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Lovecraft Sketch MWF: The Cats of Ulthar

Jason — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:24:41 +0000

And now for a quick scene from The Cats of Ulthar! I initially tried to draw this scene ‘seriously’, but after some fumbling efforts I decided to go for comic effect. To paraphrase the folks at HP Podcraft, it’s perhaps wise of Lovecraft that this scene takes place offscreen, as when you imagine it “cinematically,” [...]

The Doom That Came to Sarnath, Page 3

Jason — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:36:57 +0000

Another page completed! I promise that as the story goes on, it won’t be entirely drawings of grasslands and reedy lakeshores. But oh, I love drawing them! Stay tuned next week for more Sarnath pages. In the meantime, I wrote another feature on Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos over at Crunchyroll. This anime just gets nerdier [...]

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: Pickman’s Model

Jason — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:37:49 +0000

Another sketch of ghouls from H.P. Lovecraft’s Pickman’s Model. The real title of this piece, of course, should be “Holmes, Lowell and Longfellow Lie Buried in Mount Auburn”; those who’ve read the story will get the joke. Mount Auburn Cemetery actually looks pretty beautiful, and I ought to visit it the next time I’m in [...]

The Carters in Denmark

Jason — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:27:56 +0000

Catherine Lucille Carter, one of the famous New England Carters, dreams her way into a household in Denmark. Ever courteous, in this photo she is entertaining her hostess’s family. Shortly after this photo was taken, she protected the child from ravening zoogs using a hatpin.

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: Richard Upton Pickman #2

Jason — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:57:59 +0000

Today’s sketch is again of Richard Pickman, title character of Pickman’s Model. He looks a bit more human than he does in “Dream-Quest,” by which point he’s completely transformed into a ghoul, but hopefully he still looks sufficiently creepy. I’ve never read The Arabian Nights, but thinking about Lovecraft’s ghouls recently has got me interested [...]

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: Great Old Ones Playing Poker

Jason — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:23:36 +0000

This was a Kickstarter commission, and it was very fun. The original request was to draw the Great Old Ones playing poker, but I threw in Nyarlathotep, who is technically an Other God (or perhaps the second-most-powerful being in the universe, or perhaps the most, or perhaps who knows?). He just seemed like the one [...]

The Doom That Came to Sarnath, Page 2

Jason — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:22:34 +0000

Another page of “The Doom That Came to Sarnath” complete! I really love this story: I could draw grass and marshes and amphibian creatures all day. Drawing this page also took me on several interesting web searches on the subject of monolithic architecture and prehistoric Europe. The next page will go up a week from [...]

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: Pickman’s Model

Jason — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:59:47 +0000

“Pickman’s Model” is a good little Lovecraft story, and I also like Robert Barbour Johnson’s sequel/riff on it written not too long after Lovecraft’s death, Far Below. As a fan of “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” of course, I know that the ghouls are really just adorable softies deep down (when they’re not eating people), [...]

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: Celephais

Jason — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:05:09 +0000

Another detail drawing of Lovecraft’s Celephais. Like I mentioned in a previous post, my Celephais is basically a fusion of fantastical Middle-Ages European and Arabian architecture, seen through the rose-colored glasses of childhood. Since it is a sister city to Serannian, of course there are buildings in the clouds — although I wish I’d left [...]

Lovecraft Sketch MWF: The Haunter of the Dark

Jason — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:35:29 +0000

Looking back, I wish I’d spent as much time on the human figures as I did on the monster, but still, for a sketch, I enjoyed drawing The Haunter of the Dark. Lovecraft’s final horror story was adapted into a full atmospheric reading by HP Podcraft, and re-listening to it, I was struck by how [...]