My Sketches

[nibelwolf]

Well, Bowwowmeow suggested I should post some of my art, and I decided, why not? It ranges from the very old (3 years or so) to very recent sketches. I'm not a professional artist, so I don't necessarily feel very pressured to create much beyond sketches and a lot of fan art. I just do this for fun.

Wolf of the Moors (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/wolf4.png) - this is the picture I use for my avatar. It's the wolf form of a character (one of the main characters, actually) in a novel I'm writing. I keep all the novel illustrations black and white, but his eyes actually glow a ghostly green (like foxfires).
An Occurence on the Moors (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/wolf3.png) - also from my novel, this is an illustration of the first scene. No worries, the guy getting mauled survives. And the wolf that does the mauling is not the Wolf of the Moors from the above illustration.
Lycanthropic (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/igorwolf.png) - A friend and me were watching Van Helsing (great werewolves in that movie, but what an awful plot), and she suggested that I should draw what Igor would look like as a werewolf, as I like the actor who plays him. It came out surprisingly good.
The Dark Man (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/flagg.png) - my interpretation of the "monster" form of Stephen King's incomparable Randall Flagg. I see him as more of a dark nature spirit than a demon (especially thanks to the The Stand miniseries). I made his true shape a mixture of forest animals (bear, cougar and elk). I haven't actually read the Dark Tower series and I'm not that big a Stephen King fan, but Flagg I do like (Pet Sematary's Pascow as well).
Piter De Vries (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/piter.jpg), from Frank Herbert's Dune. He's my favourite character in the Dune series. Yes, I'm what some may call an "accursed Harkonnen pig".
Sweeney Todd (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/sweeney.png) - Fantastic story, fantastic character, fantastic musical.
The Usher of Darkness (in black and white) (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/usherunleashedbw.jpg) - or look at it in colour (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/ushertextless.png). Carnivale fan art. I loved that series. And Justin Crowe in particular. I could go on and on about him (and I have, in the past), but I'll leave it for now.
The Wounded Prophet (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/prophet.jpg) - No fanart, an original for a change (though somewhat inspired by the Black Zodiac in Thirteen Ghosts). As Herodotus put it, "This is the worst pain a man can have: to know much and have no power to act."
Shub-Niggurath (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/shubniggurath.png) - my favourite deity of H. P. Lovecraft's Mythos.
Wilbur Whately (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/wilburwhite.png) - and, to match, my favourite character out of all of Lovecraft's stories.
The Monsters of Sin City (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/yellowbastardkevin.png) and That Yellow Bastard (http://www.freewebs.com/werewolvesoflondon/art/yellowbastard.png) - actually of all the Sin City characters, Kevin is my favourite, but Yellow Bastard is so much more fun to draw. I love this comic (and the film adaptation) and I can't wait for the second and third movies, even if these two won't be in them.

Those are all I'm sharing for now. Hope somebody enjoys these.

Interestingly, some of the things I'm craziest about, like, say, Morrissey, I can never get on paper right, it's sort of a rule that if I like something a whole lot, I have a lot of trouble drawing it. So just in case anyone's wondering if I've got things I want to be drawing tributes to but can't manage: Yes, there are. Examples of that would be the aforementioned Morrissey, as well as Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead and Black Books. Someday...

[Bowwowmeow]

These are great, nibelwolf! You definitely have a very distinctive style. They are all good, but I especially like the dark, sketchy ones like your avatar and Shub-Niggurath. I am quite a fan of Lovecraft myself. :agree: Have you ever read any Ramsey Campbell? I love his writing. He started off as a Lovecraft fan in his youth, but quickly developed his own style of horror. He deserves a lot more exposure, in my opinion.

[nibelwolf]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm not that familiar with Campbell's work but I'll try to find some to see if I like him as well.

[Oracl]

Those are really great, nibelwolf! :thumbsup: :yea:

Love the Sin City ones. :agree: Great movie! :excited:

[Gliondrach]

Yes, you're very talented. The novel should do well because that picture on the moors captures the menace you are probably trying to portray, and those sorts of stories are very popular. If the writing's as good as the drawing you should have no difficulty in getting it published - if you can get it into the hands of a publisher. Have you contacted any agents yet?

Did you see the Sweeny Todd film starring Ray Winstone? He was very good in that. It showed him as a normal man who finally breaks under the strain of remembered childhood trauma and the love of a woman.

[thevegantwins]

You are amazingly talented, nibelwolf. I'm not a fan of horror but I can still recognize the skill and creativity that shine through on your sketches.

[nibelwolf]

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!

Gliondrach
The novel should do well because that picture on the moors captures the menace you are probably trying to portray, and those sorts of stories are very popular. If the writing's as good as the drawing you should have no difficulty in getting it published - if you can get it into the hands of a publisher. Have you contacted any agents yet?

Thank you for the feedback! I hope that the writing is as good, but so far, I've only just started working on it so I'm just a few pages into the first chapter (I spent a lot of time plotting it out and drawing). I'll finish it, and then I'll see if I can get it to some publishers. Actually, I don't know if the book will be that popular, the menace of the moor illustration isn't present throughout the book (but certainly at parts). It's basically a story of good werewolves hunting a bad werewolf, with more character development than action scenes. But, heck, worse stories have been published...

Did you see the Sweeny Todd film starring Ray Winstone? He was very good in that. It showed him as a normal man who finally breaks under the strain of remembered childhood trauma and the love of a woman.

Sadly it hasn't been on TV here yet :( And it's not out on DVD or VHS here either. I've heard of it and it sounds really terrific. I've seen the musical (with George Hearn and Angela Lansbury) and the 1936 movie with Tod Slaughter, and read what books I could find on the subject. I think the Winstone version sounds like a great approach to the story and I'm looking forward to seeing it. I'm also looking forward to David Warner's performance in it, I think he's very talented, and could probably also play Sweeney well if they'd let him.

[Gliondrach]

Good luck with the book.

There's an illustrated novel crying out to be written. One about Burke and Hare, the Edinburgh body snatchers. But perhaps about their ghosts. lots of opportunities for illustrations of dark tenament buildings and winding alleyways. And the castle brooding over it all like some great beast crouching on the skyline. Come to think of it, Ray Winstone would be good in one of the parts for a film adaption.