stuff I should have posted ages ago - Scarefest 3

Here are some of the finished illustrations I did for the Scarefest event. All of them can be seen here, the gallery.

Scarefest 3 progress

'are you sure you don't need a wee?'

Here's another pic I've done for the Scarefest 3 event in October. I now have six of the seven stories that I'm illustrating and I've completed the illustrations for four of them. This pic is from a story by Barry Hutchison, 'The Thing Beneath the Bed'. It won't actually be used for Scarefest as it is one of two illustrations I drew for the story, so I'm posting it here (only one pic per story). I'm currently working on a drawing for  the Curtis Jobling story which is a kind of missing scene from his first Wereworld book, 'Rise of the Wolf' and exclusive to Scarefest.

The tongue struck Mr. Stander on the side of the face ...

This is an illustration done for a collection of short stories that will be exclusively available at 'Scarefest 3 - Beyond the Book' on Saturday 6th October 2012, in Liverpool, U.K. Scarefest 3 is an all day festival of writing and more, aimed at fans of YA horror and suitable for all the family.
This particular pic was drawn for a story written by Philip Caveney but won't be included in the collection so I've been given the ok to post it here.
An exclusive Scarefest programme will be available at the event and will feature previously unpublished work from; Philip Caveney, Joseph Delaney,  Tommy Donbavand, David Gatward, Barry Hutchison,  Curtis Jobling and Jon Mayhew

Achtung! Vampir!

Much to my joy the fantabulous Alex Ronald sent me a 'sketch' as a prize for entering the Vampire Vixens Facebook art challenge. It is now framed and hanging on the wall above my desk. Feast your eyes on this truncated version of it ...

In other news, I have been doing some drawing but I'm unable to show it due to it being for an actual book that will enjoy a very limited publication in October. So I'll have to wait until then before I can post any of that.

Who goes there? Friend or foe?

Sergeant Major Morris - from 'The Bonehill Curse' by Jon Mayhew

Another go at a character from 'The Bonehill Curse'. Interestingly Sergeant Major Morris also appears in another great creepy story, the classic 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs. After drawing him I realised he is basically Grandpa Potts from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang played the late great Lionel Jeffries. The Bonehill Curse is full of fantastic characters, I already know what I'm going to draw next.

Arabian Nightmare

Zaakiel is free!  from 'The BoneHill Curse' by Jon Mayhew

My first go at illustrating a character from a recent book I read, 'The BoneHill Curse' by Jon Mayhew. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of YA horror/fantasy or just likes a good adventure yarn. (By the way if you're not a fan of YA horror/fantasy, why not? It's really good. YA is young adult in case you didn't know.)