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Crazy Weird Horror Collage, Horror movies/shows & Dumping X (Twitter)

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Sharing a horror collage I created recently. I love the way this one turned out and could stare at it for hours. Despite my moving to Photoshop, I did this one quickly in Canva. Like I say, it’s funny how something you throw together can work so well.

Wanna quickly mention that I’ve quit using X (Twitter), and the link has been removed below. At the same time, I added my GoodReads profile page, so you can go there and follow me. I try really had to keep that page updated.

Now on to the movies and programs I watched this week. First there’s the shorts. The Infernal Cauldron is a 1903 colorized short set in a dungeon, and women were dumped in the scalding cauldron. It was funny more than anything, and the special effects for the time were impressive. The other was Culpa, about guilt, but I didn’t really see the theme playing out as I had expected. It’s not rated the greatest, so I’ll leave it up to you whether you watch it.

The Hole in the Ground was okay. Very dark as it should be. It was really slow, so I checked email while it was on. In case you don’t know me, I partially gauge my reviews of horror movies by the number of times I do work while watching. The Pyramid was bad, which is probably why it has a 4.6 on IMDB. I did appreciate that the story was about a found pyramid that delved into Egyptian myth. The last movie I watched was The Black Phone. It was release last year, and it was my favorite of all of them. I remember seeing a trailer for this movie in the theater and wanted to see it there. Loved the story line, with a kidnapped kid getting clues from the boys who had previously been kidnapped and killed. You should definitely see this one.

There were a few reality TV shows I watched. Devil’s Road: The True Story of Lorraine & Ed Warren is good if you love the paranormal and want to know about the leaders of ghost hunting. As a trained psychic, I never get enough of shows like Dead Files and Ghost Adventures. And I started watching The Ghost Town Terror, and it’s pretty cool so far.

Reminder that Fall for Freedom is free through Halloween. Below is the first section of the book to entice you to download it. Otherwise, have a great week and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The Zombie Stage & Artsy Horror Movie

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This week’s horror collage, although it’s more of a stage scene. I’ve moved to Photoshop, so this is less choppy. I find this corny, but it was a great practice. As an afterthought, I probably should have painted in some mist. My favorite part is the hand at the bottom right. I also like the combination of hues with the teal and orange.

What shall I do next. Unfortunately, I’m not really feeling much Halloween inspiration this year. Not sure why, considering it’s my favorite holiday.

For my Halloween movie/show viewing pleasure this week I watched a really cool movie and Jack Osborne’s Night of Terror. Reminder I’m only watching stuff I’ve never seen. We’re All Going to the State Fair was more of an art/horror piece. Everyone will come away from it with their own interpretation. At first I expected more paranormal activity, but I came away terrified about how people take advantage of each other via the internet. But I’m also more afraid of the living than the dead. Night of Terror was another fun ghost hunting show. I love Portals to Hell, so I loved Jack Osborne’s new show.

All I got for ya. Have a GREAT week!

Halloween Collage & Horror Movie Fest

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Happy start of Halloween! I’ll be doing a bunch of Halloween inspired collages and this is the first one for the month. I’ve moved to Photoshop as I had mentioned to try to make them look better. I really need the practice anyway.

Every year I go on a horror movie marathon, usually watching a number of movies I’ve seen before. This year I’ve decided to only watch movies I haven’t seen. This week I watched 4 movies, so I need to step up my game since I wanted to watch at least 1 a day.

The Hunt, Us, and The People Under the Stairs were my favorites. Can’t believe I haven’t seen these. Then again, I tend to ignore the big Hollywood horror productions, preferring indie horror, especially when it comes to zombie movies.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sucked! The whole movie was a slow motion torture fest in a bad way. I remember seeing critiques around turning Winnie the Pooh into a horror characters, so that was the draw. They really need to stop at one of these because it was soooo boring.

Have a great week!

I Can’t Stop Thinking About Zombies

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Yep, I got zombies on the brain. That’ll tell you how much I love them. Could also be because I started reading Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek. So far it’s blowing my mind on how the brain works. I also did the collage to the right recently. Lots of fun and one of my favorites so far.

Very exciting news on my Amazon followers. I have 44. Okay, not so impressive, but if you had asked me before they added the number to Author Central, I’d have said I likely have only 3. I guess they added it a while back, but I just learned about it. Forced me to also spend some time there, updating my author profile. I’m not a huge fan of the new look and feel of the author pages though. Oh well.

And speaking of being an author, book covers are still in the works for the first 3 books. Everything else is ready to go. Trying to make sure I meet a May 15th release date. Still giving out Warrant for Damnation for free if you want it. Go to the Contact page to make a request.

Have a great week!

The Missing Ladies of Horror

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It occurred to me that I haven’t posted the 1st two Ladies of Horror here in the blog, so that’s what I’m posting this week with my usual status or rant. As you can see, it’s Lilly Munster and the Bride of Frankenstein. One thing I’ve noticed is that they are getting better with each one I do. Everything was flat for these ladies and I’ve been playing with gradients with the more current ladies. I’ve also been getting braver on making changes to some of the line work. I finished Elvira, but you won’t see her here until next week or so. She’s up on Deviant Art @meanwinniejean if you want to see her there. I’ll always reveal the new ladies there first going forward. BTW, Lydia Deetz is in the works.

What else is up? I’m trying to find direction or training on how to draw zombies. I have this expectation that zombies need to look the scientific way of decomposition and that someone out there has created detailed instructions on how this works and how it should be drawn at various stages. Seems I’m sadly mistaken or need your help finding what I’m searching for. I spent a number of hours last week looking for blogs or YouTube videos that instruct in this way, but couldn’t find what I was looking for. I did find How to Draw Zombies video by David Finch that I should mention. Best part of the video is early on, when he goes over the usual stances for zombies. I found the rest of the video okay. It just got a little boring to watch because it was so long. I also felt the main zombie he drew was washed out. I really want to learn how to draw flesh wounds and shrinkage that pops.

Otherwise, covers are still under renovation, and there are a few other projects in the works that you’ll have to wait to see and hear about until next week. See you then.