Horrors at Party Beach – Black and White

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I saw The Horror of Party Beach about thirty years ago. Probably more. I’m pretty sure it’s not a good movie. The monster costumes are pretty ridiculous.

https://youtu.be/tOS31j9dtoA

But the idea of the creatures has stuck with me. Bloodsucking fishman zombies created by atomic waste. That’s neat!

So I’ve been drawing versions of the creatures over the years. My versions have always had teeth where the original movie costumes had … sausages? I understand that those blunt objects were probably supposed to be horrifying fangs but … they are blunt objects. The creatures are supposed to be some sort of vampires. How could they drink blood with those?

And then I thought – lampreys!

Lampreys are bloodsucking eels that are vaguely shaped like the Party Beach monsters’ teeth. Let’s just pretend that the movie makers intended that all the along; they just didn’t have the budget to reflect that in their costumes.

Welcome 2016!

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Happy New Year!

I’ll be posting on a regular schedule beginning on the 3rd. I’ve been working on new sketches/illustrations. I’m practicing both my inking and my coloring skills.

On the inking front I’m focusing on doing simple line work accentuated with spot blacks. I’m then digitally coloring the finished inks using Photoshop. I’m also keeping my color work as simple as possible – limited colors, limited effects. My goal is to speed up my ability to produce finished color art. Some of the results will be … kind of crude.

I’ll be posting twice a week. The black and white line art will post on Sunday. The colored version will post on Wednesday. Thank you for visiting!