So, the name of my imaginary card game is 'Monster Shuffle' and here is the artwork for what would go on the back of all the cards. I wanted to design something creepy with recognisable imagery and I think this does the job just fine!
This cheerful chap is the stuff of some people's childhood nighmares. Or even their adult nightmares. My aim with this was to make it look old and neglected. Here I used Windsor and Newton water colours along with Derwent inktense blocks. What's creepier than a victorian child's doll? As evidenced by the many horror movies that feature old and creepy possessed dolls, a lot people have a fear of these inanimate objects. Which is why I'm featuring a doll as part of my project. This was coloured with Derwent inktense blocks. Sitting positions
These are very fun to draw. Especially since I made the decision to reimagine them as feral beings instead of tiny, old, and grouchy creatures. I experimented with watercolour and used a cold, wet and mossy colour palette to match th environment where goblins are said to be found.
These are 3 designs for the mothman. I basically created a humanoid moth, very gangly and furry. My favourites are the one in the middle and the one on the right. However, the middle one I feel is the best combination of human and moth.
Here's some slenderman designs for my card game imagery. Slenderman has become a modern day boogieman and I feel like my imagery needed a contemporary touch. He's often depicted to have tentacles so I've tried to incorporate those as best as I could. I gave him a prop to hold as well; children's toys to demonstrate a key feature of Slenderman - child snatching.
This poor unfortunate soul is my ghost girl character idea. Not easy being a ghost and reliving (so to speak) being shot over and over again. She's not a happy ghosty. Classic long white dress, dark hair and dead eyes. Why are most ghost sightings that of a victorian era spirit? I've always wondered...
Meet the blobbiest, most slimy ghoul ever. I thought this was a fun idea for one of the cards and what's not to like about a blobby ghoul? Not sure what powers he would have yet. I'm imagining a situation where he could throw up on another player's character causing temporary blindness. The utterly delightful things I think of! This is creepy, right? Thinking of making this a reaper sort of character. Jealous of the living.
Back in uni, two new projects to do. The first being to design character/images for a made up table top card game. I've been greatly inspired by Andy Hunt's card game Necronomicards Click here to check it out It's a horror themed card game with monsters from all different cultures and mythologies. This theme is my kinda thing so I'm very excited to start creating these characters. The second project I'm working on is to design a book cover. Unsure of which story yet but it will be horror/thriller/mystery themed I can say that much .