Ahhh! Monsters: Staedtler Pigment Liner

Thursday, October 18, 2012

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 18 Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp


Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp - Copyright © 2012 Kevin P. Johnson

The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (Lee County, South Carolina) is a 7 foot tall bipedal creature of massive strength. It's been reported that it has dark hair with scaly lizard like skin on it's hands, feet and face but I chose to draw him without the hair and more of a lizard monster with big teeth. This guy has been seen several times and attacked cars near the swamp causing lots of damage. Read more about these events on wikipedia: Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

This was drawn in an 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore (400 Series) 60 lb. paper in a sketchbook with Sharpie Marker and Staedtler Pigment Liner pens and then was colored in Adobe Photoshop.

I'm so Lizard,
Kevin P. Johnson

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 17 Gui Shu

Gui Shu the Tree Ghost is a creature I couldn't find much about and only two other artist renditions seemed to be on the internet which makes me believe that this ghost has another name. What I did learn is that this is an angered spirit that can make a tree look ominous and even move a little. What the spirit does is frighten passers by forcing them off their path into the woods. It then moves to another tree causing the travelers to become further away from the path becoming disoriented and eventually lost in the woods.

This was drawn in an 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore (400 Series) 60 lb. paper in a sketchbook with Sharpie Marker and Staedtler Pigment Liner pens.

BOO! I'm a tree,
Kevin P. Johnson