Monthly Archives: October 2016

Inktober: Timothy Dalton Sketch

Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcom Murray in Penny Dreadful (2014-16) One final Inktober piece, done in a new painting program I’ve been experimenting with called Rebelle.  It provides natural media style tools that rival those of Corel Painter.  Still getting … Continue reading

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Inktober: Eva Green

Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful (2014-16) Moving from the classic to the more contemporary:  I started watching Penny Dreadful with scant hope that it would be any good.  The premise of the show, bringing together the characters … Continue reading

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Inktober: Sir Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee:  Count Dracula (1978) Later generations would come to know Sir Christopher Lee as Saruman the White in The Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars.  But Lee made his name originally playing Count Dracula. Bela … Continue reading

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Inktober: Morticia

Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams Considering the impact Carolyn Jones as Morticia had on my young mind and libido, it’s a wonder I never developed a Pavlovian response to French like Gomez had.  “Goth” style hadn’t been named yet, but … Continue reading

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Inktober: Cushing

Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein (1967) Peter Cushing was perhaps my all time favorite horror star, and a bit of a role model when I was young.  It was his performances in Hammer’s films of the 50s and 60s, as … Continue reading

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Inktober: Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers (1941) I understand there are entire conventions these days devoted to “Scream Queens” – women who act primarily in horror films.  But in the thirties and forties, few women specialized in horror.  Male actors like Karloff, Lugosi, Lon … Continue reading

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Inktober: Karloff

Continuing my Inktober celebration of horror film stars, herewith the inimitable Mr. Karloff. Boris Karloff  in The Black Cat (1934) Boris Karloff is most famous, of course, for his first big role as the creature in James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein.  … Continue reading

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Inktober: Lugosi

So I’m late to the party with this “Inktober” business – just found out about it the other day.  Choosing to jump in, I figured considering the time of year, I might as well make my Inktober creations celebrate some … Continue reading

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