Inspiration Spotlight

It is difficult to think of ways I could represent my work without coming too close to the necronomicon official illustrations - they very much suit the style of writing, the time the tales were set in, and the whole horror/macabre genre in general. Whilst I want to diverge from this kind of traditional style, I do not want to venture too far into another genre - I want to keep it very recognisably horror.

With this in mind, I sat and thought briefly about how I could go about this, remembering an artist I'd used for past inspiration: Deth P. Sun.

(Images taken from here )

Sun's style is interesting in that it is quite simplistic yet the pieces overall remain fairly detailed - lots of use of linework coupled with the block colours add a 'naive' feel to their work. I feel I could take great influence from these pieces in looking at their techniques - it gives me a way to retain the horror style whilst not sticking too closely to the official illustrations.