Landscape practice...

"So I ran from this, as much as anything else. I ran for the solitude, the whiteness of the snow, the brutal indifference of towering trees and tiny winter stars."

-Anne Rice

Something a little different for me...some landscape practice taken from the opening chapter of a new book I'm reading. I don't know...perhaps more to come...

Weekend Practice and a special tribute...

The horror world lost another true icon this weekend...Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre - passed away at the age of 68. I saw him in the flesh not 6 months ago at a convention, but was unable to meet him at the time. Missed opportunity I guess. Scariest madman. EVER. There will never be another. Rest in Peace.









A quickie 4x4 snow trooper...you may start your landing...





Thought about not posting these, as they are truly just rough studies and not very good...using The Crow as reference...white pencil on black paper.





This one is ok, even though he looks like he just took a Benadryl. Heh.

Kamikaze and a quickie Sith...

This might be my fave so far on the brown paper...mixed media - pen, marker, and white colored pencil. Kamikaze taking a direct hit in December 1943 - from a very famous WW2 photo.

















And a quickie Sith guy...

Put a bit more contrast in this first one...



Full shot...

Some drawings...various...

Had some inklings last night...

F4F Wildcat taking off from USS Yorktown....drawn from photo reference...







And some ewok drums...heh...

Fifth Annual 31 in 31...Day 27 ... "Death has come to your little town, sheriff."

Halloween / 1978

The godfather of slasher films. Can stand toe to toe with anything from the classic era of the 1970s - Texas Chainsaw, Exorcist, Alien, and then this. Perfectly summed up by Dr. Sam Loomis' quote:

"I met him, fifteen years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."

Perfect.





Turn around, Laurie.

Fifth Annual 31 in 31...Day 26 ... "Why Horror?"

Why Horror? / 2015

A nice documentary from horror fan Tal Zimmerman's perspective on why we love horror so much as a society. He looks at his own childhood and growing up with it to modern day. I'm pretty jealous of the trips he takes during the filming of this, especially when he goes to a horror themed bar/restaurant in Tokyo, Japan to meet new friends. That's awesome.

Hey, that looks like my room!

Halloween sketchin'...and other stuff...

Various stuff...First is Pazuzu from The Exorcist...





Then, something I've been wanting to do for a while...got a new pen, so I went to it. "From hell's heart....I STAB AT THEE!"







And finally...some Walking Dead character practice from comic page reference...lots of subtle detail put in by that comic's artist...only when I try to copy them do I notice it...





And Mike...