Lovecraft eZine #10, Illustration for Eliza by Joshua Reynolds

New illustration for the Lovecraft eZine January 2012 issue #10. This illustration is for the riveting futuristic epic tale of monsters, mythos and mayhem by author Joshua Rynolds called Eliza.

This was done in charcoals on natural recycled paper with a touch of digital color.

Here are some of the progress images along the way...

Heir Apparent

Skull/crown image I drew for author and mad blogger T. E. Grau for his birthday.
T. E. Grau has a few short stories in various anthology books, like his eerily effective tale 'Transmission' in Dead But Dreaming 2 edited by Kevin Ross and 'Free Fireworks' in Horror for the Holidays edited by Scott David Aniolowski, both published by Miskatonic River Press. T. E. Grau will also see a couple of his tales published in the Aklonomicon through Aklo Press edited by Joe Pulver and Ivan McCann out of the U.K.
Mr. Grau blogs all things cosmically horrific and curious, with a strong leaning towards weird literature and mans struggle against the universe at the Cosmicomicon.
With tentacles raised in his general direction, let it be known that T. E. Grau is highly recommended reading, and more great things to come from this lad.

'What fungi sprout in Yuggoth'

Illustration of a Mi-Go done on H. P. Lovecraft's Birthday (August 20, 1890) in 2011.
8 x 10" Limited Edition giclée  print run of 12 available for $20 each, shipping included.
Email me about purchase.

Among the Dark Places of the Earth

New illustration in December issue #9 Lovecraft eZine for Among the Dark Places of the Earth
by Julio Toro San Martin.

Lovecraft eZine #8 "What Dances in Shadow" Illustration

New illustration for "What Dances In Shadow" by Derek Ferreira up at Lovecraft eZine #8.
Read the disturbing tale of an eldrich object that show's up at Clive's Curious Curios.

Crypticon T-Shirt Designs

 

 T-Shirt design for Crypticon Kansas City 2011. 
Below is a version with some hand rendered text, but I wasn't too fond of it due to it's lack of readability.

 

T-Shirt design for Crypticon Minneapolis 2011.

The Lost Gods of Lemuria

As the staff artist for Strange Aeons Magazine (described as the illegitimate love-child of a hot tryst between Heavy Metal Magazine and Weird Tales Magazine!), I get asked to do illustrations for submitted works of fiction. In issue #5, the legendary editor, writer, theologian and philosopher Robert M. Price sent in "The Lost Gods of Lemuria", a tale of Thongor the Barbarian.
I was unfamiliar with who Thongor was initially, just thought it a tale by Mr. Price in the vein of Conan. Upon further research I came to find that Thongor is an older character created by Lin Carter, whom Mr. Price who was appointed Carter's literary executor. Needless to say, I was quite excited to not only be illustrating an image for a story by Rober M. Price but to know it's roots go even farther back to the fantastical mind of the fantasy pulp writer Lin Carter had me rather thrilled.
I could only do one image and I knew I wanted it to be an action shot, so I focused on a battle towards the end of the tale with a demon that a witch conjurs up to thwart the mighty Thongor.