Gallery O' Terror

My wife put up some photos of our spooky house on her blog. You can check them out here.

Illustration Friday: Ghost

Mmmmm. Ghosts. A topic I really like. This is one of my favorite ghost paintings that I did a very long time ago. It is small and simple but I still like it. Strange, my mom still doesn't get it.

Also I've been lucky to be able to do a whole bunch of ghosty books with Scholastic. I've done 2 series. I just finished the 17th book of GHOSTVILLE ELEMENTARY by Marcia Thornton Jones & Debbie Dadey and I've done 4 covers for GHOSTHUNTERS by Cornelia Funke. Any job that involves ghosts and goulies is fun. Here are a few examples. You can go here to see more Ghostville Elementary or Ghosthunters.

From the Sketchbook 2

Here are a few doodles I did at church. I can listen and draw at the same time I promise.

Gallery O' Terror- Pumpkin Portrait

And the Gallery grows. Mr. Punkin' came by for a sitting. A nice chap. He looks a bit scary but he is really kinda squishy on the inside.

Pimple boy

Julie wanted me to draw a pimple-faced boy for her smitten girl. Here you go Julie.

Illustration Friday: Smitten 2

While on his way to his appointment to smite Clyde McDeadsoon, Death passed a small yard sale and was smitten with a shiny toaster. He got a killer deal.

Illustration Friday: Smitten

This started out as a scribble on a piece of paper that was sitting around and it turned into this. I wasn't thinking "smitten", but it kinda turned out that way. It must have been somewhere in the back of my head. Smite on! Ink wash on paper.

From the Sketchbook

Illustration Friday: Trouble

I've missed a couple of weeks and thought I'd better do something about it. This was a really quick one. I figured I'd stick with a Halloween theme and do something that would go along with IF topic and also the Gallery O' Terror. Acrylic on paper.

Gallery O' Terror- Frank (update)

I finished my Frankenstien painting. It turned out better than I thought it would. There was a time during the "ugly" stage that Frank about got trashed, but he pulled through. Why is he holding a piece of chicken? Beats me. It just happened to show up in the drawing. Everybody loves fried chicken, right? Anyway, the painting looks even better in my Frankenstien frame. I took a new frame and broke it into pieces. Then I bolted, screwed, nailed, wired the thing back together. It turned out pretty cool. If I can figure out where my camera went I'll take some pictures of it to post. Enjoy.



Okay, I found the camera. These aren't the best photos, but I think you get the idea. It looks better in person.

Gallery O' Terror- Witch

This was a morning sketch I did the other day that I liked, so I had to paint it up. I'm thinking I might need to do a whole series of witches, but first I need to finish painting Frankenstien, but first I better do my real jobs. Bummer. I'm running out of spare time. Gotta work faster.