Tuesday 31 October 2017

Happy Halloween 2017.


So this will very much be my Halloween offering to all readers this year, to celebrate everyone’s favourite morbid holiday. And just me making sure readers get some meaty Babayka action this Halloween, after a long absences this summer.

Nothing quiet says Halloween like found footage horror (or let’s stay classy, and say it’s more a modern take on Optography than found footage. Instead of the last thing you ever see being caught on your retina, now-a-days it’s your smart-phone).

To give this scene some context, it’s meant to take place pre-Babayka Land. With one of the unlucky Canadian Hockey Players catching the sight of an attacking Babayka as she’s wiped out. Of course the massacre of the visiting Lesbian Hockey Team happens between Book One and Book Two, and is therefore never seen, as it happens off page. But I do like to give a couple of hints of what happened here-and-there when I can. This being one of them.

I always think the less you see of Babayka, the scarier he is… but that’s hard to pull off when you’re drawing a pin-up. I liked the idea of both only hinting at Babayka, and not really seeing him full on. And also the idea of seeing the chaos and bloody mess he’s left behind after an attack. So I was very happy to finally figure out this design that let me do both.

I knew this pin-up was always going to be coloured, so I drew it a tiny bit differently then normal. I knew I wanted to do most of the Babayka effects digitally after in photoshop. So the Babayka drawing is a bit bareboned, as it was important to me in the finish image, he looked like a blurry photo on a screen (perhaps this is the same smart-phone as the one from the Yana selfie pin-up?)

Anyway, hope everyone has an awesome Halloween this year, whatever you’re up to.

Sunday 29 October 2017

Fame At Last.


Just found out our art show got a mention in the Hastings Observer.

Saturday 28 October 2017

From Today.

You know what a good way to spend a random Friday night is? To have an art show opening the next day on the Saturday in a known haunted crypt, and since you’ve still got so much work to do before the show can open, having to work till late alone in that crypt the Friday night before, just the two of you.

Everything pretty much went ok, hanging all the art and getting everything ready (apart from this really pale and glow-y girl, with the hollowed out black eyes, wearing a Victorian white dress, who kept randomly appearing from nowhere, pointing at me and screaming, and then vanishing… What was her problem? So rude). But I am glad to say, as of today, until the 3rd of December, the SLASH-UPS art show at St Mary In The Castle is open to the public. If you get the chance, please feel free to come pay the show a visit.

I’ve included a couple of photos from last night below. If you spot any Victorian ghost children in them, I can assure you they weren’t there when I took the photo.

And if that wasn’t big enough news, today also sees the return of Babayka-Lives after its long summer break.

Catch up wit the Babayka hunting crew, as they move out and farther into Krayvengrad looking for the old man looking monster known as Babayka, little knowing someone very dangerous has now joined their team and is sabotaging their mission from the inside. Can anyone escape before the net closes in? Find out from today.

How can one Saturday hold so much horror art goodness, eh?


Saturday 21 October 2017

Babayka Returns This Halloween.


I’d just like to official announce the return of Babayka Land restarting next week in time for Halloween. Find out what happens, as Yana joins the group and starts spinning her dark web from the inside on Babayka-Lives.

Also, be sure to tune into my Deviantart page on the big day itself, as I plan to post a big Babayka related treat this year for Halloween. I don’t wanna oversell it, but I think it might be one of my favourite bits of Babayka art I’ve ever done.

And just a reminder, if you do live or can make your way to the southeast of England next week\next month for the SLASH-UPS art show happening at St Mary In The Castle, the show will also contain some Babayka related artwork (including some unpublished and never before seen Babayka Land pages), for those that maybe didn’t get onboard the SLASH-UPS bus this summer.

And don’t forget, readers can pick up the new Brides Of Babayka second edition and invite Babayka into their homes this Halloween for some spooky all hallows’s eve reading.

Again, if people have any question about the SLASH-UPS art show or the return of Babayka Land, I can be reaches at the usual Email address and will make every effort to help. And I really hope people are looking forward to both this Halloween.

Friday 13 October 2017

Vote Reedy.


So here’s some pre-Halloween fun, and something to celebrate today’s Friday The 13th.

As part of the SLASH-UPS Halloween art show at the end of the month happening at St Mary In The Castle, myself and James were ask to pick four horror movies (two each) to be put up to the public vote as to which one should be screen on opening night. 

While I’ll leave James to pimp his two choices (The Shining and Nightmare On Elm Street) on his own social media accounts, here’s my two movies, and why I think you should vote for them: 

Evil Dead 2: I have to say, if I had to pick one feel good, always makes me feel better for watching it horror movie… it would probably be this one. I watch this film a lot growing up. I think it’s the one horror movie that gets the scare to laughter ratio just right (maybe only Re-Animator comes closes to matching it). There’s something about the tone of Evil Dead 2 that I think just works really well (plus everybody loves a horror movie that has a self-mutilation scene with a chainsaw, no?). 

Friday The 13th Part 3D: Yep, you read that right, friend. Vote for this flick, and I’ll personally lend St Mary my HD, US imported, 3D Blu-ray for the night if people pick this film. What better way to spend a Halloween night out this year, then watching an old school, 80’s, 3D, Slasher movie. I go back-and-forth on whether I like Part 3 or Part 4 better. But I honestly think the third Friday The 13th movie is the most watchable and fun instalment of the series. Jason isn’t over designed and looks iconic in that green shirt and hockey mask. 

I’m sure James will no doubt have his own rebuttal on why you should vote for one of his two horror movie choices (only he won’t, though… He’s the Theresa May of horror. He just expects your vote and won’t campaign for it.)

I don’t think voting is open very long, so don’t delay in having your say and casting your vote. The easiest way to do this is to head over to their Facebook page and comment with the horror movie you want to see.

I will give updates on this screening as they come in, but I do recommend if you want to vote, to do it sooner rather than later.

Friday 6 October 2017

Upcoming Announcements.

For those missing their regular Babayka-Lives updates, you’ll be please to know I plan to make a couple of announcements over the weekend about what will be happening this Halloween, over on my webcomic.

So tune in for that.

It says a lot about my life, that I was planning on having a low key Halloween this year, and now with the upcoming SLASH-UPS show and making sure there’s gonna be new Babayka-Lives content going out, it’s suddenly become my busiest.

Monday 2 October 2017

SLASH-UPS Halloween Art Show.


It’s come as a bit of a surprise, but I’m happy to say myself and James were approach very recently about putting on a SLASH-UPS theme horror art show by the St Mary In The Castle Gallery. We had been planning on doing something SLASH-UPS related for this Halloween, so when the offer of a show came along, it just seemed too perfect to pass up.

So from the 28th of October until the 3rd of December this year, if you make your way to St Mary In The Castle (7 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF, Untied Kingdom), you’ll be able to see most of the pin-ups that make up SLASH-UPS up for display. With many now in colour. As well as some of my Babayka-Lives artwork and sequential pages, and some new humorous horror art by James.

The show itself takes place in a real life renovated crypt, and the gallery also has its own bar, and there’s even talk of a small party and horror movie screening to celebrate opening night.

I know the number of you who either live in the South East of England, or live close enough that you could drive or travel down might be small. But if anybody wants any help in finding this show, please contact me by Note on Deviantart or Email at the usual address, and I’ll do my best to guide you there. One big hint is the gallery is across the road from the sea. So just follow the coast until you see the cliffs and that big, white building.

You can find more details on St Mary In The Castle on their Facebook page

As you can see above, I’ve drawn a brand new piece of art to celebrate and advertise this show. See the famous St Mary’s clock-tower get invaded by a gruesome blobby creature.

I hope to maybe see some of you there at this event this Halloween.

Also, while we’re talking SLASH-UPS… I should also mention there are no more copies of the book in the capital right now, for the lovely reason that we sold out. But plans are underway to try and get some more back into London soon. And on that note, a massive thank you to everyone who has bought a copy and supported SLASH-UPS since its launch.

I’ll be giving more updates on this show as they happen. Again, please feel free to get in contact if you have any questions about visiting this show.

And of course people can still get their copies of SLASH-UPS in time for Halloween.