Procreate: Imagined Places

 

Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis, Kadath

2019

Digital

12x8

R'Lyeh's Ruins of Forking Paths

2019

Digital

12x8

The two above were my first attempt at taking structures that I made in SketchUp that were then rendered using Procreate. The titles are word salads from Lovecraft and Borges short stories. 

Procreate Drawings of Dune

 

Leto II and Siona take a stroll.

God Emperor Leto II

Leto II Judges

Arrakis 

Procreate Drawings of Lovecraft Creatures

 These are some drawings of creatures inspired by Lovecraft that I crew using Procreate on my iPad.

The Thing in the Moonlight

The Elder Thing

The High Priest (Grand Dragon) not to be Named

Bob the creature

Archeological Fantasy in progress

Hypnagogia: Archaeological Fantasy

Digital

in progress 

40x20

 The idea of making a second version of the colosseum evolved into this image. Inspired by archaeology as well as the cyclopian structures of Lovecraft and Borges' library, I imagined an excavated city that blends architecture from Spain, Baltimore and SketchUp. The title comes from the podcast with the sam name.

  

Baltimore Colosseum (2017-2019)

Hypnagogia: Colosseum

Digital

2019 

40x20

After sitting with the image I decided to add some characters to the environment. I started thinking about these setting as if they were ancient ruins in the middle of a sprawling city and how real world locations like that draw tourists and therefore the typical tourist poses. 

 The idea of tourist locations stayed in my head so I began to think about creating some lovecraftian/cyclopian structures around my home of Baltimore. Simultaneously, I am becoming more influenced by work of Renato Nicolodi. All of that and playing with SketchUp led to this drawing. Along the way I become interested in the topic of archaeology which has influenced continuing work.

The Dream Quest of Unknown Baltimore...Final.Final.FINAL.Use this...

Baltimore Ruins

Digital

2018 

41x23

After sitting with the image I decided to add some characters to the environment. I started thinking about these setting as if they were ancient ruins in the middle of a sprawling city and how real world locations like that draw tourists and therefore the typical tourist poses. 

The Dream Quest of Unknown Baltimore

After many iterations I'm pretty much done here. Next step is to make it into an etching.