Here's a picture I did inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's excellent and super-creepy horror novella Shadow Over Innsmouth, which has to do with a decaying New England fishing village and the cross-breeding bargain the citizens made long ago with a race of horrible fish-man creatures. It's a great and terrifying story, and gets me all creeped out however many times I read it. For some reason I was in a scary-stuff mood recently (usually that comes with the lead-up to Halloween, not in April), and I wanted to draw something in that vein, so here it is. It's not actually depicting an event from the story, but was inspired by it:
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This is one of the most detailed and labor-intensive drawings I've ever done - it's 11x17, black and white ink over blue pencil. It's also for sale. Considering the hours put into it and how pleased I was with the final result, I'm asking $250, which includes shipping.
e-mail me if interested - chris at curiousoldlibrary dot com.
This is one of the most detailed and labor-intensive drawings I've ever done - it's 11x17, black and white ink over blue pencil. It's also for sale. Considering the hours put into it and how pleased I was with the final result, I'm asking $250, which includes shipping.
e-mail me if interested - chris at curiousoldlibrary dot com.