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From my series of work based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.This work is loosely based upon a painting made by the fictitious "Richard Upton Pickman". I took some liberty here and instead of placing the scene in the churchyard as is described inthe story, decided it would be more the case of the changeling youth learning by watching in the manner of canines. So here, an alpha ghoul demonstrates by doing, a manner of feeding upon a fresh corpse.
Some voyeuristic / necrophilic undertones here as well I suppose but that are secondary.
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Mr. Pickman would be pround! Me I just lost my breakfast...
(just kidding good work)
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This is really great! Very eldritch macabre and gothic. Almost photorealistic! The boy in the background is reminiscent of such archetypal "ghost boys" as can be found in such films as Del Toro's "The Devil's Backbone" and other psychological horror films, especially those from Japan.
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I just typed in "Ghoul Feeding", hoping smeone had been inspired by "Pickman's Model"! You exceeed my expectations with this macabre masterpiece!!!
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Hey thanks, glad to hear it and I appreciate you checking it out.
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My pleasure! I intend to go through your gallery very soon!
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Another wonderful interpretation! I love the realism and the corpse-like coloring! Reminds me of Fuseli's The Nightmare. (Hmm... and I see from the comments that others have made the same connection.)
I think the imaginary original was supposed to be a pack of ghouls, but that's quibbling.
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Right on, I did reinterpret the scene. Thanks again for checking these out. Much appreciate you taking the time!
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The colors are PERFECT. Love the concept!
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Hey thanks for checking it out. I modified the original description of HPL's but it's one I might someday come back to.
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that's disturbing, yet beautiful
I really like the texture it seems to have
great job
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Thanks very much. I am glad you stopped by to see it.
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Nice. Very good try. I've allways been obsessed with getting good enough to do a Pickman painting but it's extremely hard to live up to the hype lovecraft gave him. I mean how do you make a work that can both inextricably enthrall a person even though the very sight of it makes them want to recoil?
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Thanks, yeah you describe it well. The moment we define (visually or otherwise) the unknowable, we are able to start coping and adjusting, and so the fear diminishes in the presence of knowledge. I suppose then the best we can do is to make an artifact of the dispelling process, like a scrapbook from hell perhaps, though I am fairly certain a "real" one would include Michael Bolton in some capacity.
Regardless, thanks for taking the time to check it out.
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Absolutely!
Really glad you had a chance to check this out. There are more kinda like this on OPI8.com
I was featured there when the site came back to life. You can see works like that in the HPL inspired category here-----> [link] if you are interested.
Thanks for stopping by!
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This is EXCELLENT. I'm a big Lovecraft fan and I think this does him justice.
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Thank you very much, it is great to hear feeddback confirming that.
The original intent of the series was as a fan, making work for like minds so I am glad to hear it!
If you check out [link] I wasthe featured artist there when the site was revamped and brought back to life.
There are more ( maybe some not posted here) along those lines.
Thanks again for taking the time to check it out.
Ah yeah, one other thing... shameless plug... those are available in 8.5" x 11" size prints for $5.
The store site that contains them is currently down but if that is something you were interested in send me a Note and I can send you a PayPal request. Okay, end shameless plug
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Oh, this one is just great. I like the pose and perspective, looks very realistic, and has something magical... The illiustration for my fears and dreams...
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Quite lovely...in a Lovecraftian kinda way 
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No you bring up an excellent point. I read "The DreamQuest..." after "Pickman's Model".
True, some liberties have been taken, epsecially in that "The Lesson", as originally described was set in an old churchyard, surrounded by mulitple ghouls and gravestones. And yeah, there is speculation that the ghoul Carter talks to is in fact Pickman. I think there is no doubt about it.
I have made variations on the actual features, and really think they should be more canine. In this image the ghoul is more likely a hybrid...former human becoming (or has become) the ghoul we see, but still with a trace of humanity even as it feeds on a fresh corpse. I also sought to modernize the figures somewhat... just to bring a contemporary identification aspect and hopefully increase the potency of the image. Usually though I prefer a more expressionist rendering, using the emotive line quality to do the storytellingb ut sometimes quasi-realism is the way to go. I definitely appreciate the informed commentary. Most excellent.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Wonderful! I love the mottled blue skin-tones on the woman. Excellent stuff, must look at more of your gallery...
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Hey thanks, glad you are picking up on these subtle elements.
This is probably as "realist" as I am going to get, and that was for a special occasion since I was making illustrations for the Lovecraft story.
Day to day I prefer a much more organic happenstancial kind of line.
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Ha thanks. This one is very much inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.
Glad you stopped by!
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Great texturing around where it bit her.
Two things: it looks as if she's drooling; did you mean doing that. And also, is the vampire in the back intentionally so young?
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Well, this is based upon the H.P. Lovecraft story,
"Pickman's Model".
In this image, the child in the background is Pickman, the artist who is watching and learning. The creature in the foreground is a ghoul, feeding on a fresh corpse.
I wanted to bring this setting into the more present day and the fluids coming from the corpse are up for debate.
There is a small worm in the neck of the female body which is probably my fvorite part.
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Ah, I see.
I didn't notice the worm before. Nice touch.
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This is so so fantastic. The colour of the skin, the face in the back, watching. The dead pale eyes. Love it.
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Hey thanks. The worm in the neck is my favorite part.
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I am unsettled by this image. And, in this case, that is good. *gooseflesh shiver, then shake*
The skin tones, I think, are what drive this. It seems all too fawking real. (Oh god. If it is, please say nothing. I have to sleep tonight. Okay?)
Well done. I must move past now, as I am chilled.
Thank you. And I thot I was losing my sense of smell, for a sec. I just visted the web and websites designs of a dA gallery director here. I was not amused by the calibre of work and blatant lack of webmanship. (Is that a word?)
Praise hosannahs on you, my priestless one. You are irking me in all the right ways. Perhaps I will peruse this 'genre' you play with here. It is so bloodless, it is all a bit too too real.
Me like. Heh. And go find John. I think he would like this. He's playing with little girls. He needs you to help put hair on his chest. With macabre marvels like this.
Hm. I sound like a reviewer. Heh.
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Awesome!!! 
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I am drawing a total blank about that one... but yeah Pickman's model I know and love.
Hey thanks for stopping in and checking out the work.
Nice to meet you!
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Nice to meet you, too.
I knew I had the picture I was talking about somewhere on a book cover.... so now I found it.
It's by Johann Heinrich FΓΌssli, and it's called "Der Nachtmahr". Now that I see it again I think the connection between you two is more about motif than about style.
If you want to check it out:
[link]
I think it's a ver powerful picture and it has been haunting me for years.... in a good way.
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Ah yeah, I know that one!
I see what you mean now.
This image "The Lesson" was based on the writings of HP Lovecraft, (Pickman's mode --you can read it here [link] ) and HPL actually references FΓΌssli in his work (calls him Fuseli ).
So that is a really nice comparison. Basically what I set out to do is just that.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Okay, I am scatterbrained.
Sorry about that.
And I think that link does not work.
Gah.
Need more coffee.
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Ha, thanks. That helps!
I am emoticon challenged.
They appear and disappear at random for me, like gremlins.
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Well, there are worse ways to spend time I suppose!
Good to have you in the neighborhood!
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Not a problem. It's good to have the insights and feedback!
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You, too .... sorry if I'm too euphoric about 
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dude..it is so gooooooooooooood.....
watching it, I feel like another victim already sucked out, lying next to tehm.
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It is a site dedicated to all things H.P. Lovecraft.
The site is here:
[link]
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OH...THIS IS AMAZING....I LOVE IT...A DEFINITE +FAV
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Thanks. This is one of the rare moments where I had a definite limited idea that needed to be realized in just such a way. More illustrative than expressive but it is still one of the ones I am glad made.
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