Happy Birthday H. P. Lovecraft

Today marks the birthday of that master of celestial horror and father of the Cthulhu mythos, Howard Phillips Lovecraft.  Rest well HPL!  Thanks for the exquisite parade of sense shattering nightmares and the lingering miasma of dread and horror!

{6.48x8, created in Adobe Photoshop}

Psyche Delectus: The Tree Within

After many permutations,
the distillation leaves no trace
of what was.

Recommended Listening:

Arcana

The Tree Within

from Cantar De Procella

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Dire Warnings for July

A new Dire Warnings is up Horror Blogger Alliance!  This month I expound upon the exquisite nothingness in Grant Morrison's run on  DC Comics' The Doom Patrol and celebrate HBA member blog, The Angry Scholar.  Drop by and be warned!

Saturday Sketch: The Spectre

Here we have the grim visage of DC Comics' Spectre.  My first encounter with The Spectre was in his super-cosmically powered aspect in Crisis on Infinite Earths.  It was not until much later that I began to appreciate his darker occult aspects.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Dire Warnings for May

Dire Warnings is up at Horror Blogger Alliance!  This month focuses on the music label Cryo Chamber and the member blog of the month, From Zombo's Closet.  Drop by and check it out!

From the Archives: Yellow Hooded Figure

Some quick sketching I did in Photoshop while listening to parts of the King in Yellow.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: Doctor Destiny

John Dee, Doctor Destiny, has always been one of my favorite DC villains.  Destiny was one of the earliest enemies of the Justice League of America.  I've always found his hooded skeletal visage especially creepy.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Countdown to Spartancon 2015!

Next month, on Saturday May 9th, I will be showing in the Artist's Alley at SPARTANCON.  This will be my second year showing at Spartancon. The convention will be held in downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina at the Main Branch of the library.  Please check out the links below for more info.  I had a great time last year and am looking forward to showing again this year.  Some fun photos from last year are here, here, and here.

If you are in the area next month, drop by and see the sights.  It was a great deal of fun last year and I promise you will enjoy yourself!  I'll be posting more as we get closer to the convention so please check back to see what's new.

Spartancon ~ Spartancon on Facebook

Dire Warnings for April

The Dire Warnings for April are up at the Horror Blogger Alliance.  This month, I focus on the Welcome to Night Vale podcast.  I had the privilege of attending the most recent live show in Atlanta on the fourth and it got me all stirred up about Night Vale.  Please drop by and check out this month's Dire Warnings!

Exhumed: Tornado of Self

An older piece depicting a disturbed emotive state.  With the color reinvestigation, I wanted to add a stronger sense of motion within the piece to indicate that the individual distortion had begun to effect the surrounding environment.  I also chose to confine my palette to "body" colors: light flesh, blood, excretions.  With the use of these body specific colors, my intent was to give the image a subtle disturbing quality that intimated the visceral aspects of the black and white sketch with further graphic representation.

{8.5x11, Sharpie with color added in Adobe Photoshop}

Galleries Updated

Here's a quick note to let everyone know that I just updated all the galleries with fresh thumbnails and links for easy viewing.  This go round, every gallery has something new.  Enjoy!

Dire Warnings begins at HBA!

Yesterday I began my new regular column over at the Horror Blogger Alliance.  Please drop by and check out my first post.

New Neatoshop Design: Red Hot

Here is my latest design at my Neatoshop!  Drop by and check it out.

{created in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: Jude the Entropic Man

Jude the Entropic Man first appeared in Giant sized Man-Thing as Yagzan, leader of the Cult of Entropy.  He was later transformed by the Cosmic Cube into Jude, a living embodiment of Entropy.

{8 x 5.33, created in Adobe Photoshop}

I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Psyche Delectus: Revelation

The Truth lies beneath.

Recommended Listening:

Zack Hemsey

Teachings of a Ronin

from Ronin

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: Blackbriar Thorn

Blackbriar Thorn is a transformed druid priest who first appeared in DC Comics Presents fighting against Superman and Etrigan The Demon.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Psyche Delectus: Mask of the Tiger Mage

By the light of the night fire,
he conjures.

Recommended Listening:

Emeralds

Does It Look Like I'm Here?

from Does It Look Like I'm Here?

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Autumn / Winter Delays

I'm sorry that things have been so disrupted at Zombie Bites of late.  I've developed some reservations about what I am actually accomplishing and it has completely sapped any motivation.  The work I've produced over the past year has not achieved any of the goals I desired.

It is time for a change.  Right now, I'm unsure what form that change will take.  For now my posts here will be more sporadic.  There are several unfinished stories that I do want to complete, but things are going to slow down here as I work my next move.  I appreciate all of you who have followed so far.  I appreciate your readership, patience, and support.  I'll keep you posted as things develop.

Exhumed: Lich

Here we've exhumed a sketch of a Lich from a fantasy story I was working on.  In the color reinvestigation I digitally inked the image then added a background doorway for this creepy guy to have just walked through.  I kept the lighting dim to add to the ambiance and surrounded him in a cloud of noxious fog to keep him ghostly despite his black cloak.

{8x6.2,  Graphite with color added in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: The Interloper

Here we have the Interloper, an Eternal who appeared in the last issues of the New Defenders run.  After he first appeared, he spent several issues traveling across the world to get to the New Defenders.  He literally walked across the ocean from the Russia to North America to help stop the Dragon of the Moon.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.