Here’s the last of the spot illustrations I did for the first issue of The Black Seal. I don’t believe this one saw print either.

Another spot illustration done for The Black Seal #1. I’d need to check the issue to be sure but I don’t think this one ever saw print.

Old (ancient!) books of evil lore are a staple of Lovecraft’s stories. The Necronomicon is the most famous but many other authors have contributed their own dreaded tomes to Library-of-Books-it’s-a-BAD-Idea-to-Read.

Another spot illustration for The Black Seal #1. I did all the spot illustrations with pen and ink. The first illustration I did, the one that I was first assigned, was mostly done in Photoshop and it took forever. I hadn’t used Photoshop for illustrations much at that point and so I was learning as I worked. I fell back on pen (and brush) and ink for the rest of the illustrations in order to get them done more quickly.

In the first issue of The Black Seal I was assigned three illustrations. I was also asked to come up with some spot illustrations that could be used to fill any unsightly empty spaces. This is one of those spot illustrations.

Another illustration for The Black Seal #1.

The base pencil art for another illustration in the article about the secret PISCES containment facility featured in The Black Seal #2.

Base pencil art for the article on the secret PISCES containment facility in The Black Seal #2. PISCES agents often take extreme measures when seeking information. And sometimes they take extreme measures for the fun of it. Too much contact with the Mythos will warp one’s idea of fun.

The base pencil drawing for an illustration published in The Black Seal #2. This is an avatar of Y’Golonac that PISCES has incarcerated in their secret holding facility. The final version can be found here.

This is the base pencil art for an illustration in The Black Seal #2. The article being illustrated was about a secret lab/containment facility run by PISCES.