“Elderkin” Sculpted in Nomad (iPhone) #creaturedesign #conceptart #digitalsculpture

My interview with @bryanfuller.bsky.social is live on @ruemorguemag.bsky.social We talk about his latest project (and first feature film!), DUST BUNNY and the importance of gateway horror for monster kids. rue-morgue.com/exclusive-in...

Mood. Whole…fucking…mood. On everything.

I’ve long given up the notion of any kind of studio-based concept work. This isn’t going to stop me from making stuff, though. Creature design. Maybe a short film or two. A comic book, maybe. I’m still in for the love of the game. Let the studios drown in slop that nobody asked for. I’ll make art.

And a new skull. Made that, too.

More Wyrm.

Holidays have officially started here…

First pass on the new sculpt for “weird little worm guy” (see slides 2 and 3 for original concept). My aesthetic is clearly leaning towards “cartoonishly stylized” and I think I can make that work as my niche.

Rough ones hacked out before my tablet ran out of juice.

Managed a speed sculpt in between today’s work. 30 minutes give or take, before my battery died. It’s kinda cool, I guess. #sculpture #conceptdesign #digitalart #speedsculpt #mask #folklore

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There’s a bigger and longer story regarding this print that I’ll bore you with later , but I wanted to share this much because it’s the first time I’ve been able to get a print texture to mesh so hard with the original design, and it looks so good. Right, then. Carry on.

A friend of mine once dated a Hollywood hairdresser who had Udo Kier as a client. When he was asked about appearing in Madonna’s SEX book, he said (and please say this in your head with his German accent) “She has the most well manicured vagina I’ve ever seen.” RIP Udo

From last night’s screening of @realgdt ‘s FRANKENSTEIN at Playhouse Cinema. 100 percent sold out, with illustrator (and fellow Hamiltonian) Geordie Millar discussing his work for Victor’s journals. Magic to see up close, as Geordie spoke on the creative process to an eager audience. Great night.

My latest obsession/acquisition: It’s an absolute beast of a book and I can’t wait to jump in.

Another trip to Toronto, another round of medical poking and prodding. So I’m sculpting a foot on the train. It’s a foot. Don’t know what else to say. #sculpture #creaturedesign #creatureanatomy #conceptdesign #nomadsculpt

If It Doesn't Exist, MAKE IT. Aka. The motivational bnuy. #originalart

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Required reading. Wasn’t even up for debate. #frankenstein #maryshelley #fangoria

Posts like this make me wonder if I truly do live in an alternate reality, because if every streaming movie looks like Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein then we are truly living in a golden age of beautiful gothic masterpieces imo. 😂 Send me all the movies that look like Frankenstein, please. 👍

Shifted over to ZBrush from Nomad tonight, starting in on details and polish. #creaturedesign #conceptdesign #folklore #sculpture

Starting these two from square one. Leaning into my new specialized aesthetic this time. #creaturedesign #sculpture #zbrush #monsters #conceptdesign

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Swamp Thing sketch cover commission completed.

Today’s rewatch. Both the story and film changed me in ways I’m still feeling today. A wonderful, sincere and moving cinematic gift.

It’s Friday. It’s Frankenstein on Netflix Day. Celebrate as you see fit.

Hamilton’s Playhouse Cinema presents @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s FRANKENSTEIN in 35mm this month. Showtimes coming soon. playhousecinema.ca/movie/franke...

Mucking about with a woodlands denizen. Starting with the skull and building out. #conceptart #creaturedesign #folklore #characterdesign #nomadsculpt

Quick Halloween artsy stuff. Happy Samhain, all.

Rough sculpting. New take on an old guy.

The obscenely rich are especially vulnerable to llms because llms sound like *literally every single interaction* they have had with their entourage of sycophants for decades, and they also have not ever had to actually learn or think in that same span of time.

A quick one to end the day. A fancy fish man!

New Rue Morgue looks extra special, donnit? Guillermo Del Toro AND Mike Hill discuss bringing Mary Shelley’s seminal gothic romance to the screen, and I’m here for every word of it. 🖤

Kobold, by the light of a silvery moon (WiP)

More Kobold development, with a temp background for mood.

Not-Deer. #cryptid #folklore #creaturedesigner. #conceptartist #digitalsculpture #notdeer

In creative fields, compliment your coworkers’ work when you like it. Many have never had a coworker compliment their work before. A compliment is a show of professional trust and if you never show it then you’re a real crap

America is being run by people whose social media presence would see them getting fired from a part time job stacking shelves. If you worked at Aldi and posted a video of you pouring shit all over Aldi customers, you wouldn't work at Aldi.

Maybe one king?

Of all the narrative changes. Guillermo Del Toro had made in his FRANKENSTEIN, the expansion of Elizabeth, in purpose and agency, is my favourite. Her tender and emotional rapport with Jacob Elordi’s Creature is the beating heart of the film. Ethereal and understated work from Mia Goth.

So. HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE I have two complaints. 1) The lead (Merchant/LeMarchand) is a vacuum. And his wig in the modern day is WILD! 2) NOT horny enough. Making The Cenobites malicious slashers, and not hedonistic weirdos, diminished the series. But it wasn’t all bad. Angelique was a great add.

I generally hate remakes of films that worked the first time, but I have to admit that Breck Eisner's 2010 version of THE CRAZIES is pretty damn good.

Started a kobold. So far, so good, far as kobolds go.

I wasn't planning to repost this BUT Libro is doing a mega sale on audiobooks and ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is included. Which means a full cast recording (a first for any of my books) full of vampires, pocket universes, hyena monsters, and lots of bloody trauma for like $4. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Shared this thought elsewhere: Aside from Clive Barker’s work (mid 80s on), my pop culture awakening came in the 1990s. HELLBLAZER, DOOM PATROL, THE INVISIBLES, Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos, SE7EN, PULP FICTION… the list goes on. Anyone else feel this, or did the culture just finally fit me then?

Happy Birthday, @realgdt.bsky.social . Thank you for your vision, your love of the outsider and the motivation to give my own inner menagerie life. This moment changed my life’s trajectory and I’m forever grateful for the kick in the ass you gave me that day.

Updating my portfolio with WAY cooler stuff! “Spirit Of The Season" www.artstation.com/artwork/x39ebR

Minimum demands from here on: - Abolish ICE immediately - Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution - Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level - Abolish Dept of Homeland Security

without downloading anything new: where are you, mentally ?

Last bit of sculpting for tonight. Making this guy more festively appropriate for the next stage. And now… lights out.