Damnable Tales - A Folk Horror Anthology
By Richard Wells
An illustrated collection of classic Folk Horror stories
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
Out of the Sea
Hello Unbounders!
Fresh off the printing press, here’s a first look at my latest lino print for Damnable Tales. It’s an illustration for A.C. Benson’s ‘Out of the Sea’, first published in the collection ‘The Isles of Sunset’ (1904). A demonic goat-like being comes to the small coastal of village of Blea-on-the-Sands, its appearance somehow connected to a recent shipwreck and dark deeds within the community…
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Comments
Nice work, Richard. Is that Japanese paper you're using there? Can't quite tell. The effect looks great. Michael.
posted 5th May 2020
Thanks Michael. No, it's a heavyweight lokta paper I've been using for this series. Lots of lovely textures!
posted 5th May 2020