I rarely use other people’s creations in my work, but the other week I was consumed by the urge to come up with a piece based on Freddy vs Jason.
As most people know, the actual movie of this title was a big disappointment, but my picture is more of a homage to the individual characters.
The first Nightmare on Elm Street was fantastic, and Friday the 13th was pretty good for the first 2 episodes (ironically before Jason got his iconic hockey mask).
For a reminder of where those long arms of Freddy’s came from, here is a clip from the original film.
While I was updating my blog, I realised that I had never put this piece up.
It is actually one of my favourites, and was an attempt to do something closer to “art” than illustration. I wanted to produce something that included horror elements but was also decorative and perhaps even beautiful. I only wanted people to notice the skulls on closer inspection.
As ever I had a whole series of “beautiful bones” in mind but only got this far…
As you will have hopefully noticed I have given Horrorwood a new look.
I had both a blog and a website for a while, but recently realised that the website was a bit redundant. As such I have integrated all of the features of the site into this new-look blog.
Please take a look at the links to the right, which will take you to galleries of my work amongst other things. Every time you visit another page, or refresh this one, you will be greeted by a different character at the top. There is a 1 in 5 chance of Dracula appearing, so you better have the garlic ready.
My new year’s resolution was to stop buying toys, but when these popped on Ebay I had to break my rule.
In my defense this is the rarest release in James Jarvis‘ In-Crowd figure series. It was produced a few years back as a special gift for Nokia customers and was as such never on sale to the general public.
This set is called the “Office Archetypes” and depicts characters that you can find in a typical office. Though a little blander than James’ usual creations, the attention to detail is as high as ever and I even have a soft spot for the chair because of the fact that it is so daringly bland.
I finally added the finishing touches to this piece that I started a little while back. It is a tribute to one of my favourite TV shows of all time, Twin Peaks.
We recently finished watching the second season which was finally released on DVD last year. Watching the whole thing again confirmed in my mind the fact that director David Lynch is one of the few people alive today that I would describe as a true genius.
Here also is the clip from Twin Peaks that inspired my picture.
As promised here is my first paper toy in what will hopefully be a full series. I am pleased with the design when it is in it’s flat form, but think that the 3D form still needs a little work.
Please click on the above picture for a full-sized version that you are free to print out and construct for yourself.
I went a bit overboard and got thoroughly addicted to discovering just how many paper toys Shin Tanaka had created for his new series.
It turns out that there were even more than I expected… I have currently discovered 37 designs (38 if you include the box design), and the rarest of the bunch seems to be a design by Shin himself (see top), that only appeared once in a blue moon. There are also different colourways of the same design and subtly different variants by the same artist, which made collecting the whole lot more tricky. It is amazing just how much effort was put into this project.
Though I don’t wish to be a spoilsport I have posted pics of all the designs that I have discovered so far. If you want them for yourself please enjoy the experience of clicking and collecting. If anyone finds anymore please let me know.
Watch this space for a new Horrorwood paper toy sometime soon…