All posts tagged BOOK-INSPIRED

Dead Cthulhu Dreaming

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”

“In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”

~ HP Lovecraft

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming, by Soni Alcorn-Hender

When people say “worse things happen at sea”, they’re talking about him.

Acrylics, gouache, watercolour (yes I’ve finally started using it), pencil, pastels, and a whole jar of freshly-squeezed eldritch on paper, 21x29cms.

Painted for Iconic Creations forthcoming collectible card set ‘Classic Literature 2’.
Prints etc. will be available after the set releases in June.

Work in progress and details:

Sketches: finding Cthulhu

Some days you just need to put on your masking-tape claws and BE the monster.

From the Deeps, Cthulhu Sketches

Preview detail, Cthulhu by Soni Alcorn-Hender

by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 17, May, 2021 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK

Tagged art PORTRAITS, book characters original versions, BOOK-INSPIRED, books horror CTHULHU, cards ICONIC CREATIONS, ppl MONSTERS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 17, May, 2021

https://bohemianweasel.com/2021/05/17/dead-cthulhu-dreaming/

Rath Roiben Rye

“…Say Roiben of the Unseelie Court asks for your aid.”

Rath Roiben Rye by Soni Alcorn-Hender

Some bookish fanart (that was only meant to be a warm-up sketch, but I have no control of these things).

Roiben from ‘Tithe’, ‘Ironiside’, and the ‘Folk of the Air’ series of faerie stories by Holly Black
Acrylics, pastel, & pencil – 21×29 cm

by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 30, January, 2021 • Permalink

Posted in Fantasy & Fairytale

Tagged art PORTRAITS, book characters original versions, BOOK-INSPIRED, books CHARACTER SKETCH, books Holly Black, ppl BEAUTIFUL MEN, ppl FAIRIES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Saturday 30, January, 2021

https://bohemianweasel.com/2021/01/30/rath-roiben-rye/

Oberon & Puck

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet muskroses, and with eglantine.

‘Oberon & Puck’, from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Basecard art for a trading card by Iconic Creations for the set ‘Iconic Literature’.
Acrylics, mica glitter, gold leaf, dubious love potions and fairy-level arrogance, on paper
A3 / 29cms x 42cms

Prints and art items available at Society6

Work in progress and detail images:

Finalised composition

colour & medium tests #1

colour & medium tests #2

WIP #2

WIP #1

Detail

Dracula Risen

‘Dracula Risen’
Basecard art for a trading card by Iconic Creations; acrylics and gold leaf on paper,
A3 / 29cms x 42cms

Prints and art items available at Society6

Work in progress and detail images:

Finalised composition

Colour tests

WIP

Detail 1

Detail 2

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 21, November, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Ghastly & Macabre

Tagged art PORTRAITS, book characters original versions, BOOK-INSPIRED, books CHARACTER PAINTING, BOOKS HORROR, books horror DRACULA, cards ICONIC CREATIONS, ppl BEAUTIFUL MEN, ppl VAMPIRES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 21, November, 2018

https://bohemianweasel.com/2018/11/21/dracula-risen/

Elric sketch

Drawing practice inspired by a conversation about Michael Moorcock’s doomed and gloomy (gloomedy?) albino hero: Elric of Melniboné

The Raven King

John Uskglass, the Raven King

“Even the Raven King – who was not a fairy, but an Englishman –
had a somewhat regrettable habit of abducting
men and women and taking them to live with him
in his castle in the Other Lands.”

The Raven King, with bird and book. Inspired by the character from exquisite Strange & Norrell by Susanna Clarke. (The audiobook is particularly good.)

Acrylics, pencil, liquid gold and silver, sterling silver leaf, and old English magic on paper 21×30 cms. Prints available here.

Raven King, work in progress, Soni Alcorn-Hender

by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 13, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Fantasy & Fairytale

Tagged art PORTRAITS, book characters original versions, BOOK-INSPIRED, books CHARACTER PAINTING, books STRANGE & NORRELL, ppl BEAUTIFUL MEN, ppl FAIRIES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 13, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/13/the-raven-king/

Magic School!

I drew this Hogwarts-inspired diagram years ago, as an aide for English classes to help students learn the names of rooms in a house. …And of course all houses have turrets and potion cupboards… But I like the drawing, so I gave it a sepia tint and put it on RedBubble for anyone who’d like a copy. Might also be fun for people who like colouring-in. ;)

Prints and other shiny things can be found here.

Hogwarts Magic School diagram by Soni Alcorn-Hender

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 25, April, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in Everything else

Tagged BOOK-INSPIRED, film HARRY POTTER, land ARCHITECTURE, season HALLOWEEN

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 25, April, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/04/25/magic-school/

Funeral tree over Moss Oak

The (supposed) funeral of Arabella Strange, attended by her grieving husband, and (unseen) gloating fairy with Thistle-down hair.
The King’s raven watches, the trees spell out the truth, and the magic came from a single tear from a lady’s handkerchief.

From Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
Graphite and acrylics on pastel paper 21×28 cms.

The Funeral of Arabella Strange

John Uskglass, the Raven King & ivy

John Uskglass, the Raven King with a crown of ivy leaves, for ‘ivy binds English magic’. The magician King raised by faeries, from Susanna Clarke’s book ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’.
Pencil and acrylics on old paper, 8×11.5″, finished digitally.

A detail of the whole (click to see full size) :