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ECTmonster In reply to Special-Kaybert [2011-06-15 18:15:56 +0000 UTC]

When I was a kid there was a series of children's books called "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" There were three books and they were all collections of ghosts stories from american folklore. They were illustrated by the guy named Stephen Gammell, and he drew the most terrifying pictures for each story. The illustrations were so scary, bloody, and creepy, especially for a kid's book, that some schools banned the books. Seeing his pictures when I was little scared the crap out of me and had a profound effect on me as a kid and an artist. I'd definitely recommend checking them out [link] (amazon lets you see inside some of the books so you can see his illustrations)

I've just found out that they're re-printing the books and they got a different less scary illustrator to do them now If you do try to order the books, don't get the new ones illustrated by Brett Helquist, they're not nearly as good

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Special-Kaybert In reply to ECTmonster [2011-06-17 21:46:51 +0000 UTC]

Amazing Hmm perhaps this is why the only ridiculous and hilarious ugly looking pictures that I draw ever look good... Everything else I draw seems to be lacking in something... I think this is because as a kid, I read some crazily stupid books like one where a boy's toilet comes to life and its got teeth and it walks around and stuff :S and just plain weird stuff I guess hehe . Those books look interesting I love monsters and creepy things

thank you for the kinda long message btw When I get paid, I'm going to buy one of them anyways thanks again I'm happy you don't get annoyed by my masses of messages (and how long they are)

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