Divine Irony - Concept Sketch #1

This illustration was inspired by the character Lucifer Morningstar in Neil Gaimon's  The Sandman series and by Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy.  Lucifer Morningstar is a handsome devil dressed in a tuxedo shown reading, and being amused by, Dante's novel.  

This illustration has been revised and will be painted in oil on masonite panel.  

Medium: Graphite on Vellum paper
Dated: 1998
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Melpomene the Dark Muse

"From the realm of Mount Helikon, the nine muses sing their songs to mankind's imagination.  One, however, is condemned to the darkest corner of that realm... she is Melpomene, daughter of Zeus and mother of the Sirens.  She is the muse of tragedy, of pain... of fear.  She sings her dark song, drawing forth our worst aberrations.  She is the shaper of nightmares.  She is the bridge between the soul and darkness.  Tragedy brings her... darkness sustains her... lost souls are merely Blood for the Muse."

Melpomene the dark muse is the creation of awarding winning writer Terry West.  I created this illustration for the back cover of his comic book, Blood for the Muse. 

Medium: Graphite on Letramax board
Dated: 1998
Original size: 17"x 11"

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Ancient Blood

This illustration is the ninth image for my gothic vampire series, Red Death.  This image captures a medieval beauty in a time and place long since gone.  She has lived for many centuries, all the while her thirst for blood has never ceased. 

My favorite part of this piece was the fun I had with the stained glass window in the background!  

Medium: Graphite, Ink and Prismacolor on bristol paper
Dated: 1997
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Jade

This illustration was created when a friend of mine had put together a Heroes RPG game and was looking for character art to use for the players and the villains.       

It was a lot of fun tinkering with comic book style art and it gave me a chance to work with ink.  "Jade" was inspired by several comic books that I had read throughout the 80's and 90's.

    

Medium: Ink on vellum paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 10"x 8"

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Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan in Enjoy the Silence

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's song Enjoy the Silence, featuring Dave Gahan, from the album Personal Jesus.

Medium: Graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 14"x 11"

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