Happy Halloween 2021.

I love how everybody just 'ups' their horror game at Halloween at this time of year. It's so fun to see everyone dressing up as Vampires and Ghouls and getting their creep on.

A big thank you to every one who's shown my recent Space 1999 Pin-up some love over the past 48-hours. It was fun to get to do a bit of dark Sci-Fi this October.

So Happy Halloween, everyone, and hope people are still having some fun this October, even if the shadow of Covid means most people are having a scaled back one this year. It's still just nice to have an excuse to watch some horror movies and eat some treats. Hopefully Friday's unexpected massive injection of Tentacles has helped brighten your Halloween Weekend.

I don't think we're back to having normal style Halloweens just yet, but I do think there is spooky fun still to be had. Even if it is still mainly home-based and online for now.

Space 1999: Dragon's Domain.

Wow... who would have thought Bell-Bottoms and Platform Shoes would have been no defence against one of Pop Culture's greatest Cosmic Horror Space Beasties of all time, huh?

Yes to celebrate this spooky All Hallows Eve, I've decided to have some fun this year and depict one of my favourite British Sci-Fi Monsters of all time. As good as any Doctor Who baddie in my opinion. As well as use it as an excuse to do some Gerry Anderson Fan-Art.

This Pin-Up is my Halloween homage to Space 1999 and the classic episode Dragon's Domain. Where a small research crew comes across a graveyard of Spaceships and something big, nasty, hungry and covered in tentacles waiting for them inside.

   

It breaks my heart there isn't more Dragon's Domain content out there to celebrate this nameless gruesome guy. He should have his\its own Fan-Films and Comic Book series and so on like other certain Doctor Who villains do.

      

So HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2021, guys, and remember...

IMPORTANT WARNING: Under no circumstances look directly into its massive glowing Eye when viewing this artwork. That's how it will get you. Immediately close Browser and exit page if you start to hear a whirling sound and start seeing bright flashing lights.

A Redux Of A Redux.

You might well ask yourself if it's even possible to Redux a Redux...

For anyone counting, this is my third go at colouring this particular Pin-Up. It's by far the Artwork I've spent the longest on trying to get right, and I hope to never return to it again.

I wanted the Alien to be a very unnatural colour like a purple or bright pink, but have dialed that back a bit in this new version to a more fleshy look this time, which I think looks better. 

I also kind of liked the previous colour job I had done on the Alien, but looking back, thought it might be a bit 'noisy'. So I've toned it down and redone the Sky in the background.

Not to give any Halloween spoilers away too soon or anything, but up until recently, this was my must Tentacle-y Pin-Up I had ever done. This is no longer the case however... 

Deadheads Vol 3.

A third offering of another Smorgasbord of hungry Zeds.

 

I mainly used this page as an excuse to try and see if I could do a good burnt Zombie effect with these Ghouls. To see if I could depict 'Fire Damaged' Zombies in my artwork.

We have a before-and-after burning Zombie at the top of the page. I wanted to try and draw a Zombie who's basically been turned into walking Ash, he's been burned so bad. As well as a Zombie who has lost half his face to the flames below them.

I also finished off the page with a Zombie with a screwdriver buried in his head after a failed 'headshot' (who's secretly my favourite Dead Head of the bunch), and a Ghoul in Glasses. At this point I'd like to imagine the frames of its specs have just fused into its rotting face and won't fall off and he'll be wearing them forever now.

Hopefully folks will find these Zombies charred but still charming... 

A Folder For Fans.

Not to let the Cat out of the Bag too early on what might or might not be happening this forthcoming Halloween... But I thought people might like to know I've started a Folder on my Deviantart page for any and all Fan Art done by me.  

Just a place where all Artwork done of other Creators' Characters can be found.

There's not much in there right now apart from a Bathing Super-Fiend and a couple of Cybermen, but it might be a link some people will find handy.

Charcoal Zombie.

For those that like their Undead 'well done' and 'Crispy'...

This is my take on a very 'Fire Damaged' Zombie.

Maybe this poor guy found himself on the wrong side of a Molotov Cocktail or something, and must now spend the rest of time walking around looking like this.

Mutton Chops And Piths.

My take on a Boer War British Soldier. I discovered while doing this one that I actually really like drawing folks with 'Mutton Chops', so I'm now currently trying to think of an excuse to draw more characters wearing them.

 

It was also nice to finally get a chance to draw an upright style Pith Helmet, too.

   

It's only really just dawn on me over the last few days that we're officially in Halloween season now. 

Not My Proudest Moment.

You know when you draw a giant Asterisk in black marker in your TV Guide to remind you Wentworth Prison is on Tuesday night and you really don't want future you to miss it... Only problem is you then forget you've drawn it in and the next time you open the Magazine you freak out and throw it across the room because you think there's a giant Spider on the page.

So disappointed in my(past)self. Next time I'm gonna have to draw a much less frightening shape next to my favourite TV picks. Like a friendly Ladybird or something.