Tag: illustration

Halloween Horror

Happy Halloween: Third and Final Chapter: Horror Manga

Japanese horror tends to focus on psychological horror and tension building and suspense, particularly involving ghosts and poltergeists, while many contain themes of folk religion such as: possession, exorcism, shamanism, precognition, and yōkai.

Recommended: Graphic horror works by Junji Ito ( “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” and “Uzumaki”) and “Jisatsu Circle” by Furuya Usamaru.

Recommended: Films:  “Jigoku”,1960 by director Nobuo Nakagawa; “Tetsuo: The Iron man”,1989, a cyberpunk horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto;  “Ringu”, the original Japanese version of the Americanized “The Ring”,1998, directed by Hideo Nakata.

Enjoy. Do not forget to turn off all the lights. No flashlights allowed. Happy Halloween to all of you.

Tamas Gaspar

Tamas Gaspar, “Gulliver”

Based in Budapest, Hungary, Tamás Gáspár is a professional illustrator working in the publishing and entertainment industry. His works range from cartoon and caricature style creations through to intricate and beautifully drawn illustrations for books, editorials, magazines and multi media projects. His many clients include Radical Publishing, Kolibri, Digital Reality and Men’s Health Magazine.

Paul Miners

Paul Miners, “White Tiger”, Date Unknown, Colored Pencils on Paper, Private Collection

Paul Miners was born in Auckland New Zealand and grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand. After winning various art awards at college, he was offered an apprenticeship as an Illustrator. It was while attending trade school that Paul Miners stumbled across a life drawing class where his talent started to develop.

In late 1999 he moved to Sydney Australia to further develop his talents and career. Over the past few years Paul Miners has expanded from the more traditional style of painting to digital painting.

Although Paul Miners excelled in painting and understanding the human form, the wild side of nature interested him the most. He has won various art awards with the most recent being an Honorable Mention for his entry ‘White Predator’ in the Museum of Computer Arts  Summer Art Festival in 2010.

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Chris Koelle

Chris Koelle, “The Ascension”

Chris Koelle (visual artist, illustrator, printmaker, designer) has worked on a wide variety of projects including graphic novels, illustrated books for grownups, award-winning documentaries, cassette tapes, vinyl records, zines, more documentaries, some other books, a few logos, a motion graphics film, an art book thing that came with a rock ‘n’ roll album, some event posters, and a few other things. Chris is a member at The Printshop, Greenville’s first and only community printmaking studio.

The Bone Shadows

Illustration from Werewolf: The Forsaken, Second Edition

The Bone Shadows (First Tongue: Hirfathra Hissu)

The Bone Shadow is a hermit and shaman, a hunter of things that cannot be slain with mere fang and claw alone. They trap ghosts and bind spirits, they cast out angels and speak the language of the dead. They have a reputation for strangeness, but it’s a product of their greater understanding of Shadow. Spirits and other ephemeral beings obey bizarre laws and compulsions, and to the Bone Shadows these things are natural, instinctive.

Taboos have power, in the keeping and the breaking, and the Bone Shadows know how to call on that power. While Ithaeur of all tribes can command and use spirits, the Bone Shadows do more than command. They curate, managing the boundary of worlds in the name of Father Wolf, seeking to understand the secrets beyond the visible in the name of their tribal totem. They seek out that which is unknown, study and catalogue and bind it away or cast it out.

Nicolas Menard

Four Gifs by Nicolas Menard

Nicolas is a French Canadian graphic artist working and living in London. He makes drawings, prints, animations, books and interactive. His work has been exhibited and recognized by the Art Director’s Club (Young Guns 12), the Adobe Achievement Awards, Pictoplasma and Grafika. His films have been screened and awarded in festivals around the world, including Ottawa, Annecy and Anima.

His clients include The New York Times, Ray-Ban, Vanity Fair, the Harvard Business Review, Universal, Google Play, ARTV & la Cinémathèque Québécoise.