Here's a another sketch I came up with. I don't know where these ideas come from - I just try to see something in the graphite and then work to bring it out. I guess the interest in scary images comes from my childhood. I always loved scary movies and would try to draw the covers of horror magazines like "Creepy" and "Famous Monsters of Hollywood." Artists like Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta are still my idols.

Soon I will be taking some of these sketches and use the computer to colorize them.

Graphite Drawing "Castle in the Mist"

Here's a graphite drawing I did recently. For this piece, I didn't use any reference photos. It all just kind of worked itself out as I manipulated the graphite with a kneaded eraser. It was very labor intensive though. In order to get the pencil on the paper smoothly I had to apply it several times while also going over it with the eraser. I'll bet I went over every bit of it four or five times until I was satisfied with the smoothness and contrast. Looks great though and I plan on doing more of these in the future.