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Katie Owens
@katieowensart.bsky.social
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Artist and Level Designer
📍 Redwood Coast
https://www.likeabagofbones.com/
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Ink and acrylic on mixed media paper. Red background was added in Photoshop, made with a watercolor texture I had sitting around. 11x14 inches.

#art #illustration #horror
A black and white ink illustration of a swirling tar pit with figures emerging from it. A torso is walking along a path that leads into a shark mouth. Below the torso another path leads into the ear of a giant head.
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Screen printed patches of my puzzle designs 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

#art #design #patches #puzzles #gamedesign #illustration
A photo of three white on black screen printed patch designs spread out over a table. The designs are puzzles: word search, spot the difference, and a maze.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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18x24 doom metal inspired poster design. Made with traditional collage and photoshop.

#art #design #collage #poster #doommetal
A collage of a forest on fire with a portal opening up between the flames. Below the fire there is a skeleton in the dirt. The text reads “Devouring My Grave Until I Wake”.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Trying to be better about going outside. This is from the weekend.

#landscape #forest #photography
A photo of the golden hour shining on a creek running through some lush trees. There is a trail to the right of the creek leading off into the distance.
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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From last week 👋

#stickers
Hand drawn sticker on the back of a sign. The sticker is an illustration of an open monster mouth. Hand drawn sticker placed on a wall inside a bookstore. The sticker is an illustration of a book stack with a candle.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Gruesome books!

#art #illustration #horror #books
A mixed media digital/traditional illustration of different horror themed books on a purple background with red paint splatters.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Word Search made of words that remind me of being possessed.

#puzzledesign #illustration #wordsearch #ink #horror
A black and white ink illustration of a word search puzzle.
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Spot the Difference puzzle featuring a Death inspired court card.

#puzzledesign #horror #death #illustration #spotthesifference
A black and white ink illustration of a court card featuring Death carrying a scythe. The card is split diagonally into two images that are the same but different.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I recently made some activity pages. Here is a Worm Maze 🪱

#puzzledesign #maze #illustration #horror
A black and white ink illustration of a maze made of worms.
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Some book sketches I did this morning. I didn’t have a plan when I set up to draw, ended up being books.

#books #art #illustration #horror
Pencil sketch on paper of several books. The books give off a sinister theme as some of them appear to be bloody.
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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“Knives”, 2016. Acrylics, watercolor and ink on paper. 8.5x11 inches.

#art #illustration #horror
A painting of a drippy black ink monster set against a rainbow background. The monster is holding two knives while candles are perched on their arms and legs.
August 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A poster design I finished today. 18x24

#design #poster #collage #art #doom
A collage of a mostly green underwater scene. Two statues sit in a green pool while a figure in a boat holding a spear gazes down at them. Text reads: “Under Heavy Sleep I Am Endless”.
July 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Nancy’s House from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984). Watercolor, colored pencil, acrylics and black ink. 5x8 inches on Watercolor paper.

#art #horror #traditionalart
An illustration of Nancy Thomspon's House from the movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984). Nearby trees cast long dark shadows as the windows of the house are lit up with red light. The eyes of Freddy Krueger can be seen piercing through the night sky above.
July 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Some hand drawn stickers I made this week. Sharpie and colored pencil on mail labels.

#stickers #diy #art
Six hand drawn stickers with a strong color theme of green, red, purple and black. The top two stickers depict an hourglass and an open monster mouth. Two stickers in the center of the image feature a stack of books as well as a gothic city scene. The two bottom stickers are illustrated with a tomb stone and a figure holding a raised knife over their head.
July 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Hill House from “The Haunting” (1963).
Watercolor, colored pencil, acrylics and black ink. 5x7 inches on Watercolor paper.

#art #horror #illustration #traditionalart
An illustration of Hill House from the 1963 movie “The Haunting”. The building is drawn in shades of blue and the windows are bright red. Trees are in the foreground while a storm brews overhead.
July 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Shirts available here: katieowensart.threadless.com/designs/beco...

#art #graphicdesign #illustration
A photo of a person wearing a black t shirt that reads: Becoming Nothing. The shirt has a graphic of a figure laying down in a field, their head has caved in revealing a shiny black orb.
July 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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My first #portfolioday post! 👿
My name is Katie. I’m a Visual Artist and Level Designer. I primarily work with watercolor, colored pencil and acrylics making art that explores the strangeness of existence.

www.likeabagofbones.com

#art #illustration #horror #digital #traditional
A digital illustration of a demon with cigarettes for horns. Green and orange smoke rises from the horns. The demon holds a city in their arms. A traditional drawing of a black and white figure laying down in a field. Their face has caved in revealing a dark black shining orb. A traditional illustration of a giant robot turtle with a lighthouse on its back rising from the ocean. A figure in a row boat can be seen in the foreground. A digital illustration of three giant heads placed among dark green and purple plants. The landscape appears to be floating, surrounded by dark clouds and rainbows.
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Progress on a new level I started. I began with paper and pencil, then iterated further digitally in Procreate. Next up is the block out 🎮 🙂‍↔️

#gamedev #leveldesign #map
A digital illustration of a video game level layout set inside the Empire State Building. A photo of a sketch book and graph paper that shows early iterations of a level design.
June 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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A T Shirt design version of my piece "Becoming Nothing". I really wanted to push myself to use only 1 color and incorporate text into the design.

#graphicdesign
A black and white digital illustration of a figure laying down in tall grass. Their head has sunken in, revealing a heavy black orb. There is text incorporated into the design that reads: Becoming Nothing.
June 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Becoming Nothing, 2025

Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylics on mixed media paper.

#art #illustration #void
A color pencil illustration of a figure laying down in tall grass. Their face has sunken in to reveal a heavy black orb.
June 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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"The Passenger", 2025.
Watercolor, colored pencil and acrylics on mixed media paper. 11x14
An illustration of a robotic turtle emerging from a purple sea. On its back is a lighthouse. A figure in a rowboat can be seen in the foreground.
June 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"Grayscale", 2025.
Digital seamless pattern made in Procreate and Photoshop. For this design I wanted to practice adding texture through making PS brushes. I had some watercolor textures that did the trick.

Here is the pattern displayed as a poster design 🙃

#illustration #digitalart #pattern
May 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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A drawing exercise I did from An Architectural Approach to Level Design by Christopher W. Totten.

The exercise asks you to visit an architectural location and make 3 drawings to record the space. For my drawing subject, I paid a visit to my local library. 😊📚

#practice #leveldesign
May 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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New shirt drop!
Made a digital version of an older illustration so I could use it for shirt designs, made with Procreate and Photoshop. Took a long time to redraw but I'm so happy with how it turned out. (Including the original in this post.) 🚬

#graphicdesign #tshirt #illustration #horror
A mixed media illustration of a demon with cigarette butt horns hovering over a city. Its arms are wrapped around some of the buildings. A simplified T Shirt design of the same illustration featuring a demon with cigarette butt horns hovering over a city. Its arms are wrapped around some of the buildings.
April 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Bookplate design I made that was inspired by fantasy stories. A warning sign posted with a rusty old dagger through it is iconic. Felt fitting for a bookplate.

#design #bookplate #bookdesign #label #illustration
A bookplate with a black and white illustration of a dagger pinning a tattered note to a wall. The note reads: This Book Belongs to. There is a space below the text for a person to write their name. A photo of a bookplate adhered to a blank page of a vintage book.
April 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM