Artwork: Skeletal Cello, Melancholy Sonata

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Skeletal Cello: Melancholy Sonata

An early Happy Halloween to you!

This illustration is part of my (growing) series of skeletal musicians, made with pen/ink, digital coloring and a touch of photo textures. It explores the dark romanticism present in the melancholy sound of the cello.

Artwork: Curious Bestiary

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Curious Bestiary

“Curious Bestiary” is inspired by steampunk, taxidermy, Victorian oddities and the macabre. This creature may look a bit ghastly, but exists in pure innocence.

Artwork: Enduring Hope

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Enduring Hope

“Enduring Hope” is a skeletal homage to Mother Nature and is inspired by Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” and the upcoming Day of the Dead. In today’s pop culture, images of skeletons don’t hold the same horror and disdain as it has in the past and I wanted to explore that concept–where death is an integral part of life and there’s always beauty in the most mundane or misunderstood subjects. This piece was created with pen/ink and incorporates some of my photographic textures and backgrounds.

Artwork: Bloody Roses

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Bloody Roses

“Bloody Roses” is a digital rendering of a gothic scene. Inspired by the vampire genre, this piece pays homage to the romance, beauty, grit, and deathly atmosphere of the night-walkers. The bloody butterfly represents femininity and grace amidst a world of horror.

Artwork: Inevitable Futures- Gasmask on the Octopus

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Inevitable Futures: Gasmask on the Octopus

My bio-mechanical octopus is the main character of “Inevitable Futures”, a submission for the fifth edition of PROPAGANDA LA REVISTA, an online Latin magazine. The theme of the piece focuses on global warming and environmental concerns.

I chose to create a mutant octopus with a stylized gasmask to symbolize the multi-pronged horrors of environmental and climate change. The creature rides on the earth, rather than in its native oceanic habitat. The background has a dark post-nuclear feel, but the sci-fi aspect makes the work more accessible.