SchoonArt: Ghosts, Guts, And A Thousand Faces

The Image That Started It All

Did you ever go on Reddit at totally random and actually find something cool? 

No? 

Yeah me neither...except this one time!

Scanning through the Zines (or zinesters) Subreddit, tons of stuff I can care less about, and suddenly a 3 legged mutant walking down a street appears...crazy stipple shading caught my eye immediately (the other one followed along shortly after). What is this? An artist who understands perspective? I had to investigate further! I stumbled upon a more finished version, and then other panels from Gut And Ghost, soon enough discovered His YouTube where he inks and talks. I followed him on Instagram and he went live the next day I think folding zines for an event, we chatted for 5 minutes and then we settled on a zine swap.

The coolness doesn't stop there though, many people will sign up for classes of nude drawing to understand anatomy or use Croquis Cafe videos for practice, but he used a Page of Candid Snapshots of people usually at a boardwalk or county faires in different states in the USA. And my god, it gives you the most unique faces, expressions, skin textures, just everything you would want to learn interesting anatomy. It is also interesting to see so many people who look Human and Inhuman all in one place.

So after a wee bit of watching him post sketches, stages of artworks in varying forms, a package arrives at my door. I had taken a nap and woken up to it, so I woke right up and grabbed the first sharp object I could find and opened it up.

Merry Artsmass To Meeeeeeee

Stickers

I love the amount of realism he is able to capture with the hand or the KIA, but god damn Derpy Batman is fucking killing me, never fails to crack me up whenever I pull it out. Oh yes, Unfortunately I am one of those dunces who collects stickers but has a hard time actually putting them on anything because NOTHING IS PERMANENT ENOUGH....it will probably go on a guitar though, those seem to stick around. THE HORROR OF IMPERMANENCE!

Gut And Ghost Zine

The Main Offender right here, so short, so fun, so weird. I was having a difficult time trying to figure out which panels to post without ruining the fun of the Surreality of Gut and Ghost. Great detail, awesome shading, just a ton of life in each panel. It really stands mountains above most zine artwork I've seen out there which makes this a special addition to my collection. I've sat there watching him ink a few of these panels, so it has another level of excitement to just study the result.

Art Prints

Can we all just take a minute and appreciate This Timelapse of Frank Zappa coming together.

Besides Gut And Ghost his art prints are a total trip to study as well. It has a comic book style in a sense, and you can see some of his reproductions on Instagram that definitely help with that flavouring, but then touches on this realism...it's such a different style that you can really sink your teeth into. The Frank Zappa one is my favourite because I have been listening to his music since my friend showed me the Baby Snakes DVD and my mind still remains blown. 

Remember, you can Right Click and Open Image In New Tab to zoom in and see some more detail!

Hubbuh Hubbuh Without A Garlic Rubbuh

Are you in need of a Logo for your Organization, Business, or Band? 

Check out This One and That One he did for Strange Pursuits! 

Or maybe you want an alternate cover for your comic/zine/album cover?

Tehlubs For The Ones I Love

The Aptly Named Sir Not Appearing In This Colouring Book

Making zines for yourself is always fun, selling and trading them is even better, but when you make a Zine (if I can even call it that!) for family members it becomes a whole new level of art. And this isn't just a zine, it is a Colouring Book! Who doesn't love interactive books? I know I always did as a kid and even nowadays as an adult. 

Tehlubs is an Artist who I discovered (or he discovered me) on Instagram and right away we bonded over Naked Men With Weapons and how cool zines are. I was sending out zines of mine for free, and he came in around the time Dying Race was released and I was trying to get reviews from people in exchange for a free set of them. He instead just bought it. He was the first person to ignore the Free Route. Mad respect for that! 

Anywho, I was (and still am) into Zine Swapping ever since I saw a few posts on reddit and especially Crash's Zine Swap. He said he wanted to make a zine, didn't, BUT blew my mind when he told me he made a Colouring Book for his siblings, warned me some of the designs are child friendly compared to his Usual Fare. He whipped one together for me and mailed it out soon after. We (scalenepumpkins and I) sent him as many zines as we had at that time which included Kriegshund Chaos #1, Kyooti Pies, Dying Race, I think I had a copy of the Corpse Carter vs Beefus zine and the Kriegshund Chaos button pack which his boy ended up taking a big liking to and now wears them on his school backpack. Yes. Children just ADORE undead dogs!

Below are just a handful of pages from the book with some editing to keep identities concealed. 

Have you ever made anything cool for your family or friends on this level? 

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I am very interested in hearing about cool shit people make!

Toot Toot

Yeah But Is It GWARt? Part III HOME INVASION

As mentioned at the end of last Friday's GWARt post Dum Dum was going to visit and show me the ropes of watercolour painting. There was only one other time in maybe 2008 or 2009 when I bought a cheap as hell Sumi INK Set with a brush that shed so bad I would hate using it and just gave up. I was more into painting Warhammer and WW2 army men at that time. So until 2022 I was dealing with acrylics. 

We didn't have much time since we were going out to eat as well as watching 2 GWAR films back to back that day. Of course we Overplanned like idiots, watched only IT'S SLEAZY and to add insult to Injury, Dum forget her fucking Pizza Slice in our car, so I ate that shit with green pepper hot sauce from Cholula. That was my reward for her SCREAMING at about 1,000 Decibels in my left ear for reasons I now forget. So we did our painting session, I drew one of the kids I used to see bouncing around the hallways in elementary school down the Special Hallway across from the Dean's Office. 

This session felt almost like colouring digitally except for when I would have too much water and it would bleed into a spot I didn't want it to. I am using one of those Water In The Handle Brush Pen Brushes from Sakura (the Microns motherfuckers) and their Koi Watercolours Pocket Field Sketch Box. The first thing Dum says when I open the palette is "You can tell this is old because the bricks are cracked" fucking elitist JERK, but she was right it was like unused for 9 years in my room back in my Brooklyn Days.

I caught on quick, absolutely hated the drying times and had to soak up colours with a paper towel because I kept trying to go at the speed I am used to with Acrylics and Digital. It does not like that and bleeds. I am so used to colouring things from the Mid Tone and then shading, and finishing off with Highlights. This you have to go from High Tones down to Low Tones, layering and layering and blending and layering. A little awkward but fun nonetheless. 

AND IT BEGINS...

Dum Dum: I would like to preface, this IS NOT my character. This is fanart based off an old Matt Maguire comic. With that being said, let's get into it!

Put down the base coat. This is pretty self explanatory, put down all the paint on the inside of your lines. If you like to lay all the base colours first go ahead n do that! I personally like finishing one segment/re-occurring colour of shading before moving on 

Beefus: I sketched super fast, did lineart with my Pilot Metropolitain Fountain Pen until she whipped out her PH Martins Ink and I had to break out my calligraphy pens instead, a good choice. I wasn't used to creating skin tones yet so I went straight for base colours on helmet and hair instead.

Dum Dum: So what happens next is slightly darkening the colour you just painted with a little bit of black (don't forget to test out the paint on a separate sheet of paper so you can adjust it to your liking). So you've done this, now you need to imagine where your light source is coming from. Where the light will fade away and darkness is starting to become prominitae is where you start to layer on. Its a little easier to understand what im saying by looking at the image below. Id imagined the light was coming from the top down so the darker areas would be near the feet, bottom of the belly, chin, and some of the upper head/forehead. REMEMBER this is your lightest bit of shading right now, so don't be afraid to let it really cling to everything!

Beefus: Once again played it safe and just buttered the teef, coloured the Drool, and Irises. 

Dum Dum: Repeat this process now, but going a little deeper into the shading you had previously laid down. There's no need to add more black due to the properties of watercolour it will automatically make itself darker.

Beefus: Dum had a special tube of Burnt Sienna which she would mix with the tiniest bit of Red, I of course messed that up on my first try, but landed a decent skin tone on my second go round. I somehow shaded by accident on his left eye (his right eye). I added the pink on the gums first, then the eye corners, and finally picked purple for the inner mouth which of course pooled up without me noticing, and when I blew on it the colour spread, and after sopping it up the damage was done. At least the helmet and chinstrap shading looked fine.

Dum Dum: I had decided 3 layers of shading was enough for the body so i moved onto the blue armour parts. The same process as detailed in rule 2-3 is being applied here.

Beefus: I honestly should have left my shading at this, but of course I didn't. Added brown rot to his tooth cracks for the extra BAD BREFF. Another layer on the red although its barely noticeable. A little bit of the stupid inner mouth purple got on the side of the mouth, looks like a bruise. Maybe he has really bad depth perception and forked himself in the lips?

Dum Dum: Shading for blue armour parts and fuzzy skin is done!

Beefus: As I said on the previous version I really wish I left the fucking skin shading alone, its just too dark here, big mistake, looks kinda dirty but then again maybe that is a good thing? I did my final reds on the helmet, and I think I touched the chin strap again, which it didn't need. I notice I really need to think through if I need to shade more or not, there is no Undo Button, but hey you wont know unless you go too far so its ok. OR YOU COULDA TESTED ON ANOTHER FUCKING PIECE OF PAPER. 

Dum Dum: Blood time! Blood can be a little tricky to mix but this is usually what i do. Human blood actually has a HEX code! #880808 is the most accurate colour of blood outside our body. So pull that up and try to mix accordingly. What is find is the absolute best is a LOT of red and some amount of black. When you layer on blood, its not transparent like usual watercolor so you want it to almost look solid by adding as much pigment as you can. Blood gets no shading with me, but you can totally do it!

For the blood in the fuzz, I used a sponge (if you cant afford fancy sponge, get a kitchen sponge you're willing to sacrifice) soaked in the same colour as the blood covering him and squeezed out most of it. Then with the little bit you have, dabbed the areas i wanted to have the dried matted bloody fur affect. Same was applied to the teeth and tongue,  but with a streaking motion.

Splatter was done by sopping up some red with the brush, pulling back the bristles, and letting them go. If you dont mind your aera getting messy this is a really fun method to try!

Beefus: As a finale we thought it would be funny to roll up his 6 Attributes, Dum had brought really tiny dice in a glass bottle so I rolled the D6 and he got some crazy ass stats! Le Tard was born.

Dum Dum: 

Things to remember:

- You can only layer on top of watercolour, highlighting is basically nonexistent without mixing mediums. (which is totally fine!) 

- This is my personal style that took awhile to develop, feel free to experiment and make something way better!

- The type of paper I like is Canson watercolour paper. It is thick as hell and perfect for this style since it breaks down at a lower rate unlike mixed media paper.

- The kind of watercolours I recommend getting are Winsor And Newton value packs, especially if you are first starting out. They have a decent amount of pigment and are pretty cheap.

- There are certain types of brushes for watercolour, but I really don't have a problem with just using general brushes.

CONGRATS!!!! You finished your little boy! Pat yourself on the back and rejoice in pride! If you followed along with this tutorial, feel free to Dm me your finished product! I hope this was at least a little bit helpful in assisting you in your painting endeavors!

Beefus: In Conclusion, it was fun to actually hang out with a person and do some art together. Maddy was there too just sketchin' in her sketchbook since she really dislikes to paint. 

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PART 01 / PART 02 /  PART 04

Paper Dolls TTRPG Zine

Is it a Zine? Is it a Card Game? Is it fucking STUPID? Not sure, let us explore further!

This time around, keeping with unique experimental zines, I present to you part game, part zine, part paper dolls.....

CONTENTS:

- Includes 8 Cardstock Figurines that I X-Acto knifed from 110lb Cardstock

- 8 Double Sided Info Cards also from 110lb Cardstock

With A Description On The Front And Table Top RolePlaying Game Stats On The Back Which Are System Agnostic!

These are all characters of mine from upcoming mini-comix/story books I am going to be releasing, so they can be a fun supplement for those projects. But I also hope to spark your imagination as well by giving you a short description of the character and some basic Stats that can be applied to any roleplaying system. And just see where you go from there, what adventures you come up with, and hear your exciting moments with my darling paper warriors!

Pond Scum is a character created by Maddy Meek, you know her from THIS POST.

IF you got yourself an imagination, these could be lots of fun!

IF you lack imagination, THESE COULD BE YOUR ONLY HOPE!

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Corpse Carter vs Beefus Von Griefus

For this artbook collaboration between Corpse Carter and myself I felt the need to try a different size and shape, I have always loved the look of a CD booklet, most of my childhood was poring over all the details, photos, and lyrics. So it is just a pleasing layout for me.

While Corpse Carter takes on a more spiritual approach with humour and horror in the vein of Tibetan Buddhist art, I went with a mix of Melkor, Sauron, and Warhammer Dark Elves. I also wanted to experiment with comic Dot tones. We both whipped up artwork fairly quick and it's had about 100 setbacks for months. NOW ITS OUT.

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A List Of Great Artists! (Perpetually Updated)

This is a perpetually updated list of Artists I've discovered or became friends with over the years. So much talent goes completely unseen unless you magically stumble on the correct keyword, hashtag, or recommendation/repost. And unless you know their names, Googling doesn't help you locate them or randomly stumble upon their artwork. In conclusion, I took my favourites and friends in hopes they can be found easier. Spread this list, make your own, lets promote eachother and make sure people experience amazing artwork and personalities!

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Möka Kriegshund & Scalenepumpkins

Undead Dog artist creating Comix for rotten minded individuals who are deeply disturbed by decades of Cartoons & Extreme Music. Violent Slapstick Gags, Body Horror, And Interactive Exploits Abound!

Small Press Express

Heavy Hitter in the realm of bringing tons of artists to light with his youtube channel, Adam Yeater reviews tons of zines, comix, artbooks from all over the world, tons of different subject matter. All while pumping out endless material himself including Blood Desert Comix and other one-shots. A big inspiration for this list even getting made. If you like Violence, Metal, and Innovation check out his channel and comix. You'll find something!

Paul Kortjohn Comix

UK Based Illustration Comix Maniac with works such as HARDCORE, Zander Chrome, WashedUp Mid Life Crisis Turtles, and his Artist Collaboration Zine Tales From The Toilet bringing a ton of talent in one place. His network has expanded outside the UK so you can avoid high shipping.

Okramapocalypse

Crude Drawings For Crude Violence. Tons of life come through these simple artworks of bloodthirsty gladiators destroying one another. Near constant posts of brand new designed heroes hacking and slashing right into your heart!

Scufflemöss Treemen & His Band Wüden Boi

A Forest Troll with many talents whether it be making & performing music or painting. His music and style is the fun that is missing in the world, its offbeat, weird, and just what you need.

Darksmores & His Band TeratomA

Deranged, Demented, and Dirty costume fabricator, tattoo artist, musician, and mask maker. His art revolves around the absurd,the violent, the weird, with a tinge of Metal & D&D.

Maegan LeMay

Tattoo Artist at Iron Hand Tattoo In Rhode Island doing some extremely dark art drenched in Black Metal and Fantasy. Been following for years, she just keeps improving. In Fucking Credible Art.

Virginia Orr (Orange Zeppelin)

Goblin Crazy maker of Zines, Comix, and Paintings. 

Has two long running comix Gobliterated and Whoa Awesome Space Babe. 

Onur Özcan (Ratatator)

Comix, Illustrations, and Linocut Block Printing of his gross, filthy, rat character and other deformed creations. Very cartoony very extreme very bloody. Fever Dream? Fever NIGHTMARE.

Twoise Chee

High contrast fantasy artworks you would kill to have in your RPG book. Impeccable attention to detail and depth. Pen & Ink. Even his sketches are impressive. A must follow!

Mystic Barbarism

The Grit of Medieval Woodblock Prints if they were done with Razor Blade Precision. 

Dark Intense artworks that invoke Sauron, Elric, and overall Evil.

Pencils And Dungeons

A trip into darker RPG territory with influence from chaos gifts (horrendous deformities), undead, and severe heroes. A tinge of warhammer but fully his own style shining bright and true through the murky depths of his own creation. Classic style.

Blackletter Studios

Endlessly working on new content whether its their Multidimensional Travel Journal zine, Mausritter RPG compatible modules, or their own TTRPG with incredible page layouts. Currently in kahoots with voice actor Marco H Rodriguez for Self Help Skelly, which is exactly what it sounds like.

Fiendwomb

Dark Corroded Flashes of Deathly Aura. 

The artworks remind me of ancient stains on a Death Shroud re-inked with black blood.

Alvaro Tapia Lagunas

Fantasy Artist from Sweden known for his illustrations for Harry Potter book covers and Riotminds' RPG Drakar Och Demoner (2009). High detail, whether colour or sepia, it brings you into another realm like any true RPG artwork should. 

David Thiérrée

Fantasy Artwork at times rivals Brian Froud, first discovered him from Satanic Warmaster's "Fimbulwinter" cover artwork. Insane detail. Easy to get lost in his world and never come back.

Evan Dorkin

Comic Book Legend. 

Milk & Cheese, Welcome To Eltingville, DORK, Beasts Of Burden and much more. 

His hyper detailed comic book style doesn't look or feel like anyone else, loveable/hateable characters you always want to go back to, experiences you've gone through (Eltingville especially!!!) or a goofy Release Valve of Violence from Dairy Products, its all there. Even had a Pilot for Eltingville on Adult Swim in 2002. Dork is the Variety Show Gag Comics while Beasts of Burden is supernatural animal detectives madness. Something for Everyone.

Eric Orchard

I'm not sure how to even describe this style of artwork. It shows influence by Edward Gorey and then just trails off from there into Eric's own special blend of character design. Childish and inviting like faeries at play, yet coarse and foreboding like an old fairy tale. Shading technique is fantastic, everything feels so alive, so present.

Anthony Albertini

Beautiful Manga Style artist working on their own full on publication. Artwise it is for Fans of Berserk & Fist of the North Star linework and shading, medieval fantasy with magic elements. Until the first chapter is released you can watch their Speed Draws on youtube. Worth It!

Kutay Coşkun

Artist/Animator from Turkey, a fan of the off beat and weird, the 90s gross-out cartoons of our youth, and indie publications. The influences are apparent but each artwork or comic has a consistent style all his own. Lowbrow and Bizarre art to quench your thirst.

Corpse Carter

A style disjointed and disturbed, each stroke an act of violence or peace, its for you to decide. Touching on various subject matter from gargoyles, demons, buddhism, hinduism, and sometimes a violent black metal aesthetic. One of a kind.

Crafty Tibbles

This girl could crochet a dream into reality, her adorable creations sit on the desks of Sleazy P Martini (GWAR) and John Goblikon (Nekrogoblikon) during their talk shows. When not twisting and weaving she tattoos at Automatic Tattoo in Florida. For fans of all things fantasy.

Zombie Punk

As if the vibe of late 80s early 90s comix never died. Scratchy almost like a woodblock print or ink splash thrown from a knife forming intense punk rock cartoons. His skulls should be on every skateboard. Check out his punk band The Felonz (if ya can find it).

Cretin Face Design

Creating sick designs, album covers, logos and more. Distinct style mixing grit and cartoon he's done art for The Jasons, Murder Junkies, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Huntingtons, Children of October and much more. Even Wedding Advertisements if you're lucky enough.

Mark Riddick

Gruesome Skeletons Rotting For Your Pleasure. Since 1992 his forms of horror have graced demo & album covers. From Excrescent (Mark and his brother Mike's band) to his solo Fetid Zombie, or even Dethklok. Instantly recognizable, unforgettable, a pillar of extreme metal art style.

Map Crow

I love RPG maps, and making maps, this channel opened my mind up more than any other with his breakdowns on his own maps and ideas. Great art style, old school with a modern tinge, pulls no punches, leaps off the page. His way of looking at art goes beyond just creating a drawing, he gives it deeper meaning and purpose, especially his isometric overworld maps, incredible and practical! Usable!

Kriegshund Chaos Issue #1 AVAILABLE NOW!!!

 Scalenepumpkins Has Finally Released Her First Comix Zine.

10 Pages Chock Full Of Dark Humour And Deranged Canines.

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 My Debut Artbook KYOOTI PIES.

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