago when i cracked a sketchbook open and went off to draw people in the wilds, and it's been such a good experience :)

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Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anniversary visit to the cafe. it's been one year ago when i cracked a sketchbook open and went off to draw people in the wilds, and it's been such a good experience :)

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Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Remember these guys? :) Recently finished putting them together into a 34 pages long zine called "It Starts With a Fire", collecting a bunch of character vibes and based on a text rp done with a friend :) Test print.

The title page of the zine. It says: The Labyrinth: Book 1 It starts With a Fire story: ThroughTheEluvian, CoupleOfKooks art: CoupleOfKooks 2026Spread of pages 28 and 29 of the zine, depicting four men with very mice-like features. The double page grayscale drawing shows their photos laid out on the table next to various notes, documents and the VHS tape of Cinderella. White mice are visible running around over it all.
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In January I've made over 40 of sketch portraits for a personal project called The Labyrinth (placed in the City of Mist inspired setting) we've been writing with a friend, to catalogue all the characters that show up. Here's a selection of some favs :) (Mahadi and Vic are there too ofc :))

A set of 12 simple sketch portraits of various characters. All face the camera like for a passport photo. My biggest apologies for not writing description for each but i promise they will keep coming back and then I'll do better :)
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cooking a little something with these portraits and when it will be done I can't tell, but man, doing a project just for myself (and a friend) is so regenerating. I need more me projects in my life.

Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In January I've made over 40 of sketch portraits for a personal project called The Labyrinth (placed in the City of Mist inspired setting) we've been writing with a friend, to catalogue all the characters that show up. Here's a selection of some favs :) (Mahadi and Vic are there too ofc :))

A set of 12 simple sketch portraits of various characters. All face the camera like for a passport photo. My biggest apologies for not writing description for each but i promise they will keep coming back and then I'll do better :)
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In January I've made over 40 of sketch portraits for a personal project called The Labyrinth (placed in the City of Mist inspired setting) we've been writing with a friend, to catalogue all the characters that show up. Here's a selection of some favs :) (Mahadi and Vic are there too ofc :))

A set of 12 simple sketch portraits of various characters. All face the camera like for a passport photo. My biggest apologies for not writing description for each but i promise they will keep coming back and then I'll do better :)
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I've turned 44 today. On this occasion please behold my beloved boy Victoro as represented in various techniques, just because he has been on my mind constantly lately, sweet fictional man, a balm to my soul <3

Digital painting of a man in black noble outfit resting among black roots. He looks like he passed recently (he didn't) or perhaps is asleep (more likely), with eyes closed and hands crossed on his chest. Bird bones, including raven's skull are thrown over him, like funeral gifts. The scene is almost greyscale in tone except for the pink accents on his face and skin. It will all be well, my dude, I promise.ink drawing of a thin bearded man in a nobleman outfit with his hand extended. A really kickass big raven is in the process of landing on his hand, claws already touching him wrist. The drawing was made 24-25 of September 2025, as dates on the picture state.A linocut (on the left) and a linocut print (on the right) of the same man as before, surrounded by ravens, their wings all around his head. In his hands he holds an eyeball, which is probably hard to read because i messed this one up, but i still like it so whatever :)
Kooks@coupleofkooks.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Another sketchbook piece i've been meditating over in recent weeks, little Cabinet of Curiosities. Really enjoying having something like this on the side to doodle on.

a picture of a sketchbook spread done in ink and markers. The image depicts a cabinet of curiosities: shelves showing a collection of weird little things including bones, jars with eyes, skulls and tiny people, some shelves are overgrown by nature, some have faces looking through. There is also a cat sleeping on one, and a Rain World reference tucked in because I'm playing it right now :)