Brian Kolm
@briankolm.bsky.social
Artist and Instructor in the SF Bay Area.
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I was so happy to attend the one night art show at Little Raven Gallery in San Francisco. The show featured work from artist in the Creatives Lab program at Art House @ 134, part of the Larkin Street Youth Services art studio.
www.larkinstreetyout...
#lsys #art #sanfrancisco
www.larkinstreetyout...
#lsys #art #sanfrancisco
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I was so happy to attend the one night art show at Little Raven Gallery in San Francisco. The show featured work from artist in the Creatives Lab program at Art House @ 134, part of the Larkin Street Youth Services art studio.
www.larkinstreetyout...
#lsys #art #sanfrancisco
www.larkinstreetyout...
#lsys #art #sanfrancisco
The other night I was in SF for an art show and appreciating the 'golden hour' on the buildings.
Pictured is the Old Mint, and the SF Chronicle building.
#sanfrancisco #photo #Architecture #goldenhour #sfbayarea
Pictured is the Old Mint, and the SF Chronicle building.
#sanfrancisco #photo #Architecture #goldenhour #sfbayarea
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The other night I was in SF for an art show and appreciating the 'golden hour' on the buildings.
Pictured is the Old Mint, and the SF Chronicle building.
#sanfrancisco #photo #Architecture #goldenhour #sfbayarea
Pictured is the Old Mint, and the SF Chronicle building.
#sanfrancisco #photo #Architecture #goldenhour #sfbayarea
The program I teach at in San Francisco is having an art show of participants in our Creatives Lab program.
"Life is the Occasion
FRI, NOV 21
5PM - 8PM
LITTLE RAVEN GALLERY
1015 HOWARD STREET, #SANFRANCISCO
WORK BY EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE #LSYS Art Studio"
"Life is the Occasion
FRI, NOV 21
5PM - 8PM
LITTLE RAVEN GALLERY
1015 HOWARD STREET, #SANFRANCISCO
WORK BY EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE #LSYS Art Studio"
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The program I teach at in San Francisco is having an art show of participants in our Creatives Lab program.
"Life is the Occasion
FRI, NOV 21
5PM - 8PM
LITTLE RAVEN GALLERY
1015 HOWARD STREET, #SANFRANCISCO
WORK BY EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE #LSYS Art Studio"
"Life is the Occasion
FRI, NOV 21
5PM - 8PM
LITTLE RAVEN GALLERY
1015 HOWARD STREET, #SANFRANCISCO
WORK BY EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS FROM THE #LSYS Art Studio"
Californians, don't forget to vote. We can take a step to stop Trump.
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Californians, don't forget to vote. We can take a step to stop Trump.
I'm struggling with bandwidth in life right now, so I am altering my #inktober art prompts. The new list of #postcardoraclejam #prompts are each a different challenge to make a visual table or oracle that would work with a #solorpg or a #ttrpg. These could be used for a future one-shot game.
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm struggling with bandwidth in life right now, so I am altering my #inktober art prompts. The new list of #postcardoraclejam #prompts are each a different challenge to make a visual table or oracle that would work with a #solorpg or a #ttrpg. These could be used for a future one-shot game.
#postcardOracleJam #inktober
Day 7 - Map
Here I layed out where each Postcard of worldbuilding was to form 'Celebration Point' a hard to reach resort somewhere in a steampunk europe. The idea is that you can roll a D6 dice and get random locations for a game.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg
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Day 7 - Map
Here I layed out where each Postcard of worldbuilding was to form 'Celebration Point' a hard to reach resort somewhere in a steampunk europe. The idea is that you can roll a D6 dice and get random locations for a game.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg
3/4
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#postcardOracleJam #inktober
Day 7 - Map
Here I layed out where each Postcard of worldbuilding was to form 'Celebration Point' a hard to reach resort somewhere in a steampunk europe. The idea is that you can roll a D6 dice and get random locations for a game.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg
3/4
Day 7 - Map
Here I layed out where each Postcard of worldbuilding was to form 'Celebration Point' a hard to reach resort somewhere in a steampunk europe. The idea is that you can roll a D6 dice and get random locations for a game.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg
3/4
#postcardOracleJam #inktober
Day 6 - Outskirts
At the outskirts of this remote resort I imagine where guests arrive. This again has characters which is more my thing.
The idea is that these will be part of a world for a game next year and maybe a zine if they don't suck.
#sketchbooksolorpg
2/4
Day 6 - Outskirts
At the outskirts of this remote resort I imagine where guests arrive. This again has characters which is more my thing.
The idea is that these will be part of a world for a game next year and maybe a zine if they don't suck.
#sketchbooksolorpg
2/4
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#postcardOracleJam #inktober
Day 6 - Outskirts
At the outskirts of this remote resort I imagine where guests arrive. This again has characters which is more my thing.
The idea is that these will be part of a world for a game next year and maybe a zine if they don't suck.
#sketchbooksolorpg
2/4
Day 6 - Outskirts
At the outskirts of this remote resort I imagine where guests arrive. This again has characters which is more my thing.
The idea is that these will be part of a world for a game next year and maybe a zine if they don't suck.
#sketchbooksolorpg
2/4
#postcardOracleJam #inktober #solorpg
Day 5 - Power and Privllage - this town/city/village is a remote resort area with two rulers who might or might not be royalty. I am more happy when there are characters of some sort involved with this strange experiment I am trying.
#sketchbooksolorpg
1/4
Day 5 - Power and Privllage - this town/city/village is a remote resort area with two rulers who might or might not be royalty. I am more happy when there are characters of some sort involved with this strange experiment I am trying.
#sketchbooksolorpg
1/4
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#postcardOracleJam #inktober #solorpg
Day 5 - Power and Privllage - this town/city/village is a remote resort area with two rulers who might or might not be royalty. I am more happy when there are characters of some sort involved with this strange experiment I am trying.
#sketchbooksolorpg
1/4
Day 5 - Power and Privllage - this town/city/village is a remote resort area with two rulers who might or might not be royalty. I am more happy when there are characters of some sort involved with this strange experiment I am trying.
#sketchbooksolorpg
1/4
For my current #solorpg campaign (on hiatus while I deal with real life stuff) I had drawn as an art challenge locations as trading card sized pen/ink/watercolor art.
I thought it was lost, but I FOUND IT. It was in a suitcase that was packed away.
A bit of joy in not-so-joyful times.
I thought it was lost, but I FOUND IT. It was in a suitcase that was packed away.
A bit of joy in not-so-joyful times.
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
For my current #solorpg campaign (on hiatus while I deal with real life stuff) I had drawn as an art challenge locations as trading card sized pen/ink/watercolor art.
I thought it was lost, but I FOUND IT. It was in a suitcase that was packed away.
A bit of joy in not-so-joyful times.
I thought it was lost, but I FOUND IT. It was in a suitcase that was packed away.
A bit of joy in not-so-joyful times.
#drawingchallenge... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 4 prompt: one-off/stand-alone complex
A school of some sort.
It will be interesting when I need to map where all these are in relationship to each other.
#inktober #drawtober
3/3
Day 4 prompt: one-off/stand-alone complex
A school of some sort.
It will be interesting when I need to map where all these are in relationship to each other.
#inktober #drawtober
3/3
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#drawingchallenge... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 4 prompt: one-off/stand-alone complex
A school of some sort.
It will be interesting when I need to map where all these are in relationship to each other.
#inktober #drawtober
3/3
Day 4 prompt: one-off/stand-alone complex
A school of some sort.
It will be interesting when I need to map where all these are in relationship to each other.
#inktober #drawtober
3/3
#drawingchallenge... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 3 prompt: industrial/technology
The resort generates it's own steam power and there is also space where things are created.
#inktober #drawtober
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Day 3 prompt: industrial/technology
The resort generates it's own steam power and there is also space where things are created.
#inktober #drawtober
2/3
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#drawingchallenge... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 3 prompt: industrial/technology
The resort generates it's own steam power and there is also space where things are created.
#inktober #drawtober
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Day 3 prompt: industrial/technology
The resort generates it's own steam power and there is also space where things are created.
#inktober #drawtober
2/3
More #drawingchallenge for October as part of the experiment called... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 2: The prompt for this drawing is Suburb, which is kind of a hard to reach resort of art.
I plan to go over these drawings with some monochromatic washes to give it more umph.
#inktober #drawtober
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Day 2: The prompt for this drawing is Suburb, which is kind of a hard to reach resort of art.
I plan to go over these drawings with some monochromatic washes to give it more umph.
#inktober #drawtober
1/3
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
More #drawingchallenge for October as part of the experiment called... #POSTCARDoraclejam.
Day 2: The prompt for this drawing is Suburb, which is kind of a hard to reach resort of art.
I plan to go over these drawings with some monochromatic washes to give it more umph.
#inktober #drawtober
1/3
Day 2: The prompt for this drawing is Suburb, which is kind of a hard to reach resort of art.
I plan to go over these drawings with some monochromatic washes to give it more umph.
#inktober #drawtober
1/3
For october drawing challenges (i.e. inktober, drawtober, catober) I am making up my own that should be challenging, but useful.
#POSTCARDoraclejam has me drawing a postcard size drawing of locations that can later be used as random tables for a #solorpg game.
The rules might change as I go.
#POSTCARDoraclejam has me drawing a postcard size drawing of locations that can later be used as random tables for a #solorpg game.
The rules might change as I go.
October 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For october drawing challenges (i.e. inktober, drawtober, catober) I am making up my own that should be challenging, but useful.
#POSTCARDoraclejam has me drawing a postcard size drawing of locations that can later be used as random tables for a #solorpg game.
The rules might change as I go.
#POSTCARDoraclejam has me drawing a postcard size drawing of locations that can later be used as random tables for a #solorpg game.
The rules might change as I go.
From last nights #oaklanddrinkanddraw at #thenewparkway, another attempt to figure out how to do my #postcard idea for #drawtober / #inktober. The idea is to do a 'postcard' each day that can also double as a micro location for a #solorpg game at the end of the year. Using the grey helps I think.
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From last nights #oaklanddrinkanddraw at #thenewparkway, another attempt to figure out how to do my #postcard idea for #drawtober / #inktober. The idea is to do a 'postcard' each day that can also double as a micro location for a #solorpg game at the end of the year. Using the grey helps I think.
I really would love to do a drawing challenge this October. The world seems in chaos and my life has changed a bunch with caregiving a loved one, so having something creative to work on would be great! Testing ideas that would be fun art making and worldbuilding for a solo rpg game in 2026.
September 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I really would love to do a drawing challenge this October. The world seems in chaos and my life has changed a bunch with caregiving a loved one, so having something creative to work on would be great! Testing ideas that would be fun art making and worldbuilding for a solo rpg game in 2026.
Don't forget to get a COVID BOOSTER when it's available. The current CDC leadership (trump admin 2025) seems to be either dumb, grifting, cruel or all of them SO IT'S UP TO US!
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Don't forget to get a COVID BOOSTER when it's available. The current CDC leadership (trump admin 2025) seems to be either dumb, grifting, cruel or all of them SO IT'S UP TO US!
In October I want to do a world building daily art challenge that can be used in a #solorpg game. But instead of one month = one city I want to draw a city a week (2-3 drawings a day).
So, how much info is needed to play a game; enough to spark ideas and inspire, but vague enough to expand upon?
So, how much info is needed to play a game; enough to spark ideas and inspire, but vague enough to expand upon?
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In October I want to do a world building daily art challenge that can be used in a #solorpg game. But instead of one month = one city I want to draw a city a week (2-3 drawings a day).
So, how much info is needed to play a game; enough to spark ideas and inspire, but vague enough to expand upon?
So, how much info is needed to play a game; enough to spark ideas and inspire, but vague enough to expand upon?
#capeandcowlcon in #alameda was a blast. The location was an upgrade from Gilman St last year to #factionbrewing with bigger space and higher ceilings inside. Incredible art and energy.
Can't wait for next year.
www.capeandcowlcomic...
#capeandcowlcon #comicconvention #bayarea
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Can't wait for next year.
www.capeandcowlcomic...
#capeandcowlcon #comicconvention #bayarea
1/2
August 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#capeandcowlcon in #alameda was a blast. The location was an upgrade from Gilman St last year to #factionbrewing with bigger space and higher ceilings inside. Incredible art and energy.
Can't wait for next year.
www.capeandcowlcomic...
#capeandcowlcon #comicconvention #bayarea
1/2
Can't wait for next year.
www.capeandcowlcomic...
#capeandcowlcon #comicconvention #bayarea
1/2
Last night..Performing Arts Night 2025 ( #PAN25 ) from Larkin Street Youth Services ( #LSYS ). I have been an instructor and mentor for visual arts since 2007 and I help create graphics for the show. I created the promo poster/design package; video projections of a blooming flower and flaming pyre.
August 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One of the first custom tables I created for playing my solo games. I wanted a #pointandclick adventure game vibe. I roll for each of 6 elements and get a memory or opinion, trigger action or scene. Love the exploration feel.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
4/4
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
4/4
August 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One of the first custom tables I created for playing my solo games. I wanted a #pointandclick adventure game vibe. I roll for each of 6 elements and get a memory or opinion, trigger action or scene. Love the exploration feel.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
4/4
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
4/4
Here is a sample visual table of Knight #NPCs. Drawn quickly with ballpoint pen.
"Who is staring at me?" combined with a d6 on this table could provided a scene that could go all sort of ways.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
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"Who is staring at me?" combined with a d6 on this table could provided a scene that could go all sort of ways.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
3/4
August 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here is a sample visual table of Knight #NPCs. Drawn quickly with ballpoint pen.
"Who is staring at me?" combined with a d6 on this table could provided a scene that could go all sort of ways.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
3/4
"Who is staring at me?" combined with a d6 on this table could provided a scene that could go all sort of ways.
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
3/4
Here is a visual table of #NPCs, patrons at a bar.
This is just a made up example to share this technique, but my brain allread wants to interact with these characters. "Bartender, who has come into a lot of money recently?" (d6 on table)
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
2/4
This is just a made up example to share this technique, but my brain allread wants to interact with these characters. "Bartender, who has come into a lot of money recently?" (d6 on table)
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
2/4
August 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here is a visual table of #NPCs, patrons at a bar.
This is just a made up example to share this technique, but my brain allread wants to interact with these characters. "Bartender, who has come into a lot of money recently?" (d6 on table)
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
2/4
This is just a made up example to share this technique, but my brain allread wants to interact with these characters. "Bartender, who has come into a lot of money recently?" (d6 on table)
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorrpg #ttrpg #visualjournaling
2/4
I thought that I could finish my campaign by the end of this journal. WHAT A FOOL I WAS!
A solo rpg game can be unpredictable and it's hard to predict how long it will take to finish, especially when you want to draw moments, npcs, locations, etc!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
2/2
A solo rpg game can be unpredictable and it's hard to predict how long it will take to finish, especially when you want to draw moments, npcs, locations, etc!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
2/2
July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I thought that I could finish my campaign by the end of this journal. WHAT A FOOL I WAS!
A solo rpg game can be unpredictable and it's hard to predict how long it will take to finish, especially when you want to draw moments, npcs, locations, etc!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
2/2
A solo rpg game can be unpredictable and it's hard to predict how long it will take to finish, especially when you want to draw moments, npcs, locations, etc!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
2/2
chp 15 - journal 4 comes to and end with strange foes for an upcoming conflict. They are all magic born (magic constructs) like my superhero character. There is 6 so they work as a d6 table.
It was so much fun drawing these wild characters!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
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It was so much fun drawing these wild characters!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
1/2
July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
chp 15 - journal 4 comes to and end with strange foes for an upcoming conflict. They are all magic born (magic constructs) like my superhero character. There is 6 so they work as a d6 table.
It was so much fun drawing these wild characters!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
1/2
It was so much fun drawing these wild characters!
#sketchbooksolorpg #solorpg #supercity24 #ttrpg
1/2
I love analog journaling of my solo ttrpg game, but it's hard to estimate page real-estate and if I can finish it neatly by sketchbook's end.
I added a ticking clock to keep things moving, but the Math Rocks+imagination have other ideas.
#sketchbooksolorpg #supercity24 #solorpg
2/2
I added a ticking clock to keep things moving, but the Math Rocks+imagination have other ideas.
#sketchbooksolorpg #supercity24 #solorpg
2/2
July 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love analog journaling of my solo ttrpg game, but it's hard to estimate page real-estate and if I can finish it neatly by sketchbook's end.
I added a ticking clock to keep things moving, but the Math Rocks+imagination have other ideas.
#sketchbooksolorpg #supercity24 #solorpg
2/2
I added a ticking clock to keep things moving, but the Math Rocks+imagination have other ideas.
#sketchbooksolorpg #supercity24 #solorpg
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