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Mikey
@blockforest.co.uk
Linocut printmaker and illustrator.
Inspired by folklore, myth, horror and anything spooky!
Blockforest.co.uk - website and shop, also
https://blockforest.etsy.com
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I’m delighted to share the case study from Perception for the prologue sequence to Sinners.

I was commissioned to create a series of digital illustrations with the result being this eerie, linocut-inspired vision that fuses Southern folklore, ancestral storytelling, and vampire myth...
Have you seen the new Frankenstein yet? Def more of an adaptation than a faithful retelling, but done with Del Toro's stylistic flair, a visual feast! Loved it, and Elordi's performance was a highlight, a stunning monster.
Here's my linocut rendition of the mad scientist himself Victor Frankenstein
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Today's the day! Can't wait to watch Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein tonight!! Hearing such good things and it's great to see some monster movie classics given new breath.

Here's my little linocut Frankenstein's monsters bookmark (I just call him Frankie).
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rest in Peace
And finally my Overgrown Cemetery print from drawlloween 2023.
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Hope you've enjoyed spooky season. Promise there is new stuff on the way, I'm looking forward to long winter evenings on the couch drawing and carving away.

Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Goth Moth!
I do have a little soft spot for mothman, I mean who doesn't. Here's my first little linocut of the cryptid in sticker form!
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October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 29: UFO
So who watched Alien Earth?! I absolutely loved it, possibly the best thing to happen in the franchise in a long time. I hope they do a season two! In the meantime here's my little ode to the original with a xeno riding the nostromo like a kids pay per ride machine.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 26: Laboratory
My little frankensteins laboratory - looking forward to seeing the new Del Toro Frankenstein soon as well - I bet it's amazing!

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October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 22: Lantern
Another yokai - this one the classic lantern ghost - Chōchin'obake - sadly there are no known stories about them, they just appear in Japanese pictures starting in the 1800s.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One of my many Gillman illustrations, a little linocut bookmark. How they keep the books from getting wet is beyond me though. www.blockforest.co.uk/products/gil...
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 18: Spell book
Old print now - did this years ago - from my absolute fav Halloween film of all time ‘Hocus Pocus’. I may have bought the Lego Sanderson Sisters house to build next week as well 😃

#halloween #linocut #illustration #spooky #horrorart #mdwc25d18 #spookyseason
October 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 17: Baba Yaga
Another little sketch tonight - my take on the famous house from this Slavic folk tale.

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October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Day 16: Gnome
Little doodle tonight. Went less garden gnome and more medieval mining Earth dwelling creature hunting for treasures.

#drawlloween #mabsdrawlloweenclub2025 #mabsdrawlloweenclub #halloween #print #procreate #illustration #spooky #gnome #printmaker #mdwc25d16 #spirit #creature #treasure
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As I sold out of my original Nospurratu vampire kitty this year I decided to create another one, because no matter how hard you try, you can't keep Dracula down for long!

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October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 14:
Lovely Bones
I love a screaming #skull - lots of myths and legends about them, including a few tales around the UK. They pretty much do what you expect, haunts somewhere and randomly screams, sounds a bit like me.

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October 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 13: #Omen
My little ode to the horror classic of the same name of course referencing the jackal birth scene. Another film that might slip onto my watch list this #Halloween.

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October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 12: Yokai
Probably one of the more gruesome I could have picked - the Sagari are horse spirits who get caught up in trees and then hang from them usually by their intestines and hassle travellers on the roads - quite grim!

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October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 11
Pumpkin
My Halloween hare all dressed up in their fav pumpkin trick or treating costume!

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October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 10: From my queer horror zine with Kirsty Logan - of which I have a couple of copies hanging around and then they will be gone forever!

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October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 9: Undead
My posing biker vamp dude from last year, currently on sale at Derby Museums Shop if they still have some stock - go check out their Dracula exhibit if you're in the area!
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October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 8: Lightning Lad
The OG lightning lad - Frankensteins Monster - all loved you and offering a heart to you - who's heart though you can never be too sure. One my little love cards.
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 7: Ghoul
This ghoulish little bear is definitely not after porridge.

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October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Newly framed art print, waiting to go on the wall. A4 art print from @blockforest.co.uk. There are just a handful left of this limited edition design. Frame from Frames.co.uk in Manchester. The frame has a really nice wood grain effect cushion moulding. Delighted with it all! Thanks :)
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 6: Werewolf
From my horror high series, which i may still come back to sometime as I liked these slightly derpy characters. A little stoner / skater were-guy most likely bunking off school.

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October 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 5: Forest Sprite
My little Faun from last year, I enjoyed how paired back this one was compared to some of my more overly complicated work.

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October 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM