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A poltergeist chucks an egg at a cat in this startling (but unkindly comic) illustration by John Hookham from Harry Price's 'Poltergeists Over England'.
#Caturday #cat #poltergeist #ghost

An illustrated linocut block of an Incubus, a folkloric monstrous demon that preys on unsuspecting women. Ye olde incel.

I is for ‘Incubus’ in my #folkhorroralphabet a 1966 film starring a young William Shatner. A slow-build horror set on a seemingly idyllic island inhabited by demons that prey on the vain and self-centred. They’d have a field day on social media.

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11 mice in adventuring gear

#mausritter doodles

A drawing of a woman in plate, mail and scale armor, with green clothes. She is wielding a two handed war hammer and a wooden shield, displaying the house Mormont coat of arms from A Song of Ice and Fire, a black bear on a green background. The visor of her bascinet helmet is open.

House Mormont knight(ess) 🐻🔨

sketch-like digital painting made in heavypaint with lasso brush. it depicts the korok forest in mostly brown and yellow colours, highly inspired by how it looks in tloz botw. there are some korok shadows, the glowing pea plants pods decorations, glowing fireflies and a lot of greenery. there’s the master sword on its pedestal in the middle of the picture, also glowing, and link himself standing close to it, like he didn’t expect to stumble upon it.

ya-ha-ha

a soft, cat-like gryphon with her paws folded up under her. painted on a post-it using the mildly exciting shades of brown from the previous post

a gryphon, too

Six colourful illustrations of British coastal birds including a Common Gull, Atlantic Puffin, Curlew, Ruddy Turnstone, Ringed Plover and Little Tern.

OK I'm now putting them down for a few weeks!

I will come back to these in December, hopefully. And print in January.

#coast #birds #illustration #art #printmaking #printmaker #gull #puffin #curlew #turnstone #plover #tern

Blogwagon Announcement: Merry Hexmas — Prismatic Wasteland A new blog bandwagon where everyone writes a hex for a winter wonderland hexcrawl and posts it on their blog, linking to blogs that have adjacent hexes. This announcement has all the information you n...

NEW BLOG BANDWAGON
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas

Two COMET IN MOOMINLAND illustrations by Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins.

Giant yellow-eyed owl sat upon a treetop above lit up houses and people below, all beneath a night sky. Painting.

Goodnight. May our dreams give us light and hope to hold us through the darkness until morning finds us again.
🖼️ Toni Demuro

Practicing drawing mouse adventurers. There’s so many design decisions involved when making these little guys. Opting for a Jill Barklem Brambly Hedge style with little eyes and noses and soft edges, rather than a Bluth animated style.

Human artist- use one piece to convince other humans to follow you

Charles Addams cartoons that capture the vibe of post-war New York.

Vintage Halloween postcard. ‘Hail Halloween’ Two children look up in fear at a grinning pumpkin on a fence and a smiling moon, star-filled sky and forest in distance.

#31DaysOfHalloween #Gothtober

Arrow Book of Ghost Stories, edited by Nora Kramer, purple cover with white and blue lettering, decoration of haunted house on yellow hill with winding path and spooky, ghostly tree. House is overshadowed by a giant white ghost figure.

Book Cover of the Day:

A black pen on white paper of a large black figure (the Groke) staring at a small white figure (Moomintroll) by lamplight on a stormy night. Illustration by Tove Jansson.

Mood.

Beautiful illustration by Tove Jansson.

Illustrated linocut print of a knight on a horse obstructing a young bookish boy.

‘The Black Knight on the Road’ linocut print.

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#BLOCTOBER2

Friendly fish.

From a 14th-century illuminated manuscript of Jacob van Maerlant's Der naturen bloeme (The flower of Nature). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/jacob-van-maerlant-der-naturen-bloeme #fridayfish

Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.

Mean Gandalf and poor Bilbo ♥
I drew this one few years ago (but it suits the Hobbit storyline of my posts :D )

Another #Tolkientober Bilbo ♥

An advertisement from a water stained farmers almanac depicting a box of matches. The label on the matchbox shows a small goblin striking a match, the flames becoming the brand name "GOBLINS FIRE BRAND MATCHES" with the tagline "For lights that won't go out!"

An advertisement from a water stained farmers almanac depicting an ad for Moonbeam Beans. An illustration shows a tangle of runner beans growing on a trellis glowing under the light of the full moon. An illustrated moon bearing a smiling face looks down on the beans benevolently. The text reads; "MOONBEAM BEANS! Harvest at different phases for different qualities! From waning gibbous to new moon! $20.00 a packet. Mail in twenty moonbeam packets to receive a lovely silver-dipped sickle!"

An advertisement from a water stained farmers almanac depicting an advertisement for An Almanac of Midwestern Prairie Spirits. The advertisement is illustrated in the shape of a man's hand, on each finger is written all the items available in the Almanac. The text reads; IF YOU RESIDE IN THE MIDWEST, YOU NEED A CATALOGUE of FAERIE and BEAST SEEDS and PLANTS STRANGE GOINGS-ON UNKNOWN PHENOMS "Beyond the Fields We Know" An ALMANAC of MIDWESTERN PRAIRIE SPIRITS. Text below the ad reads; Established 1929 150 pages, over 300 illustrations, and a Beautifully Colored Plate of the Rhinelander Hodag. Mailed for $5.00. Practical information on the Strange Midwestern Phenomenon, Creatures, Faeries, Beasts, and Plants. Look no further for a such a compleat atlas on these particular American States.

An advertisement from a water stained farmers almanac depicting an ad for Jespers & Sons Corpse Light Nets. An illustration depicts two young people in distinctive prairie costume waving homemade-looking netted nets at a blazing wisp of fire in a field. One young person is wearing a vest and high trousers, and another is wearing a bonneted witch's hat and skirt and apron, as well as a pentagram necklace made of twigs. The text reads: "Catch the Wisp! Suitable for Will-o-wisps, corpse lights, sprites, and frost fires. Occult quality since 1819."

𝔄𝔡𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔩𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔠

Inktober day 8

inktober illustration of a woman in ornate armor putting on her helmet

[inktober day 7] final round

A gigantic tree with eyes waves claw-like branches menacingly as a knight on horseback, dwarfed by its size, prepares to fire an arrow. Crows are flying around.

An enormous scary tree in an illustration by Nikolai Vorobiev for a 1970s book on Russian folk tales. I'm embarrassed that I know nothing about the story because it looks cool. However, the picture seemed ideal for #ThickTrunkTuesday.
#folklore #legends #folktales #illustration #Russian

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

Writhing scene of grotesque heads (ca. 1520) by Daniel Hopfer, a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking.

One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/grotesque-decoration-with-animal-heads/

Text: N P C Image: a skeleton in decaying motley is seated against a dank stone wall in a deep dungeon. The floor is cobbled stone and beside him is a rickety cloth and pole sign advertising various wares for sale. The skeleton raises a single shining coin. The text bubble below him reads: RATTLING AGGIE "Ah! Brave traveller! We've descended quite far have we not? Do not fear my visage, I still have wares to sell thee if you've coin or rot to spare!"

𝕹 𝕻 𝕮

The Pail Man - a rubberhose style character from a long lost animation last seen during the early 1930s. He's hunched over a house, long wavy arms flapping in the moonlight among the fluttering autumnal leaves. His jack o lantern-shaped candy pail head lowered in shadows.

A list of Halloween-themed prompts. Giant pumpkin art by Rhode Montijo!

Fantasmicalloween Day 5: Vintage Halloween Animation Character