Adam Koot-Bascomb
@bascombsbeastiary.bsky.social
Black | Creature Artist | Prop & Costume Constructor | Cellist
Maker and purveyor of fine oddities since 1992.
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Maker and purveyor of fine oddities since 1992.
https://linktr.ee/bascombsbeastiary?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<si
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Heyo Bluesky!
I'm a black artist from Boston who designs creatures, builds props and costumes, and collects oddities. I'm also a seasoned cellist who cooks traditional Indonesian cuisine.
Most noticeably I have a horror fixation. Please enjoy my weird little wares.
I'm a black artist from Boston who designs creatures, builds props and costumes, and collects oddities. I'm also a seasoned cellist who cooks traditional Indonesian cuisine.
Most noticeably I have a horror fixation. Please enjoy my weird little wares.
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Join the Darkside. 😇
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Join the Darkside. 😇
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Fear the Darkness.
Did all the coloring on the Wacom Movink Pad. RAM maxed out at 100% at some point ( on an A4 350dpi file). I guess large illustrations might be a stretch for now... hoping for a more powerful model next!
Did all the coloring on the Wacom Movink Pad. RAM maxed out at 100% at some point ( on an A4 350dpi file). I guess large illustrations might be a stretch for now... hoping for a more powerful model next!
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Fear the Darkness.
Did all the coloring on the Wacom Movink Pad. RAM maxed out at 100% at some point ( on an A4 350dpi file). I guess large illustrations might be a stretch for now... hoping for a more powerful model next!
Did all the coloring on the Wacom Movink Pad. RAM maxed out at 100% at some point ( on an A4 350dpi file). I guess large illustrations might be a stretch for now... hoping for a more powerful model next!
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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Some green fellas
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August 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Some green fellas
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Don't make a big deal out of drawing.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Don't make a big deal out of drawing.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
Look at stuff you like. Draw that stuff. Practice whats hard by drawing it a lot.
Rinse and repeat.
Went to a party. I'm dead inside so I'm a Good-Looking Corpse.
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Went to a party. I'm dead inside so I'm a Good-Looking Corpse.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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More reasons to be anti-AI
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More reasons to be anti-AI
All appropriate phrases have been muted until i dig myself out of my backlogged clerical grave to actually get the energy to play it.
Have a Quirrel in the meanwhile
Have a Quirrel in the meanwhile
Waiting for Silksong (2021)
Also given the recent mass exodus to this lovely new, blue, butterfly place this felt appropriate. #hollowknight #bascombsbeastiary
Also given the recent mass exodus to this lovely new, blue, butterfly place this felt appropriate. #hollowknight #bascombsbeastiary
September 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
All appropriate phrases have been muted until i dig myself out of my backlogged clerical grave to actually get the energy to play it.
Have a Quirrel in the meanwhile
Have a Quirrel in the meanwhile
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Hollow Knight costume design
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hollow Knight costume design
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🧵 My 7 steps to get you out of artblock:
September 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🧵 My 7 steps to get you out of artblock:
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Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️
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Sometimes, your best work comes from defying everything you thought was true about creating art.
What seems difficult is allowing yourself the freedom to do something different.
But really, all you have to do is make a choice.
What seems difficult is allowing yourself the freedom to do something different.
But really, all you have to do is make a choice.
August 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sometimes, your best work comes from defying everything you thought was true about creating art.
What seems difficult is allowing yourself the freedom to do something different.
But really, all you have to do is make a choice.
What seems difficult is allowing yourself the freedom to do something different.
But really, all you have to do is make a choice.
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Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
Be brave and be creative.
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When I am like now, where I am like 'damn I cannot draw and all I have ever made looks like a pile of shit' I find comfort in this. Artists are so fucking cursed, man. We're so cursed. 💀
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
When I am like now, where I am like 'damn I cannot draw and all I have ever made looks like a pile of shit' I find comfort in this. Artists are so fucking cursed, man. We're so cursed. 💀
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Book cover progress.
Still loving new technique.
Still loving new technique.
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Book cover progress.
Still loving new technique.
Still loving new technique.
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If you can't draw without AI, that means you can't draw. If you can't write without AI, that means you can't write. If you can't code without AI, that means you can't code.
Sorry. Not everyone can do everything. Either work hard to acquire these new skills or just do other things.
#aiSucks #fuckAI
Sorry. Not everyone can do everything. Either work hard to acquire these new skills or just do other things.
#aiSucks #fuckAI
August 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Better a freak than a fascist 🔥
As expected seeing ppl backpedaling on the itch thing now that there's a list of the unacceptable content and it includes stuff that's "too gross"
It's all of us or none of us. Our enemies have made that clear.
I would rather work side by side with a freak than with a fascist.
It's all of us or none of us. Our enemies have made that clear.
I would rather work side by side with a freak than with a fascist.
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Better a freak than a fascist 🔥