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Thursday, October 25, 2012

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 25 Paasselkä Devils

I must admit that this is the worst monster I could have ever picked. When I originally looked it up I must have read a description of something else but wrote this on my list. Paasselkä Devils are floating balls of light that are found over a Lake Paasselkä, Finland and they move at various speeds. Sometimes they appear alone and other time in groups of several balls. People have reported that it sometimes acts as if it is consciousness. In my drawing I had no idea what to do so I figured I'd draw some floating stuff and then a larger shape that was like a silhouette of a person that I figured would be the group consciousness. I went in and added photoshop effects and tried to make it seem as if all of this stuff was trying to join together . . . did it work?

This drawing was done in an 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore (400 Series) 60 lb. paper sketchbook with Sharpie Marker and then edited in Adobe Photoshop.I had planned on doing a different drawing for this but I liked this simple little line drawing enough that I decided against doing another drawing.

Lightning bugs for sure,
Kevin P. Johnson
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Monday, October 8, 2012

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 8 Shadow Queen and Shadow People

Another monster returning from last years list is Shadow People but in this case I kind of thought up a story in my head and this is the Shadow Queen the ruthless leader of the Shadow World. Maybe I'll make a comic book about it someday. As for the queen she's the first female Shadow Person that I have drawn giving a gender to what had been a genderless creature as far as my drawings have gone.

In the drawing we just see a bust of the Shadow Queen win a less than happy look on her face (if she actually has a face) because I wanted it to feel like it could be a statue. The drawing is done with Copic Markers and Sharpie with Adobe Photoshop after on 11" x 14" Bristol Boar.

Below is another drawing I did earlier this year of the Shadow People:

This second drawing was done a few months ago but I could not find it and then by total accident it appeared when it was time to work on this post. I added the blue to it for this post but the drawing was finished long before the 31 Monsters in 31 Days project started.

This drawing is done with Copic Markers and Sharpie with Adobe Photoshop after on 11" x 17" Bristol Boar.

Leave the lights on . . . all of the lights,
Kevin P. Johnson

Monday, October 24, 2011

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 24 - Wendigo

The Wendigo are a cannibalistic spirit creature that can possess a human. They are from the Native American folklore of the Algonquian people and are said to be powerful supernatural beings. They are in some ways similar to modern day zombies in features. The Wendigo has a dead grey skin, sunken in eyes, skin tight to the bones and dry lips covered in blood and they smell of death . . . very much like a zombie.These guys are associated with the northern parts of North America frequently in Canada. Strangely there are other versions of the Wendigo that have the creature look like a Yeti type creature and if you see Marvel Comics version of the Wendigo it looks nothing like the traditional version and very much like the Yeti.

In my drawing I kept the Wendigo as I thought he might look but I gave him a yellow eye thinking he would look less human. The colors are Copic Markers and Prismacolor Markers.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
Kevin P. Johnson

All artwork and contents of this blog are Copyright ©2011 Kevin P. Johnson - All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted.

Friday, October 7, 2011

31 Monsters in 31 Days: Day 7 - The Shadow People

Look to the shadows and you may see something that you don't want to see. Shadow People are possibly the only monster that every person with the ability to see may have seen in their lifetime. The Shadow People are often seen from the corner of your eye and move very fast into the shadows when you look directly upon them. They may be ghost or spirits or something else altogether, but they are up to no good and their intent is harm to those in their presence. They are often around in dark places and love it when you are alone they are constantly moving things and making noises when nothing natural could have been the culprit which causes your mind to play tricks on you. The Shadow People want you to fear them they thrive on it some may even wish to remove you from their home by any means even death.These ghost want to make you seem out of your mind to the people around you causing your fear to become intensified and you may even possibly become their weapon against others if they can possess you.

There have been several movies about Shadow People including the Paranormal Activity movie series which does a great job of showing how these creatures work.

In my drawing well I drew the creature st the point of being seen and about to blend in with the shadows what looks like black flame is the shadow person beginning to make its body into full shadow. I have also added blue to help give form to what would only be black shadow . The colors are Copic Markers.

Leave the lights on . . . all of the lights,
Kevin P. Johnson