La Cigale Zombie

While working on my Photoshop Master Study of 'La Cigale' (by Jules Joseph Lefebvre) I got a wee bitty bored and converted it into a zombie study. Hopefully the actual Master Study will be completed soon.

Photoshop Painting

Painting done in Ps CS3

Painting done in Ps CS3

Painting done in Ps CS3

Famous Caricatures

Mutant Bride

Elsa Lancaster from 'Bride of Frankenstein' (1935)

Metaluna Mutant from 'This Island Earth' (1955)

Revised Digital Scratchboard

I have been experimenting further with the scraperboard technique in Photoshop with my Wacom tablet. Let me know what you think.

Cthulhu Fhtagn

Celtic Knotwork

New Lovecraft series

Digital Scratchboard

I have been experimenting with a new drawing technique in Photoshop. It is based on the traditional scratchboard-effect. All that was used was a Wacom tablet grip-pen and me. Hope you like. Please feel free to comment. :-)

Weird Tales cover

Sample of my latest creation, based on the classic WEIRD TALES magazine/comic. More to come.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Created with my own stock photo's, my Photoshop digital art and my twisted mind.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft (1931).

The story describes a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and a frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a large town, but lately fallen into disrepair). The townspeople worship Cthulhu, Mother Hydra, and Father Dagon, a Philistine deity incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos.

Orkney - Tilt/Shift

Cthulhuesque 2

'That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die'.

Tutorial Island

This was created initially in Terragen, then finished in Photoshop.
There is a group in DeviantArt called Tutorial Island. This was a wee thank you for their great help.

Tilt/Shift in Photography tutorial

As a member of DeviantArt (largest global art community) I was asked to explain how I created the 'Tilt/Shift' manipulation effect on my photographs. It would have taken ages and too complicated to explain in a simple text message so I created a step-by-step guide of my process (ie. a tutorial).

In less than a few days it has had over two thousand views, not bad, and I have received alot of positive feedback by interested artists and photographers.

The tutorial can be found here .
Just click the 'DOWNLOAD IMAGE' button, at the top-right of the page, for the full-sized tutorial.

Here are some examples, below, of my Tilt/Shift creations in Photoshop.

Feel free to read my tutorials feedback here at DeviantArt. There are links to other artists using this process. If you wish to try this tutorial out for yourself, let me see what you create by leaving a link or message in my comment box in this blog. Good luck! :-)

The Magician

Years ago I drew by hand (pencil/Rotring) a complete Tarot Card set. It was my art student days so that was acceptable I suppose. Last week I scanned in the lineart for one of the Major Arcana and went Pshop crazy with it to see the final effect. I had a lorra fun.

Deduction

I have finally deduced and created a blog-device. Hoorah! I will use this as a visual diary for my illustration artwork and graphic design. And if I have time, maybe also a few walkthroughs of my creation process, once every so often. But first things first....