Nightmare Spider

 This time we are getting really creepy. Most of what I draw and paint is pretty tame and not very frightening. I am always trying to improve on that. This creature is pretty frightening. It used the mummified skin and bones of its prey for a kind of shell and place to hide in wait of prey. When prey gets near, it leaps up and attacks. For some reason I imagine that the webbing of the creature is a dull black and hard to see in dark caverns, as well as powerful enough to ensnare a grown man. 

Return of the Spider Witch

 I have redrawn the spider witch. Which was inspired by my childhood horror sounds CD. A Night in the Graveyard.  I like this version a bit more. She is more creature like and menacing than the old woman crawling with spiders I created previously. Which do you like more? Why? 

Thank you, and stay spooky!

Ethan

The Night Gaunt

 By Ethan Black

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Dìonadair boireannaich 

 It protects sick women and those women who are helpless to protect themselves, but are being mystically atacked. It exists in the ethereal plane where it can't be observed. It battles evil entities threatening the person it is connected to. Once it's job is done it moves on to protect others.

Nature's Fury

Nature's Fury, by Ethan Black

 This mask was created with the idea that it represents nature's fury at our transgressions against it. It is a creature/god that punishes humanity.

                                                                                                                          

Krampus Mask

Krampus Mask, by Ethan Black

I still need to add fur, but otherwise, my new Krampus mask is done. I think I may create a full costume and keep this one. 

New Horrors

I have started three new monsters, each will be a little under two feet tall. They are off to a good start and I hope you enjoy them. 

Abraxas

Abraxas is a strange looking demon with a very eclectic past. Many sources disagree on some major points and I felt like I was chasing my tail trying to get them straight. If you are interested in trying, good luck. Here is the Wiki page

Fire imp

One of my old decorations was to far gone to salvage, so back to the fires with this demon!

Abaddon

This is my cat, Abaddon. She is a little devil, so the name suits her. I was fairly pleased with this photo, amazing what a camera phone can do these days. 

Coven

This illustration was going to be just for the fun of it, but Monster Mountain Haunted Attraction wants it for their annual shirt design, so I have to make a colour version. I am very pleased. 

Night Gaunt

My near satanic Night Gaunt is one of the most metal things I have drawn. 

The Devil, October 2nd

Sculpture of the God Cthulhu

I created this guy for an art show last year and have sold it to my room mate who loves all things horror. He is also my cousin and i being the older one, might be the one who taught him to enjoy the dark side. I have very little sculpture experience and zero training. I plan to rectify that very soon. This primitive creation of mine is about five pounds and around nine inches tall.

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Krampus

 

 

When it comes to Christmas I have a hard time enjoying the more traditional elements. I hate the consumerist gift giving and the obnoxious music, but I have found certain elements of it enjoyable. I love Krampus, the Yule Cat, and scary ghost stories, among other older traditions of the season. A friend of mine has created a thirteen days of Creepmas project and I plan to post a Christmas/horror themed image here each day. Not all of them will be new projects, but I hope you will enjoy each one for what it is.

 

http://www.creepmas.com

The Jersey Devil

 

The Jersey Devil is a Cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. It is a demon born of a mortal woman named Deborah Leeds. The creature was her thirteenth child and reportedly was born a normal baby, but changed its form to become the horror you see above. On January 16 through 23, 1909, newspapers of the time published hundreds of claimed encounters with the Jersey Devil. Reports continue to pop up on occasion, even now.   

 

Wendigo

The Wendigo of Algonquin lore is a demonic spirit born of the unforgivable sin of cannibalism. This monster is one of my favorite creatures. It is endlessly hungry for human flesh and eats any animals it comes across as well. It has associations with winter and madness resulting from solitude. Greed can also cause one to be transformed into a Wendigo.  

The Hound

The Hound is a tale by H P Lovecraft about a creature chasing a couple of grave robbers in an effort to punish them for defiling a cultist's tomb.

The Devil Takes a Witch

The Devil Takes a Witch Ethan Black 2010 ©

 

I created this illustration for an art history report that required us to write about two pieces of art that influence us creatively. I chose the film Haxan and the sculpture The rape of Persephone. The marriage of the two resulted in this illustration. This project is one I am very proud of, I enjoyed doing it and it is the type of illustration I would like to do more of.

 

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) is directed by  Benjamin Christensen, the film shows witches in the Middle Ages and is very creepy. The imagery is strange and dream like with nightmareish and oddly erotic images. My imagination is awakened by this film easily.

 

Rape of Persephone, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622-1625 is an amazing sculpture that depicts Hades taking Persephone in a pose that I used to inspire my work for this illustration. In doing so I was trying to draw attention to how our myths evolve, merge ad change and how Christianity’s Satan is connected to the older religions deity’s and myths.