Art of James Bousema

Illustrator and conceptual artist with a fondness for sci-fi, horror, fantasy, comic books, heavy metal, and everything in-between!

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DRAIN “…IS YOUR FRIEND”

So psyched to share I got to paint the new cover art for Santa Cruz’ hardcore dudes DRAIN. Had a blast working with Sammy on fleshing out this piece.

Had to tap into to my more playful and tongue in cheek side while still adding some sinister edge.

Went for ol beach postcard/editorial vibes. And the band even did me the honor of just leaving the art as is. No logo, put the title on the cassette player and call it done!

Kewpie is such an iconic mascot for them already, so doing a fully rendered gerber baby version really felt like the band being super confident like “yeah you know who this is” just by seeing the artwork.

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My Magic the Gathering cards from 2025🎨

This felt like my big debut year and I’ve worked on soooo many cards since doing these. Thankful for all the new friends and fans I’ve gained in the MtG world this year. This has literally changed my life

2026 gonna be wild

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Glacial Domination (2023)

Cover art for the Texas Death Metal band Frozen Soul on Century Media Records

New LP coming this year!

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“Battle Worn”

Done in Photoshop

Returning to Tumblr after probably years of neglect. Gonna start sharing all the work I’ve been up to

Been a busy boy

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𝐓𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡💍

Happy Elden Ring day! Made this illustration in the style of an old fantasy book cover.

(Tempted to do this for FromSoftware's other games) Prints available HERE

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Happy DLC week!

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ODIN: The Allfather With the great World Tree Yggdrassil behind him, Odin looks upon the cosmos, ever in search for more wisdom. My first in a series of paintings about the Norse gods. I’ve been a total geek for these myths since I was a kid in high school and I’m finally going back to them with my art. Stay tuned for more of the Aesir and let me know who you’d like to see portrayed next! Twitter / Instagram / Facebook

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Dear Crypt Keeper, I love you. That is all.

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BLOOD ECHO🩸 My next FromSoftware cover design, chosen by you lovely hunters out there Bloodborne is one of my all-time fav games and I loved playing with a pulp horror novel look for this Prints available on my INPRNT shop here

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Here’s a reveal of this big demonic kachina doll design for the insert of the new Spiritworld album “DEATHWESTERN” on Century Media Records. Out This Friday!🏜

A fold out poster of this is availabile in the vinyl copy of the record! Can’t wait to get my hands on it this week

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Sir Christopher Lee

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I am back on tumblr! :D

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𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓🍷

Playing around with a more retro color & brush style with this one. Wanted to emulate 60s/70s scifi/fantasy covers.  I’m getting some real nice prints of this made for when my shop opens back up in February Instagram  Facebook  Twitter

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THOR: God of Thunder He wields the mighty hammer, Mjolnir. His strength, helped by his powerful gauntlets and belt, is only matched by his temper This is my 3rd entry into my series of Norse gods! Check out the other 2 below and let me know who you’d like to see next! ODIN FREYJA LOKI

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𝐓𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡💍

Happy Elden Ring day! Made this illustration in the style of an old fantasy book cover.

(Tempted to do this for FromSoftware's other games) Prints available HERE

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PLANTED

My newest illustration. Part Swamp Thing, part Excalibur. Want to check out more of my work, check the links below! Instagram Facebook Twitter

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𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 Ω 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊

A double tribute to one of my all time favorite game franchises

Celebrating the release of Ragnarok this week! prints here

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BLOOD ECHO🩸 My next FromSoftware cover design, chosen by you lovely hunters out there Bloodborne is one of my all-time fav games and I loved playing with a pulp horror novel look for this Prints available on my INPRNT shop here