drawing

Having a Proud Artist Moment

by

Finished another Lady of Horror this week. Fatso is a character in the Casper movie released in 1995 that includes Christina Ricci as one of the main characters. Fatso is in drag as Amelia, her deceased mother, to fool her father. Very very funny scene! I watch the movie every Halloween. Brad Garrett does the voice of Fatso perfectly! Interesting fact, Casper was “the first feature film to have a fully computer-generated visual effects character in a leading role.”

The Ladies of Horror series is a mix of feminine horror actors done in a Patrick Nagel style, although I kept the integrity of the character because Fatso wouldn’t look good without depth. I started these to better learn the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, and they’ve become an obsession. Now, with this one, I’ve mastered gradients…well kinda. If there’s a lady in a horror movie or TV show you’d like to see, leave her in a comment.

While this is my first try at a major use of gradients in Adobe Illustrator, I’m quite pleased with how it turned out. Can’t wait to start a new project with gradients! Not at all sure what I want to do, but I feel it should be something original. Maybe I’ll try the Grim Reaper, who is a character I’ve mentioned in a book I wrote awhile back but never published. I want to revisit the book as a graphic novel.

No news on Angels Dark and Dumb. The cover artist is still working on the updates, but she’s getting close. Until next week…

Hooked on Art

by

Here’s this week’s artwork for ya. Did this piece, obviously titled Hooked, in my drawing class. I expect you can figure out the theme pretty quickly. We were assigned a line drawing of objects found around the house. Funny how these things evolve in my head because I remember walking around the house to find things. I had a big pile of stuff and had to pull out a theme. The only vice of mine represented here is the wine glass. Any other obsession or addiction is a contrary to my controlling personality, gambling and injecting drugs especially. In fact, I’m the one you want holding your money at a casino.

No news on Angels Dark and Dumb. The cover artist is still working on the updates and the new character drawing for Margery. What I can say is that they are coming along quite nicely. Otherwise, have a great week, and hopefully I’ll reveal the covers next week.

This Blog is Almost 20 Years Old

by

Can you believe it? Almost 20? WOW! I had to go look up how long blogs have been around and found they started in 1994. That’s 10 years before I started this one. It was originally on the free WordPress site and then I created my own website. I tried a few other sites like Blogger, but WordPress has been my choice of website/blog tools most years.

Now that I’ve completely and totally bored you with technology talk, let me introduce this week’s artwork. This is called Drifting In or Floating In. Done for my Drawing I class, so it’s a photo of an old school piece that was done with ink and black watercolor. I don’t remember the exact assignment though. I think it had to do with foreground and background landscapes.

Unfortunately, there is a delay on the release of the new editions of Angels Dark and Dumb. Going day-to-day at the moment, still working on the new, improved covers. Until further notice, Warrant for Damnation will remain free upon request. While it is more than worth the wait for the new covers, I’m starting to feel like a kid at Christmas. LOL! At my age, I guess it’s a good thing.

The only other big news is that I finished the blog post I mentioned a few weeks ago about remaking the Angels Dark and Dumb. The Remaking of a Fiction Series and Why You Should Consider Remaking Yours is live on the ArmLin House blog, which is my media company’s website. You will find it particularly interesting if you are also a fiction writer.

That is all this week…talk to ya next week…

Lydia Deetz is Done

by

She’s done! Lydia Deetz was fun and a little challenging, which is a good thing. I had the most fun with her hair. She is one of my favorite characters in horror comedy movies because I can relate to my favorite quote by her in Beetlejuice…

“I, myself, and strange and unusual.”

Not much else other than the freebie running for Angels Dark & Dumb in the previous blog post. Again, Call for Obstruction will be off of the KindleUnlimited program going forward. I want it available in more stores. Fall for Freedom will remain on the program. Boring news I’m dumping on you twice.

Otherwise, I won’t drone on about my recent bout with the flu and the worst sore throat ever. Oops! I just did. Anyway, have a great week!

Elvira’s in the House

by

Here she is…Elvira. I love the way her eyes turned out. She’s quite suited for this style. I feel like I shorted her though. Elvira needs her boobs and dress and legs to really be represented properly. I may do her that way sometime in the future. She’s such a great character full bodied.

What else is up? More like what else is complete and ready to debut. Well, nothing. It’s funny how you can be very very busy and seem to not get anything done. That’s why I revisited my list of projects and am trying to stay focused on getting only one image in a series done at a time. Holly crap! What a list I’ve got.

Until next week, enjoy the Mistress of the Dark. She’s got me all caught up on sharing the Ladies of Horror in my blog. I’ll be back next week with Lydia Deetz…hopefully. She’s my main focus and almost done.