Horror Sub-Genre Suggestions?

The nice thing about doing these recent model\monster mash-up pin-ups (I really need to think up a better name for them, lol), is that it’s given me a chance to try out horror sub-genres I never usually would. From the inbred, backwoods slasher goings on of Uncle Gnaw. To the buzz-saw wielding mad doctor antics of yesterdays freshly posted pin-up. It’s been fun to try out new things and ideas recently.

This has got me curious, though… is there any sub-genre of horror I’ve never done before that people would like to see me do? Any themes folks would like to see me tackle in 2017?

To get the ball rolling, here are just a few off the top of my head I’ve never done before:

Nature Runs Amok Horror: Think Jaws or The Birds.

Ooze Horror: I’ve just read Dissolving Classroom by Junji Ito, so I’m kind of in the mood for something along these lines at the moment. The only downside is, it might be a bit too much of an ask for any model who I worked with on it, though, lol, getting gunges.

Femme Fatale: Ok… I know this genre very well, as anyone who reads Babayka-Lives knows… but… up till now, I’ve had models just as Scream Queens style normal women. Would people like to see me do some female horror monsters pin-ups working with models, maybe? Scary succubuses? Killer nurses? Rabid mermaids?  Demented lollipop-lady? Ok, maybe not that last one.

Or failing all that… any particular monster or monsters you’d love to see me take a stab at drawing soon? Or maybe even something I’ve tackled before once, that you wish I’d go back and do a follow up to, maybe?

Comment below, or ‘Note Me’ on Deviantart, or just email me at the usual address if you do have a suggestion. I’d love to hear them all, if people do.

Also, just a quick reminder that Babayka-Lives does indeed return this coming weekend (the 25th.) Newton, Elizabeth and Oleg may have seen off the hungry wolf-pack, but you can be sure their troubles are only just getting started, as they face-off against the new armed strangers. Tune in this Saturday to see what happens next.

Cut Here: Coloured.

And so on to the colour version of this pin-up. The black and white version can be found below this post.

I actually had less of a plan going into colouring this one, then I usually do when colouring up an image. But I think that actually worked in my favour this time. It gave me room to play around a little, and try out a couple of ideas.

I ended up going for a less is more approach to this image. I usually try and build up a little bit of dread by using morbid colours, but this time I went with a more limited palette, and aim more for a sterile and bleached out kind of tone. The red of her lips and the blood on the buzz-saw are the only sharp colours going on.

I also tried to get a little bit of discrete lens-flare going on in there. I know a lot of people dislike the use of lens-flare in art, but hopefully it’s subtle enough it doesn’t take anything away from the final image, or draw too much attention to itself.

Over all I’m pretty happy with the ideas I tried out in this pin-up, and the final look.

Again… a massive thanks to Amy Crosby for modelling and photographing herself for this pin-up. You can find her very cool photos, which are really worth checking out HERE.

Cut Here: B&W.

So the biggest thing that happen in 2016 was I started doing a side-project where I work with models on horror\scream queen type pin-ups. This is actually something I’d been wanting to do for a while, and made a nice change from working on Babayka-Lives, and I really enjoyed getting to collaborate with other people, rather than working solo.

So it was nice to start the year in the same manner, working with photographer and model Amy Crosby on this new pin-up, as she finds herself prep for some unnecessary surgery by a sinister looking surgeon. Can she free herself and escape the buzz-saw in time?

There are lots of sub-genres in horror I’ve never tackled before. Mad Doctor is one of them. I was a big fan of movies like Re-Animator and Dr Giggles growing up, so this is my little homage to those.

The pin-up itself really come from me thinking it was cool and menacing to have an image where you know the bad guys intentions, because of the surgery markings. I think this pin-up was about building up tension, as both the viewer and girl know what he has in mind, thanks to his cruel pen marks. I would have loved to have drawn him drawing on the dotted lines, too. It would have been a good, creepy scene.

A massive thanks to Amy for taking time out of her super busy schedule recently to model for me. You can find Amy’s photos HERE, which are well worth checking out. She’s also one of the best Harley Quinn cosplayers I’ve ever seen.

Tune in very soon to see this Pin-up in colour.

Return Date.

Just to show this blog is the best place for Babayka-Lives info and updates, I’ve decided to post Babayka Land’s return date on here first, five days before it goes up on the weekend on the main site.

I’ve also included a tiny sneak peek of things to come.

Uncle Gnaw Coloured.

What you currently losing in Babayka Land lately, you’ll be making up for in pin-ups over the next week or two. And with that in mind… it’s time for more Gnaw, as everyone’s favourite inbred, rural cannibal returns… and this time in colour.

Had time this week to give my recent Uncle Gnaw close-up image a quick colouring. I had already decided on his colour scheme in previous pin-ups, and with no real background, apart from the text, there wasn’t that much to do on this one… but I had fun anyway.

The black and white version of this pin-up can be found over on my Deviantart page.

Bonus points to anyone who can guess what horror franchise the font is a nod to, BTW.

Tomie.

While I’m personally against the idea of being another year older, the only upside with having a birthday this week, was that I got a copy of this…

Maybe the only horror comic worth giving a year of your life for.

I’m happy to say, I honestly think the Tomie stories might be my favourite horror comic series of all time.

Ease The Pain.

To those missing their weekly fix of Babayka Land, I can this week offer freshly uploaded sequential pages over on my Deviantart page. Relive the wolves vs. flamethrower action, without those pesky word balloons blocking out all the fun.

Check them out:

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Enjoy.