By: Mary Jo Schimelpfenig,
on 12/10/2014
Here are the books that knocked my socks off in 2014. All of them would make great gifts; each of them was truly something that evoked that inexpressible delight of finding an author you are excited about. ÷ ÷ ÷ Prince of Fools (Red Queen's War #1) by Mark Lawrence Prince of Fools is essentially [...]
By: Eric Orchard,
on 2/17/2011
By: Eric Orchard,
on 1/29/2011
By: Eric Orchard,
on 10/21/2010
By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/30/2010
Here are some exploratory sketches for a character, lets called her Gertrude #8, for a magazine cover. It's for the Canadian speculative fiction magazine On Spec and they pretty much said do what you want. I love hearing that. So I'm taking the opportunity to mix some of my favorite things up in a picture; mermaids, Frankenstein's monster, weird science, Mignola and Lovecraft. As usual I'll do it mixed media on paper, starting with a pen and ink drawing. And I'll have on James Whale's Frankenstein while I work.
By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/26/2010
Keeping with weird themes here's a really cool map of the Dreamlands done for Call of Cthulhu Games based on the writing of H.P. Lovecraft. I love maps and I love these stories. Very cool.
By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/22/2010
Here's a sketch of one of my favorite writers the revered horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. I read his stuff pretty young and it really, really scared me. He taught me the pleasure in being scared, which is a useful tool in life. The Wikipedia entry is good but you really need to read his work to get it. It's totally unique, though you'll likely recognize something of his work in contemporary horror movies and books. His work is incredibly relevant and fresh seventy years after they were written. As an aside there are some amazing Lovecraft book covers by a great number of amazing artists. I recommend hunting down one with a Mignola or Palencar cover but there are plenty more great ones. However you can read all his work for free here.
Love the crow. More crows are needed.
Thanks! He's a main character. This north is full of crows.
Eric, the concept sound fantastic and very original, best wishes!! :)
Oh, god love 'im. 'Grist' is a very cool name btw. j;)
Thanks so much Fabian!
Thanks so much Jen! It's short for Tingrist....