Unheard Magazine 4 Cover

I had the opportunity this past week to create a cover image for the fourth issue of Unheard Magazine, an independently produced and FREE downloadable creative magazine. You can find out more about the issue and the previous three at the magazines website: http://www.unheardmag.com/

A Christmas Carol in B&N Stores

"Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories" is now available in Barnes & Noble stores. For this edition I illustrated the cover jacket and some ornamental borders for the interiors. It's a much smaller size then the tome that was "Jules Verne Extraordinary Voyages" my previous book with B&N. The 200-page hardcover, with embossed dust jacket, features 5 stories written by Dickens that center around the Christmas season. It's very affordable and would be a great read for children just in time for the holiday.

Vagormagrim

Addicted

I wish I could forget your stupid name
it's always staring right back at me
though everbody told me you were lame
I thought that you were meant to be
the reason why I dream at night
but now I'm losing sleep

You're addictive
and its driving me to drink
your name it bleeds so endlessly
you'll always be a part of me
yeah -- you're addictive

I wish that I could scratch you off my mind
but I'm still sleeping in your t-shirts
of all the little scars you left behind
there's only one that hurts
and that's the reason why I cry at night
and crave you every day

You're addictive
and its driving me to drink
I can't fix it
you were meant to be a fling
so addictive
and this needle filled with ink
your name it bleeds so endlessly
you'll always be a part of me

You're addictive

And I tried so hard to quit
I just can't get over it
Can't believe it's come to this

You're addictive
and it's driving me to drink
I can't fix it
You were meant to be a fling

You're addictive
Your name it bleeds so endlessly -- yeah

You're addictive
and its driving me to drink
I can't fix it
you were meant to be a fling
so addictive
and this needle filled with ink
your name it bleeds so endlessly
you'll always be a part of me

Addictive

(Morningwood, Diamonds & Studs 2009)

My Latest

Late night, music thumping...
a muse whispers in my ear...
Vagormagrim.

Cthulhu Spawn

I thought I would share with you the process of my latest personal work. This image of an aquatic beastie wriggling in an ectoplasmic afterbirth was conceived with my love for author H.P. Lovecraft's dark and horrific imagery in mind. Featured here are scans of the initial pencil drawing done on Strathmore 9" x 12" bristol and the final inks with Sakura Micron archival pens.

Library of Wonder: Jules Verne On Sale

This is the wonderful news I was promising. I just found the listing for Library of Wonder: Jules Verne — Extraordinary Voyages (ISBN13: 9781435115552) online at Barnes & Noble's website. The book is available for order online and through their stores, unfortunately not stocked in-store at this time. I was told by a store sales rep that it takes 3-4 days for delivery to your local B&N store. The hardcover is 734 pages in total, with three classics by Verne—Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea—with 60 black & white, full-page and spot illustrations that I supplied for this edition. Thanks in advance for your support in ordering a copy and passing the word about this exclusive edition.