Here is Cain from the House of Mystery. I first met Cain and his brother Abel in the early issues of Sandman, but they both appeared long before. Doing my research for this piece I never realized that Berni Wrightson was so involved with the House of Mystery. I also did not realize that it was such a long running title. I've got some back issue tracking to do. :-)
Also, this piece is much larger than the normal Saturday Sketches. I was in a groove when I began working on it and before I realized the size difference I was mostly finished. So this one isn't sketchcard size.
{8x5.71, created in Adobe Photoshop}
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Done in an older contour style, here is a sketch of an embodiment of the mystery of the moon. There is an echo of ancient Egyptian style to the imagery and a faint feeling of the Goddess Isis within the image. These choices were not intentional at the time. I often drew in this style ecstatically with no planned intention when I began drawing. I would just begin drawing to see what emerged. This process is what evolved into the process I use to create the pieces within the Psyche Delectus Tenebrarum.
I've been drawing alot of humans in the Featured Creature lately and this week I wanted to get more creature back into the posts. This image however, turned out more comedic than scary. I figure though that somebody somewhere must be afraid of cow demon robots even if they're smiling...or maybe because they are smiling.
{8x5.33, created in Adobe Photoshop}
