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Return from the Dead
As the Nights Grow Long and the World Begins to Dream
I’m breaking my routine for a bit. Next month, this October, I’ll be posting one ink drawing a day. I’m participating in one of those art challenges where one does an illustration a day in order to improve ones skills and have fun. Being a guy who likes to maximize his efforts I’m participating in two art challenges at once.
and Drawlloween –
Inktober gives me the technique to focus on (finished ink drawings) and Drawlloween gives me the subject matter (monsters and creepy things!). I’m adding my own theme to the drawings. Let me know when you figure it out.
The black and white to color project will return in November.
Another Day, Another Monster – Color
Another Day, Another Monster – Black and White
Anger Not Fantomah! – Color
The above image is the CMYK version. I’d planned to stop posting both CMYK and RGB but the CMYK is so lurid I couldn’t resist.
The image below is RGB.
Anger Not Fantomah! – Black and White
There have been thousands of heroes invented since comic books first started being published. Through some oddities of copyright law, quite a few of those characters have fallen into the public domain. Anyone who wants to may use them in comic (or a movie or a tv series or a breakfast cereal).
Fantomah is, apparently, the first female comic book superhero. Her first appearance was in Jungle Comics #2 (Feb 1940). She’s one of the gloriously weird creations of Fletcher Hanks. She’s a White Jungle Goddess who, when provoked, displays godlike powers. Her body turns blue while her face becomes skull-like. And then she does horrible magical things to her enemies.
The Groovy Frankensteins – Color
Believe it or not, I was being restrained when I colored this.
An Unholy Trio – Color
I’d love to do a series of stories featuring these three as team. Whether they would be villains or heroes would probably depend on the situation. It’s not as if any of them have a reason to love humanity.
An Unholy Trio – Black and White
From left to right – Wilbur Whateley, the Frankenstein Monster and Helen Vaughn. I did a portrait of this trio last year. I didn’t think I did them quite the justice they deserved so here’s another attempt.
Most folks know who the Frankenstein Monster is. Other folks know Wilbur Whateley from The Dunwich Horror. Helen is the more obscure character. She’s the “monster” in The Great God Pan.
