#monthoffear
“Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”
~ Pat Robertson
graphite on paper, digitally colored
A very pointed illustration for @monthoffearart to the theme of ‘truth’. (This is an actual billboard outside of C’bus, Ohio that I’ve passed many a time. It never ceases to give me the shivers.)
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“It Started With a Beautiful Spark…”
oil and flopsweat on canvas, 8″ x 10″
Created for 2018′s Month of Fear challenge. I strongly suggest checking out the other amazing entries.This week’s prompt was ‘beauty’.
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Since I wasn’t able to scan ‘Howl’ before the Month of Fear challenge deadline, I wanted to share the scanned version. Done in tea inks and India ink. @monthoffearart
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‘Howl’ for the Month of Fear art challenge. Done in tea inks and India ink. @monthoffearart
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Scorched
A reactionary and painful piece about all of the various wildfires that tore across the west coast of the US this summer.
For Month of Fear prompt of “Breathless”.
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Supplicant
I must give my entire heart to everything but in the end, what does that leave for me?
For Month of Fear prompt of “Hollow”.
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Paralyzed Monarch
“Tell me, human, is it honorable to paralyze a king before you kill him?”
For Month of Fear prompt of “Paralyzed”.
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“Blank”
Priscilla Kim
Digital
priscilla-kim.com
For the third Month of Fear prompt, “paralyzed.” Thought of those moments when my mind was just empty with no desires nor willpower to do the stuff I had to do, and basically all I could do was lie flat in bed maybe scrolling mindlessly through the internet. It feels like a white void physically pressing you down.
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“Shiver” (print)
Priscilla Kim
Digital
Done for the Month of Fear 2017 second week, “shiver.”
I really enjoy doing the Month of Fear/Love challenges, because they give me an excuse to try things I don’t normally do. Er, yes, I could just do them anyway with my own stuff, but… I don’t, for some reason. So it’s great as an impetus.
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“Howl”
Priscilla Kim
Digital
www.priscilla-kim.com
Done for the first Month of Fear 2017 prompt, which is, unsurprisingly, “howl.” (I am gud at title.) An exercise in limited palette and trying to be a bit looser with my rendering.
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Ghosts
Inspired by Ladytron’s “Ghosts”. The phrase “ There’s a ghost in me/Who wants to say I’m sorry/Doesn’t mean I’m sorry” gave me an idea to draw two conflicting emotional states merging as one entity.
This one also has an experimental layer of metallic paint. I bought this fun paint for my infant daughter’s art project and I discovered it can create an interesting effect when it’s applied thinly. Sort of, ghostly simmer that appears only in reflective light.
Reiko Murakami Email: [email protected]
Website:www.reikomurakami.com
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Piece name: Haunted
My social media: emajarian
Website:https://emilymajarian.myportfolio.com/
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7. Make Me Wanna Die — Lee Moyer
Whether putting out the fire with gasoline or burning down the house, Rock-n-Roll and Death have always been a couple. When betrayal breeds longing and despair, Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless strikes a match and a pose. Godspeed to you, little Cindy Lou Who!
For more art sacred and profane, iconic and iconoclastic, ridiculous and sublime, please visit www.leemoyer.com
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Title: I can never die
Inspired by: Dragula—Lissie
When I originally set out to plan for this very special Month of Fear, I was fully expecting myself to dig deep into song meanings and lyrics, analyzing each line as if I was doing my English homework. However, it struck me that what is special about music is the way it makes me feel, the way some phrases resonate where others do not and the imagery that comes up simply by listening. To me songs can have deep meaning that is completely different from whatever the creator intended. So while the original Dragula is about a car, I think (I had to ask a search engine of my choice), Lissie’s cover of the song reminded me of the feeling of bursting at the seams, of being clogged with too much energy and feeling for one body to hold. I always think of it as destructive. Of the scene in a movie where power explodes from the hero or villain, setting streets on fire and blowing up cars. I was wondering, though—does it have to be? Could it be creative instead? (That’s the flowers. Please appreciate the deep meaning behind this demoness.)
You can find my portfolio here: https://janaheidersdorf.com
Note: True to form I’m using the Month of Fear to stretch myself creatively by trying out new techniques and tools. This year I’m doing so as part of a creative development project sponsored by the BKM, VG Bildkunst and Neustart Kultur. Thank you for having my back!
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Seven Devils Reiko Murakami Inspired by the song “Seven Devils” in the playlist. My inner goth couldn’t resist the urge to do some epic creepy lady creature drawing. The seven sets of wings and “eyes” on the figure indicate the devils she contains inside her (though the seventh set of wings might hard to read). The eyes on the wings came from the painting I did long time ago called “Our Void”. After almost 10 years I wanted to revisit the composition and create something new.
I’ll come back with more work later!
Best,
Reiko
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Treat — Tom Horstmann
“Take everything. Consume. Šà ur péennanammaàm diri. Eat until you burst - thus shall it be, indeed. It all belongs to you.”
Thanks to Jason Morningstar’s The Shab al-Hiri Roach.
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Familia — Dianita
Acrylics and colored pencils on mixed media paper. 5in x 7in.
I didn’t grow up celebrating Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) as many other Mexican families. But I remember what we learned about our beautiful celebration. I’m not intending to explain to other people about every tiny detail about it as there are more accurate sources out there. From my experience, we always look forward to acquiring Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead?) from a local bakery in my hometown and gather together with family or friends to eat it with a cup of chocolate or milk.
For this last piece, I wanted a cute gathering. Mischievous friends enjoying the delicious food the humans left in the decorated table. They’re not sure what this is about, but what they know is that the bread is delicious and the milk is getting cold.
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Graveyard Cake — Shannon R. Knight
In elementary school in the 90’s, someone’s mom made this for a Halloween bake sale and it blew my mind. Such a great use of pudding, such a great way to remind us all that we’re going to die. For this week’s theme, I knew I had to paint a Tiny Food of this graveyard pudding cake. You can see my other Tiny Foods here: http://www.shannonrknight.com/tiny-food
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