I've been doing artwork for Spooky Empire for almost a decade now. I am a Spooky Empire fanboy through and through. The best horror convention in the country as far as I'm concerned.

Here's a couple of similarly themed shirt ideas over those years we've referred to as the "rockabilly style."

Just realized I never post DAY 7 of the Cryptids!

DAY 7: The Tatzelwurm!

In Alpine folklore, the Tatzelwurm is a snake-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body and two forelegs.
#cryptid #art #sketch #tatzelwurm #cryptids

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day 6: EL CHUPACABRA

El chupacabra, or literally translated as "goat-sucker," is a creature in the folklore of parts of the central Americas.

#cryptid #art #sketch #chupacabra #cryptids

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day Five: The Wolpertinger
In German folklore, a Wolpertinger is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

#cryptid #art #sketch #wolpertinger #cryptids

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day Four: The Yeti

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a folkloric ape-like creature taller than an average human and is said to inhabit the Himalayan mountains.

#cryptid #art #sketch #yeti #cryptids

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day Three: The Fishman

The Thetis Lake Fishman Monster is a reptilian creature spotted in 1972 near British Columbia.

#cryptid #art #sketch #fish #cryptids

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day Two: The Mothman

Mu hometown cryptid! In West Virginia folklore, Mothman is a creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area in the 1960s.

#cryptid #art #sketch #mothman #cryptids

Little while back I got to a gold foil poster run for the Ghost show here in Tampa, made for the Yuengling Center venue. It was a labor of love because their last two albums have been phenomenal. Amazing show, can't wait to see them again.
#ghost #ghostband #metal #poster #art #gigposters

Just to get the content flowing I'm going to post a baby cryptid sketch a day for a week. :)

Day One: The Wendigo
Wendigo is a people-eating creature or evil spirit native to the northern forests of Nova Scotia and Great Lakes Region of Canada. #cryptid #art #sketch #wendigo #cryptids

It was amazing to see all the pics from 'Welcome to Rockville' and all things Black Box Meal related. Even seeing Stephen Gates' fun pic of Rob Trujillo from Metallica checking out the meal box art made my soul happy.

Last summer I got to work once again with the AMAZING Blackened Whiskey to do art for their collaboration with Chef Chris Santos, which premiered at Welcome to Rockville in Daytona.
Being part of a "Heavy Metal Happy Meal" is something I would have never foreseen but I loved every minute of it.

As an artist I am so glad I was raised in a time of print pop color.
MAN the color was so punchier when I was a kid. Mostly due to the major limitations of print at the time, you only had 3 or 4 attention getting colors to use to catch the eyes of kiddos. They were so charming and effective though

Since I was a teenager I've drawn spirals while on the phone. I guess they help me think? I dont know.
This behavior moved to conference calls now as an adult.
I have now graduated (instead of drawing simple spirals) to only drawing horribly misrepresentative doodles of Steve Buscemi while talking