Don’t have much to say about today’s prompt, guarded, except that it pretty much said dungeon to me. I threw in some redcaps to keep things interesting. The only problem with this image is it’s another example where I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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For me, when I saw today’s prompt, clock, The Masque of the Red Death was the only way to go. The Masque of the Red Death remains my favorite Poe story in it’s an unrelenting study of human decadence. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Weak” was another prompt that had me stumped. I briefly thought of emaciated prisoners in oubliettes. I nixed the idea, however, because for one thing I had already done prisoners, and two, I really wasn’t crazy about doing anything sadistic.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The second thing that occurred to me with today’s prompt, Angular… (the first thing that occurred to me was the non-euclidean architecture of the sunken city of R’lyeh but I’d done my Lovecraft quota for this challenge.) Was german expresionism[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was completely stumped about today’s prompt, “swollen”, and technically I’m still stumped. So I just did Violet Beauregarde turning into a blueberry from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
My selection for the fifth week of my Halloween marathon was Japanese horror movies I started with one of my current favorite directors, Takashi Miike with one of his break out pieces Audition. Audition tells the story of Shigeharu Aoyama[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I first saw today’s prompt, bottle, I immediately thought of homunculi. Specifically, the collection of them owned by Dr. Septimus Pretoriusin Bride of Frankenstein. I remember reading how Alchemists allegedly made them. There were just enough details that trying to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do not know why “roasted” and “scorched” were on the same prompt list! But I make due with a mob with torches and pitchforks go after the monster. It’s a bit rushed and sloppy but I like how the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Breakable” is another prompt that gave me a dislike of this year’s Inktober prompt list. I admit that my image started as a grasping at straws cop out loosly based on a Jekyll and Hyde image I did two Inktobers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first thing I thought of for today’s prompt, “drain” was the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. But I really didn’t want to spend Halloween doing snuff art. So I did sewer monsters instead.