Archive for the ‘Artist Showcase’ Category
Thanks again to Pam Morris of Labyrinth Creations for bringing Alexander to our attention. I’m going to have to just start duplicating her blog since we have the same tastes in spooky AND I’ve been so lacking lately…ahem. Heh.
Now to Alexander… From his website he states:
I´m a freelance artist born in Uppsala, Sweden.
I live and work in Gothenburg.
Sleeping House is my design studio. I specialize in cover art, illustration, character design, concept art and graphic design.
You can find him several ways, his Blog, his Website, Deviantart and Etsy.
Now to a his art…
This alone would make me want to run out and buy a truck load of Lego’s!! Maybe my Nephew would build one for me…hint hint.
Mike Doyle is the awesome creator
So straight into then…
- 5′ x 3′ x 2′
- Black, white, dark and bluish gray, clear trans and black trans colors used.
- No foreign materials (wood, glue, paint or otherwise) were used – this is pure Lego.
- Photo retouching used only for adding contrast and color correction & background.
- Approx 450 hours to build
Here she is ::: feels woozy :::
::: faints :::
Was turned onto this artist by Pam Morris over at Labyrinth Creations.
His name is Jason Soles and he currently resides in Seattle, Washington. His one-of-a-kind works utilize bone, metal, found object, and anatomical models, as quoted from his website.
Here is one of his pieces called End of Time
I wanted to jump on here quickly to say Happy Halloween to everyone and figured I should check my email and do a Halloween scream out over on Facebook first. To my ::: insert little girl giddy squeal ::: surprise I had a message from Jodi Cain of Tattered Rags. I have won her Halloween Doll Giveway!!!
Me!! I have won something! On Halloween even!!! The Halloween ghostly Gods are smiling on me this morning I tell ya.
So here are links to Jodi’s creations, then I will show you the doll I have won.
Tattered Rags website
Tattered Rags Blog
Tattered Rags on Facebook
Tattered Rags on Etsy
And now… ::: trumpets ::: the new addition to my spooky little home:
The Halloween mags are starting to hit the stores and I have picked up a couple. The only one I have found worth mentioning is Better Homes and Gardens. Why? Because Scott Smith of Rucus Studios created some halloween silhouettes at the request of the editor. I think I have the explanation right…if not Scott can set me straight.
This is Scott’s picture from his own blog, hope it’s ok for me to use this Scott, I have it linked back to his own blog post about the BHG entry.
I have also gone over to BHG website to snag the silhouettes that Scott had given them for the mag. To save some time I put them in my Google Doc’s and shared them to everyone. There are other silhouettes there from other submitters to BHG. These are all free to use per BHG. I will add more to the Google Doc’s as I find them online or as I make them. I’m also going to try to figure out a way to share my Google Doc’s through this here blog, just need to wrap my brain around it and do it. I am so smart, SMRT.
Google Doc’s Halloween Silhouettes
It’s Easter and a happy day to you all. No matter your Easter traditions, I wish you all a wondrous time with them. As for me? The fam is going to a buffet around 3pm and that will about cover it. I may do a little bit of artsy’ness later. I have a new idea swimming in my head and have set aside the last project I was working on. It wasn’t going the direction I originally intended so until it whispers to me what it really wants to be, I will let it rest.
Now to the Artist Spotlight. John Schwegel, per his Facebook page, says “I like to draw spooky cute freakies and beasties.” You can also find his blog here.
To keep in the Easter’ness theme…here is a couple of his works:
Oooooppsss… How did this one get in there :::giggles:::
Dave is doing his first ever giveaway over on the Shadow Farm!!! Check out what he has for the lucky winner:
The Shadow Farm Easter 2010 Giveaway
While you are over there check out his Etsy shop and all the other props he has created. The man is a genius when it comes to Halloween props!!!
Colin Stimpson is an awesome artist. His Bio can be read here. His work tends to lend to animation, which I normally shy away from due to it’s ‘fairytale’ feeling. I prefer less ‘Princessy’ type stuff but I have to admit, he has me hooked on his Witches. They have enough of the old Hag, creep feel to them and it draws me in. No pun intended, heh. I will be buying the book How to Cook Children: A grisly recipe book by Martin Howard and illustrated by Colin Stimpson
You can see his work on his website and on his blog. And here we go with the art work…
This is from a book he illustrated for called The Wickedest Witch, I think. He has the pictures listed in the same blog post. I love the trees!!!
The rest of these photos are from How to Cook Children
Mad Elaine de la Moustache
Iris O’Rambly
Sheila Q. Barby
There are other photos, these are just a few. If his style tickles your fancy, go over and check him out.
Valentines Day is just around the corner so I thought I should jump into the spirit with some Valentine love for everyone. I don’t have a honey, yes that would mean I am single, so I don’t have anyone’s heart to carve out…erm… I mean I don’t have anyone to cut out hearts for. ::: giggles :::
Here are a few Valentine’ee pictures in such…
Chad Savage has done some awesome Valentine art. They are available over on his Etsy Shop.
The Halloween Lovers
Hallontine
Happy Phantom over on Flickr captured this photo in a cemetery. If I saw this thing with a little bow and arrow… I would run, I would run really fast.
I ran across this artist in rather a round about way. I have the website Crappy Taxidermy setup in my Google Reader feed and one of his pieces showed up as a post. I attached that post to the above Crappy Taxidermy link.
Alex CF is a self described cryptozoological scientific assemblage artist and illustrator and resides in the UK. If you like ephemera of anytime, especially anything zoological in nature, you will love his art. Even if you aren’t the collector of the unusual you should check out what he creates. It’s awesome!!!
Here is Chompy a Martian Botanical Device - This specific preservation device contains a juvenile “carnivorus muscipula” a flesh eating plant which can grow to 20 feet in height. At this size they draw their nutrients from the soil, which is kept rich by the device. If kept in a controlled environment the plant will never need feeding flesh as a form of sustenance.
A vacuum exists between the plant and the outside world, controlled and maintained by the complex filtration system which draws air in, adding and subtracting the necessary components. The small glass fronted charts display the key biological information regarding this specimen. A self contained ecosystem… More
The Henrich Emille Rectangle – You must read this story behind this yourself…More
19th century anatomical study cabinet No.1 – 1915: Bought in an estate clearance, with no apparent name attached, the esteemed Dr. Merrylin traced the small inscription at the base of one of the specimens to the royal college of surgeons, where one Thadeus Belacleese had once worked and taught. He was also the chief physician to the Queen of England, until his private work was discovered and shunned…More
