Soren Cousins

Student Artist | Illustration, Concept & Character Art, Motion Design

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About

I am a Canadian artist who was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and am currently based in Medicine Hat, Alberta. I'm a versatile artist who works well with a variety of mediums both traditional and digital, but I specialize in digital art. My passions lie in character and concept art, illustration, and motion graphics.My interest in characters and story-writing began at an early age through video games and fantasy novels. I developed these passions and skills on my own as a self-taught artist and writer until graduating high school, where I begin pursuing an applied bachelor's degree of the arts afterwards, at Medicine Hat College.

Original Characters

Works featuring characters from original settings I have written myself, or as a collaborative project with close friends.

Inspired Work

Artworks inspired by various forms of media I love, such as Endoparasitic and FromSoftware's titles Bloodborne and Elden Ring.

Motion Graphics

Motion Design and Motion Graphic projects done for Motion Design 1 and 2 at Medicine Hat College.

Bedtime Story, Oct 2024, paper, graphite, ink pen, digitally compiled into a stop motion video.

Hesper Driscoll, Feb 2025, digital artwork, motion graphics.

Hesper Driscoll, Feb 2025, digital artwork, motion graphics.This animation was created for a project in Motion Design 2 called "motion collage." The idea was to create a visual narrative of some sort using rotoscoped elements, still images, and overlapping elements. I decided to animate my characters Hesper Driscoll and Athal Sterling in one of the fantasy settings I've been writing since 2022 - Tanglewood's Academy of Magical Arts. This animation, of course, is about Hesper.Hesper is a Chronomancer (time wizard) who instructs the chronomancy school of magic at the academy. He's generally quite bubbly and cheerful, a little eccentric, and full of big ideas. When he's not teaching, he likes to tinker and build things as an engineer and inventor. The setting of the animation is the academy's "time wing" where all his classes take place. It has a very steampunk aesthetic because most of it was built by Hesper himself.Being able to control time to such an exceptional degree worsened one of Hesper's poorest habits: extreme perfectionism. He has the ability to reverse time and "undo" any mistakes he makes, no matter how small and insignificant. It leads to him bending and rewriting time constantly to make sure everything he does goes exactly as he plans it. With nobody else around him quite as experienced in Chronomancy as he is, nobody ever remembers him doing so; although Athal has vague suspicions with no proof.

The above images are rendered stills from the project.

Pulse Drive, April 2025, digital artwork, motion graphics.

Pulse Drive, April 2025, digital artwork, motion graphics.This animation was also created for Motion Design 2, but also for the Pulp Media group in Medicine Hat. Our assignment was to choose one of the themes presented to us and make an animation to be displayed at The Yard in downtown Medicine Hat in late April of 2025. I chose the theme "digital landscapes."The main character of the animation is another original character I designed named Cy Hybris, who was written for TAMA. They're the instructor of a school of magic called "chaos." However, in this animation, I've put them in the setting of Hello Game's title, No Man's Sky. I love space, and I love the work Hello Games produced in No Man's Sky. The game contains so many planets and star systems to visit, that it is impossible for one single person to see every single one in a lifetime. It is a game filled with breathtaking scenery and cinematics everywhere the player goes, and I wanted to show my love and appreciation for it in my animation. The ship asset is drawn using an in-game model as a reference, and the sound effects heard in the final scene of the animation were recorded from gameplay in No Man's Sky.

The above images are rendered stills from the project.

Graduation Work

The images below are all pieces I created for the graduate art show at Medicine Hat College in 2025, called Living:Room. The artist statements that went with the respective pieces will also be included.

Acceptance, April 2025, digital artwork.

Artist statement:Have you ever looked at yourself in a mirror, and been unable to recognize who was looking back at you? I’ve been told there are five stages of grief, but I counted three. Longing, Suffering, and Acceptance.Every single day, for nearly a decade, I struggled to recognize my own voice when I spoke. Flinched away from the eyes looking back at me in the mirror, so full of hatred and anger. Acceptance meant understanding that there would be people who do not agree, who do not understand, and will never attempt to. It meant accepting that my pain, my anger, my hurt, will never be acknowledged or pitied. Accepting that I will never be what is considered “normal” in a world that demands conformity, and that it’s okay not to be.I recognize the man I see in the mirror now, and I am finally happy.

The Devil, April 2025, Vine Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal, Liquid Acrylic

Artist statement:Masculinity is a double edged sword. On one edge of the blade, the default. Prized and adored just for being. On the other, demonized and feared.Did you know, according to the Trevor Project, trans men experience alarmingly high rates of sexual violence that surpass all other listed gender categories? How many posts or advertisements have you seen targeted towards reproductive rights? How many included trans masculine people? What about period products? Trans men and mascs must constantly out themselves and explain their identities for the peace of mind of others, or risk being excluded from supposed safe spaces. We are constantly told from all angles that men are evil, men are gross, men are terrible and men are violent. We are a constant subject of jokes and taunts, and we must take them quietly or be looked down upon for misogyny. Our own identities are explained to us by everyone, queer siblings included, and we are treated as infants who cannot make a rational decision for ourselves regarding politics, our bodies, our interests, our lifestyles, and relationships with others.To the trans men, mascs, and masc-adjacent, remember that you are loved. You have every right to be who you are, just the same as anybody else. You are not dangerous, evil, or predatory, don’t let anyone else convince you that you are; because that’s how it starts.

Process Images

Some process images of various artworks.

Adult Content

Content that may contain violence, nudity, or sexual imagery.

CV

Image files of my CV that can be downloaded

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