Anatomy of a Ruin: The Superb Dark and Creepy Art Works of Sam Wolfe Connelly
A long-haired girl in a white dress floating in the middle of the room, a dead man in a pond, a creepy dog in golf shoes – images that seem to have emerged from some vague dream are so deeply rooted in the culture that today almost no horror story can do without them. Continue reading »
Psychedelic and Horror in Oil Paintings by Limp Bizkit Guitarist Wes Borland
No one questions the significance of Limp Bizkit at least for the genre. But it’s a crime not to say much about the talented guitarist Wes Borland. You probably remember him for his crazy makeup and flashy costumes – he stands out among the other members of Limp Bizkit. But Wes Borland is not only a guitarist, he’s also an excellent artist. Borland has been painting psychedelic, creepy oil paintings for years, which is what we’re going to look at today. Continue reading »
Monumentalism of Hell: The Grim Posters by Wiesław Wałkuski
Wiesław Wałkuski is a Polish illustrator, famous at the end of the eighties for his incredible series of film and theater posters and his coolest book covers. Continue reading »
Zombies, Vampires, and Goblins-Jazzmen: The Macabre Undead Illustrated by Rob Bliss
Rob Bliss is a British artist who specializes in concept art for sci-fi films. Among his works are the concepts for Alien: Covenant, Maleficent 2, Terminator: Genesis, Godzilla and many other interesting films. And even if the above-mentioned films didn’t turn out very well somewhere, Bliss’ concepts invariably strike the imagination with their darkness, elaborateness and unique vision of the artist. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Artist Creates These Tragic Drawings Illustrating Horrors Of The War
According to Olga Wilson, an artist based in Ukraine: “I would like to share my “war notes” made through drawings. We have only one home – it’s our planet. We should keep it safe.
In the 21st century we, all people and countries, should evolve and never act from a position of force, but from a position of negotiations, diplomacy, rationalism and consensus. It’s the main goal of humanity.
War is the worst mistake.
The best solution for war is never to start it.
We all are connected. Our energies and souls are connected.
Use your energy to create good, not evil.”
“Every living being is a sufferer of war. Animals in shelters and farms in occupied territories are massively dying from lack of food and water or after shelling. I watched a terrible video recorded in Borodyanka. Volunteers found only around 150 animals who survived out of 485.” Continue reading »
Creepy and Naughty: The Scary Hotties by The Tragic Girls
Tragic Girls is an art project by an US female artist, who draws great pictures in the spirit of mid-century pinup illustrations and covers of penny-ante horror comics. They’re funny, horribly creepy, and generally make you want to immediately revisit Kaleidoscope of Horrors and the best episodes of Tales from the Crypt. Continue reading »
Darth Vader and the Underworld: Kevin Cassidy’s Brutal and Infernal Demons
Kevin Cassidy is a 3D artist from the U.S. and the chief character developer at Roundhouse Studios. Continue reading »
The Herald of Lovecraftian World: Samuel Araya’s Grim Paintings
Winner of the 2015 World Fantasy Award in the Artist category.
Samuel Araya is an artist living in the poison heart of South America, his work has appeared in a variety of media, from videogames, t-shirts, posters, records, to cards and books, including five editions of the prestigious “Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art” annual. Currently also dedicates time to his career as a gallery artist, with an important number of international shows already gracing his curriculum. Continue reading »
For Those Who Also Think Horror Movies Are Fun: Art by NachoScratcho
To be honest, we have never been able to figure out who exactly works under the pseudonym NachoScratcho. Is it an male or female artist? Is it a collective of authors? But that’s not so important. Continue reading »
Scary, But Insanely Appealing: The Superb 3 D Art by Maarten Verhoeven
Maarten Verhoeven is a freelance artist from Belgium, mostly working with 3d models. If you look around Verhoeven’s work at a glance, it immediately becomes clear – he is madly in love with horror, and therefore almost 100% of the time he devotes exclusively to the dark characters of mass culture and not only it. Continue reading »
Macabre Anatomy and Creepy Dogs: Bizarre Paintings by Dusty Ray
Dusty Ray is an artist from the United States who paints extremely dark paintings in gouache and oil. On the one hand, his works are frightening and make the unprepared viewer feel uncomfortable, but on the other hand, lovers of creepiness and dismemberment will surely enjoy his works. What can I say, each of his paintings begs to be on the cover of some black metal album, so creepy are they. Continue reading »
Headache: This Artist Brings All Your Nightmares To Life
There is almost nothing known about Luis Pérez Banús, but this is even better, because one does not really want to study the life of such a gloomy artist. Continue reading »
Amazing Cover Photos of the Famous Monsters of Filmland in the 1970s
Famous Monsters of Filmland is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. Continue reading »
Forget Garden Gnomes, Get a Huge Baby Tick Hybrid Instead!
Are you looking for the perfect way to keep everyone off your lawn? Scare the living daylights out of unsuspecting guests by discreetly placing a baby tick hybrid in your yard! Continue reading »
Anxiety, Poetry, Death: Gloomy Paintings by Julia Soboleva
Julia Soboleva is a Manchester-based artist who paints frightening paintings in the spirit of David Lynch’s surrealist aesthetic. Soboleva’s paintings are as abstract as possible, yet deeply poetic enigmas about peace, loneliness, and death. Continue reading »
Child of Terror: Creepy Illustrations by Dolce Paganne
Dolce Paganne a.k.a Ceren Aksungur is an Istanbul origin artist based in Antwerp. Artist focus in her surreal drawings on the “sinister” aspect that reside in the details of daily life. Continue reading »
Portraits of The Demons: The Bizarre Deformed Demon Faces of Artist Jorge Dos Diablos
Jorge Dos Diablos is a Mexican artist who draws creepy deformed demons that represent the author’s inner conflicts. Dos Diablos creates monsters that torment each of us on a daily basis – laziness, anger, despondency and so on. The artist’s paintings are pure transgression, a contemplation of the evil that disfigures the body. Continue reading »
The Mind’s Dream and its Monsters: Creepy Illustrations by Daniel Peacock
Dan Peacock is a British artist who paints distorted infernal creatures crawling straight out of the underworld. For Peacock there are no shapes or clear images, all his monsters are as surreal creatures as possible, as if born of David Lynch’s mad dream. Continue reading »
Faces of Death: Macabre Art by Vladimir Chebakov
Vladimir Chebakov is a Russian artist, based in Prague, who paints a demonic chthon. His images, subtly reminiscent of Beksinski’s work, are so dark and disturbing that it is impossible not to be fascinated by their dark aesthetic. Continue reading »
Simon Lee’s Superb Sculptures of Hellish Monsters from the Underworld
Simon Lee is a legendary sculptor, a giant in the world of concept design. His deft hands have given us monsters from Lord of the Rings (Amazon), Godzilla movies, Kong Skull Island, Edge of Tomorrow, Pacific Rim, and many others. On his Instagram, Lee posts so much cool work that it feels like he doesn’t sleep at all and devotes all his time to sculpting hellish creatures. And that’s cool. Continue reading »
How Do the Inhabitants of Hell Fare? Sant V. Schreiber’s Infernal Portraits of Demons
The artist Sant V. Schreiber has found his thing and follows his guideline clearly: he paints portraits of demons. Sometimes as if they were customers and intend to look as imposing as possible in the picture. Continue reading »
“Emotional Struggle”: The Melancholic Creepy Self-Portraits of Miroslava Vikhrenko
Miroslava Vikhrenko is a Toronto based artist and photographer. Her series of self portraits in the horror genre is noteworthy. The melancholic atmosphere complements the series. Continue reading »
Stunning Photographs of Debbie Harry Painted by H.R. Giger, the Creator of “Alien”
One of the most amazing painters of 20th century was Hans Rudolph Giger, who had a tremendous influence on computer game developers, he is also worshipped by fantasy lovers. Continue reading »
“Behind You”: One-Picture Horror Stories That We Do Not Recommend Reading Alone
We’ve all felt it. The feeling of someone behind you when you turn off the light and have to go to the next room, the fear that you’re not alone and someone’s watching you from the dark corner. Or when your heart starts racing while walking alone in the streets at night, afraid that someone’s lurking in the bushes to get you. Continue reading »
“Deathmask Divine”: The Superb Dark Paintings of Bahrull Marta
Bahrull Marta is a self taught artist from Indonesia. His work are exploration of various medium and techniques, focusing in mixed media process from painting to digital multiple layers of texture, his personal artwork are tend to describe an abstracts and dark nuances, either in portrait and landscape. Continue reading »
