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Penny Dreadful tarot sketch cards

For the Penny Dreadful trading card set, Cryptozoic Entertainment asked me to draw the 22 Major Arcana cards of the Tarot in a way that fitted the feel of the show – but without using actor likenesses. So I took the traits of the main characters, blended them with the Major Arcana archetypes, mirrored the compositions of the original Rider Waite tarot cards (included below for reference), and lavished them with a heady mix of Penny Dreadful themes and symbols.
Everything I put in the cards has a Penny Dreadful reason, and a Tarot reason, for being there. Everything. o.O

Inks, acrylics, gold medium, and 22k gold leaf. Everything except the lettering of the card names and numbers is hand-drawn or painted.

Official info about this set release here: http://www.cryptozoic.com/trading-cards/penny-dreadful-trading-cards-season-1

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 1, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Ghastly & Macabre

Tagged books horror DORIAN GRAY, books horror FRANKENSTEIN, cards CRYPTOZOIC, subject ABSINTHE, subject TAROT, tv PENNY DREADFUL

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 1, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/01/penny-dreadful-tarot-sketch-cards/

Cthulhu dreaming

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”
“In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”
HP Lovecraft

‘Dreaming Cthulhu’ in a range of Lovecraftian colours: Cyclopean sepia, non-Euclidean green, Decadent indigo, and Daemoniac black. Now there’s a cosmic horror to suit every mood and occasion. Available here.

The original (available on Etsy here)
In acrylics, pastel, and pencils, 21×29 cms

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 14, November, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Ghastly & Macabre, Sale Announcements

Tagged BOOKS HORROR, books horror CTHULHU, ppl MONSTERS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 14, November, 2016

https://bohemianweasel.com/2016/11/14/cthulhu-dreaming/

Horror Valentines!

Sometimes hearts and flowers will only do if the heart’s cursed and the flowers are omnivorous. If you wish to tell someone you love them horribly then let one of these dear little monsters be your messenger.

Greeting cards, as well as diverse ephemera for your haunted house, available here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/bohemianweasel/collections/486329-valentine-horror

Cthulhu Love

Frankenstein’s Lovely Monster

Horror Valentine, Poe and cat, by Soni Alcorn-Hender

A little Poe love.

Date with Dracula

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 4, February, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Ghastly & Macabre, Sales

Tagged art PORTRAITS, books CHARACTER SKETCH, BOOKS HORROR, books horror CTHULHU, books horror DRACULA, ppl MONSTERS, season HALLOWEEN, season VALENTINES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 4, February, 2016

https://bohemianweasel.com/2016/02/04/horror-valentines/

31-Day Art Challenge, day 3

31 Days of drawing, day 3. The prompt: ‘Fruit, leaves or flowers with a gothic twist’

So this is Poison Apple, gettit? ;)
Acrylics on pastel paper. 8.5×11″

Poison Apple, gothic still-life by Soni Alcorn-Hender

Poison Apple, by Soni Alcorn-Hender

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 10, October, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Ghastly & Macabre

Tagged art STILL-LIFE, season HALLOWEEN

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 10, October, 2015

https://bohemianweasel.com/2015/10/10/31-day-art-challenge-day-3/

31-Day Art Challenge, day 2

31 Days of drawing, day 2. The prompt: ‘Mythological being in the modern world’

So this is Hades at Halloween. The Lord of the Underworld is amused.
Pencil and white acrylic on card. 9×11″

Hades at Halloween, Soni Alcorn-Hender

by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 10, October, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Ghastly & Macabre

Tagged mythG HADES, season HALLOWEEN

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 10, October, 2015

https://bohemianweasel.com/2015/10/10/31-day-art-challenge-day-2/

The Demon’s Ball

Illustration (10×12″ acrylics on canvas-board) for Perna Studio’s trading card set: Halloween 2015. Detail images below (click the images see their stories.)