The Work of CloudKBD

CloudKBD | Lain L. | they/them | Digital Artist and Traditional Painter | cloudkbd@gmail.com

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A digital illustration of Icarus reaching the sun and beginning to fall, though he has a smile on his face.

An astronaut in space gasps for breath as liquid slowly fills his helmet.

A person stands in the mirror of a bathroom, scissors in hand, wrestling vines and carnations coming out of their veins. They seem determined to snip them away.

A person lays sideways in a filling pool of water. They are passive. The drawing is grayscale.

A person lays in a pool, water either pooling into their mouth or expelling from it.

Digital Artwork

I create digital tools using an iPad with Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, and Paint Tool Sai. My digital artwork pushes themes of isolation, myth, and speech. I enjoy playing with contrasted colors and intense shadow work.

A close-up view of a series of wild midwestern fungus painted on a board of black walnut.

Two separate circles of glass hang against a wall. The top circle shows a pomegranate, while the bottom shows a stylized crow falling.

A set of wooden slices sit on a table. Each have a different painting on them: oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, fly agaric mushrooms, ginkgo leaves, raspberries, snakes, and blueberries.

The picture shows two different glass picture frames. Both have a snake painted directly onto the glass. The left has a white snake with a pomegranate, the right has a black snake with a partially eaten apple.

A full picture of a piece of black walnut wood, its surface painted with white, yellow, red, and brown mushrooms.

Three different paintings, two featuring mushrooms and one featuring a pomegranate.

Traditional Artwork

I love experimenting with my canvas material with my traditional artwork. I prefer to use acrylics and markers on either wood or glass. Most paintings are between one foot-to-five feet tall, and often feature contrasting colors and nature-based themes.

Five different books titled "Make a Math Check" fan out and showcase a person playing Dungeons and Dragons while struggling with math ideas.

A close up on the book "Make a Math Check" showing how modifiers affect the range of dice outcomes.

A coloring book featuring a large moth is called "Era" and is surrounded by decorative plants.

A display of a moth for a coloring book, with mushrooms in the background.

A coloring book featuring a large butterfly is called "Era" and is surrounded by decorative plants.

A display of a butterfly for a coloring book, with feathers in the background.

A coloring book featuring a large crow skull is called "Cycle" and is surrounded by decorative plants.

The close up of a coloring book shows that the front inside cover is covered with bones and the first page is an Ibex skull.

Publications

I create a variety of books with my work. My primary joy is adult coloring books featuring creepy nature-based themes. I also create TTRPG-based math guides about how to do the mathematics of table top games.