The Countdown to Halloween continues! Shrimpenstein! (Adobe Illustrator.) Dr. Von Schtick’s creation, patterned after Frankenstein’s similar but taller experiment.
Here’s a Frankenstein tune from Dr. Von Schtick himself, Gene Moss, off his album “Dracula’s Greatest Hits.”
It’s October!
Shrimpenstein! was a kooky kid’s show that aired in Los Angeles in 1967-68. In the show, Dr. Von Schtick pals around with Shrimpy, a monster he created when he accidentally dropped a bag of jellybeans into his Frankenstein machine. I’ve only seen the one episode that’s on YouTube, but that was enough to make me a fan.
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And so, The Countdown to Halloween begins! So does my month of daily blog posts on the theme “Haunted” for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month.) I have all sorts of creepy crawly cartoons planned for the next 31 days, and I’ve given my website a makeover to help give you the Halloween Heebie-Jeebies.
A pinup for Steve Hamaker’s Fish N’ Chips comic. I’m a fan of Sixties power pop. Their outfits are straight out of an old Kinks publicity shot. The sketch:
October begins the day after tomorrow!
In less than a week’s time, my website and blog will be overtaken by the spirit of Halloween. The wind will howl. The leaves will crackle. Ghosts and goblins will practice their terror with ghoulish delight. My ghastly goal is to produce one petrifying post each day as we count down to All Hallows’ Even.
I’m participating in this countdown with a bunch of other bewitched bloggers. Countdown to Halloween will have a list. It will be…
… a tomb of dread, a virtual cornucopia of amazing stories, photos, comics, reviews, crafts, toys, songs, radio plays, jokes, and general commentary on a holiday that a lot of us hold dear.
Get involved, foolish mortals.
Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati is putting on the “Cincinnati Walks for Kids” event next month to raise money for the hospital. This is my shirt design for Jen’s team at work.
Visually inspiring is the game Aion. I played the open beta last week and this screencap is from a gameplay cutscene where your character gets wings and the ability to fly. Gorgeous character models, but the gameplay was nothing new. I’ll pass for now.
This is from the comic tryout. Sketches of teachers. I went with (C) for the man, whose likeness was based on Kevin Murphy.
This is a piece for the fine folks at Yog-Sothoth.com. The project has yet to be announced, but as you can tell from this illustration, it has something to do with Canada.
After dinner at the River Crab in St. Clair, we all stood around the river and made faces at each other.
Today, I moved my blog from the old address (blog.glimbit.com) to here (ericmsmith.com/blog). Just seemed to make sense for it to be here. Like before, it’s my place to post my work, specifically, my sketches and illustrations. I’m also going to continue to post things that inspire me, visually speaking.
The old posts are in storage. If there’s something you want to see from the old blog, just let me know.
Onward!