aplacebothwonderfulandstrange:

Hey everybody!

I’m calling on artists who may be interested in participating in a Howard Phillips Lovecraft tribute zine (name pending…)! The zine is going to be very open ended, meaning you can do anything you want, a portrait, a comic, an illustration, as long as it’s related to H.P. Lovecraft or one of his many creations. Totally imaginary bonus points for focusing on some of his more obscure creatures or characters! Do whatever Lovecraft means to YOU!

This is all very early stages, but i’d like to look into getting a table at the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival next summer, and registration is in September. I’d like to sell this zine at the event! I’m going to do the cover, and i’d like it to be in colour, but the inside will be black and white with grey tones. I’m looking for art scaled to either 5.5 X 8.5, or double-page spread work that would be 8.5 X 11. At least one piece, but if you’re passionate about the zine, feel free to submit more than one! I’d love to get a huge range of artists involved in this! There’s already been some amazing support from some hugely talented people.

Let me know if you’re interested, and i’ll keep you up to date. I’d like the deadline for the work to be August 1st, to meet registration for TCAF, so aim for getting the art to me by then! If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at trevorhenderson86@gmail.com, and i’ll fill you in as best i can! If you know an illustrator who would dig this idea, PLEASE pass my e-mail address on to them.

Thanks so much, I feel that this is a topic that’s really open to interpretation through various styles and formats, and i look forward to hearing from some talented people!

If you’re interested, e-mail me so i can add you to the list!

Thanks so much!

- Trevor

 

Calling all artists!

Hey guys, haven’t updated in a while. I’ve been working on a new project which i hope to tell you all about very soon, but in the meantime, here’s an illustration. This is for one of my favourite stories by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Lurking Fear”. It’s quite under-rated, and is one of his best earlier works. More information soon, but in the meantime, you can read “The Lurking Fear” here!

Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow afternoon, i’ll be taking reservations and showing some pictures of the second “Feature Creature Sticker Set”! It’s gonna be good. I’ll put up the reserved orders, plus a few unclaimed sets, in my etsy store in the evening!

In 1981, John Landis directed one of the best horror-comedies of all time (In my humble opinion!). It’s the story of two friends, Jack and David, backpacking across Europe. After a run-in with some unsocialable locals at a pub named “The Slaughtered Lamb”, Jack is killed by a werewolf on the moors, with David surviving with a light mauling. Before long, The next full moon is approaching, Jack is appearing to David as a rotting corpse, cheerfully telling him to commit suicide, and it won’t be long before David turns into a werewolf.

Totally the best werewolf movie ever made, if only for the amazing Rick Baker special effects, the amazing soundtrack, and the relationship between the two leads that gives the film a beating heart. Griffin Dunne deserved a great career, damn it! At least he was in “After Hours”, another amazing movie. See it if you haven’t, it’s a classic.

This week’s Feature Creature is John Carpenter’s sci-fi action film, “They Live”!
Here’s the plot synopsis: “Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like “Stay Asleep”, “No Imagination”, “Submit to Authority”. Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued. ” It’s cheesy, paranoid fun for the whole family!

I’ve been kind of obsessed with the design of the aliens in this film recently, so i thought i’d do up a painting! Working on some cool things coming down the road in the near future, so keep an eye out. A million thanks to everyone who purchased a sticker set, i’m eternally grateful. It won’t be the last of them, that’s for sure.

To everyone who purchased a sticker pack, thanks so much! it’s in the mail. I threw in a couple bonus fun things on the side. You should get it in three to four days. I’d love to see where the stickers end up stuck if you feel like sending a photo. There’s still quite a few sticker packs on reserve, so feel free to grab em’ when you can! There’s also a few free packs available if anyone else is interested! Thanks!