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}

Skin Crawling Comics January Update

The Skin Crawling Comics website regularly posts pages to the individual stories of the anthology every Tuesday and Thursday.  I'll be doing an update at least once a month with links to the newest pages.  Drop by and check out the latest updates!

The Appetite Pg. 1
The Appetite Pg. 2
The Appetite Pg. 3
The Appetite Pg. 4
The Appetite Pg. 5
The Appetite Pg. 6
The Appetite Pg. 7
The Appetite Pg. 8
       

If you haven't already, check out last month's pages.  Also check out Skin Crawling Comics on Twitter and Facebook!

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.

Saturday Sketch: The Wizard Shazam

Here we have the Wizard Shazam on his throne inside the Rock of Eternity.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Sorry for the delay on this one.

 
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.

Featured Creature: Whisperers

Excerpted From Marge Hollander's Digest of Demons and Devils: 

"Whisperers are dire phantoms that will lead humans psychically and emotionally astray even unto death.  A Whisperer will seek out a victim that is already emotionally agitated or distraught and begin to misdirect their emotions towards the goals of the Whisperer.  It is unknown exactly how the phantoms control their victims, but those who have survived the persuasions of these demonic ghosts claim to have heard whispering voices and to have encountered vaporous apparitions.

Saturday Sketch: Dakimh the Enchanter

Here we have Dakimh the Enchanter.  Although he first appeared in Adventure into Fear, I did not encounter him until his appearance with Man-Thing in Marvel Team-Up.

{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.

Skin Crawling Comics December Update

The Skin Crawling Comics website regularly posts pages to the individual stories of the anthology every Tuesday and Thursday.  I'll be doing an update at least once a month with links to the newest pages.  Drop by and check out the latest updates!

The Mother Road Pg. 3

The Mother Road Pg. 4
The Mother Road Pg. 5

The Mother Road Pg. 6

The Mother Road Pg. 7

The Mother Road Pg. 8
The Mother Road Pg. 9
The Mother Road Pg. 10

If you haven't already, check out last month's pages.  Also check out Skin Crawling Comics on Twitter and Facebook!

Psyche Delectus: The River of Cups

The cup overflows.

Recommended Listening:

Arcana

Lovelorn

from Inner Pale Sun

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: Kirby's Merlin

Here we have Merlin the Magician from the first run of The Demon.  I had a blast doing this piece!  Every time I study Jack Kirby's work I learn something new about the man's genius.  

With this piece, I learned that the heavily designed aspect of Kirby's style subtly forces the viewer to work at understanding the image.  Kirby's visual language is simple and direct, but his stylistic presentation forces the viewer to work a little harder to understand exactly what it is that they are seeing.  To me this comes across as a learning tool.  His style teaches the understanding of art simply by being what it is.  It requires the viewer to translate.

While I was researching for this piece, I also noticed that there is something oddly psychedelic about Kirby's artwork.  It may have just been that I had taken too much cough medicine while fighting off my recent sinus infection, but all the pieces I was looking at seemed to have a similar quality to psychedelic posters from the sixties.  I noticed it specifically in his later work:  The Demon, Machine Man, The Eternals, New Gods, Captain Victory.

I must offer my apologies on this piece as it is not the usual sketchcard size.  I got into the groove while doing studies of Merlin's costume, then that turned into sketching and before I knew it I was finished.  At that point I realized I had been drawing the wrong size.

I may permanently go to the larger size.  Both sizes takes about the same amount of time to complete and I can get more detail in the larger image.  The whole point of the Saturday Sketches has always been more about the time limit to complete the drawing.  I do enjoy the extra detail.  I'll have mull that one over.

{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.

Saturday Sketch: Bloodwynd

Here we have Bloodwynd, from Dan Jurgens' run on Justice League.  I've never had much interest in the character, but he is a magic user in the DCU and I did have fun drawing him.

{2.5x3.5,  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.

From the Archives: Dragon Head

Here is a quick stylistic sketch of a dragon head.

{Graphite}