🕯️James Bousema🕯️🔜 MagicCon Atlanta

Krampus is comin to town🎄

Same! Beautiful and epic. Feel like a modern Bathory almost which I also love

Black metal hits so damn good in the winter

The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!

Hey guess what?
25% off everything in my shop through Sunday night.

Last sale and restock of the year so come on down
jamesbousema.storenvy.com

Me at the giant trays of stuffing tomorrow

I had terrible allergies as a kid so I couldn’t be outside much, couldn’t do sports, so I had to get creative and use my imagination inside all the time.
Watched a lot of cartoons and wanted to draw them

Me patrolling the bog

Fantastic design!

Their demon or “Violent Mind” is one of my personal favorite metal mascots, and I loved taking a swing at my own version of him.
Taking very much from the album title but also making him a cosmic sized force of nature with giant William Blake inspired wings

Reddit user SpaceDev1 does fan art of Fieren, in a difficult angle. User is wondering why the angle is kind of weird.

Drawing of a silver haired elf looking upwards

Late, but I wanted to jump in on this trend. While I love Fieren, I am deeply inspired by how brave this person was! They went for the hard thing, were curious, made us all rejoice and draw together!

It makes me so happy to see folks gain that artistic curiosity!

So go forth! Rooting for you! 💖

It was an absolute honor to paint this illustration for thrash legends Kreator

Included in the upcoming limited box set for the new record Krushers of the World, this will be the cover for their “Krushing Classics: 1985-1990” bonus live album

Out January 16th on @nuclearblast.bsky.social

A few of my tour poster illustrations over the years!

(Municipal Waste, Frozen Soul, Spirit World)

A reason I've grown to dislike small art markets:
The prominence of shitty Al art at many vendors.

Not a fan of being surrounded by professional prompters who view the creation of art as just some pesky thing that the computer will take care of

Bride of Frankenstein. Karloff's creature struggles to push over a statue in the middle of a Gothic graveyard.

Feel like there's a straight line between this shot from BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN to Mike Mignola's art career.

Currently pushing my way through a painting that is based on a sketch I wish I didn’t submit.

Turd polish central over here.

Lesson is: if you got 3 sketches to submit a client but you only like 2, just don’t bother with the 3rd

90s hc/punk mixed with crossover thrash guitar licks. Fun time all around!

Cover artwork for DRAIN’s new album “…is your friend!”
Out today on @epitaphrecords.bsky.social

This week Sammy sent me a photo of this big ass sign on sunset blvd in Cali. First time seeing my artwork on a billboard and I still can’t believe it

Here it is : After months of being sold out, Cursed Swords is finally back at The Mansion Press - available once again in its standard edition, and now in a new deluxe version featuring a slipcase and exclusive cover artwork.
- Worldwide shipping!
themansionpress.com/collections/...

a cartoon of spongebob wearing sunglasses is standing on a wooden floor ALT: a cartoon of spongebob wearing sunglasses is standing on a wooden floor

Been getting sick after every other show this year.

No more coughing babies in the pit

Makeup test round 1 for the Creature from @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s stunning Frankenstein! Working on a very detailed costume for this, including prosthetics, but face paint helps me in the initial stages block out what can go where. Can’t get enough of this movie!

Me after the Halloween festivities

Had a blast this Halloween 🎃

Twitchfits show is gonna go down as one of my all time favs

LA I am inside of you

Wouldst thou like the taste of butter?🐐

Human form Black Phillip for this year’s Halloween costume. Complete with trimmed stache, feathered cap, butter, and an evil book for people to sign

Thanks Carly!

My Evil Dead II officially licensed poster design I did for the folks at @vicepress.bsky.social

One of my favorite poster illustrations and maybe my all-time favorite horror flick.
What y'all watching these last 2 days of October?