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Charles Kohlbeck
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Comic Artist and Illustrator from the Midwest. I hate the snow, I hate the cold, and I am lactose intolerant ... So naturally I got into horror.
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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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.
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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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!”
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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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.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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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.
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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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.
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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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.
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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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.
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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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”
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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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.
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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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.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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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.
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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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.
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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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.
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#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.
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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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?”
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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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.
October 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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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.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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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.
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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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.
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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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.
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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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.
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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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.
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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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.
October 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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#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.
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM