Wow, just found me a completely new source of inspirational mythos styled artwork. Being a Lovecraft fan I’m a sucker for anything with tentacles. Israel Galindo at Thoth Ascending definitely brings his Lovecraft game to the table with his work. If you’re even remotely a Lovecraftian fan you HAVE to check out his site and his work.

Source: Thoth Ascending

I’m one of those people who occasionally loves a good mashup especially when it’s two of my all time favorite holidays: Halloween and Christmas. Tim Burton set the bar on that concept back in the 90s with A Nightmare Before Christmas. I’ve seen the occasional piece from time to time but they all seem imitate Burton’s style.

This year has seen a rise in the Spooky Christmas mashups and rising to the top is Ghoul Friday’s pieces. Her latest piece is a nice little vine and holly wreath with a zombie head smack in the middle. Pure genius I say – eat your heart out Tim Burton!

Source: My Ghoul Friday

Bones over at Haunt Style stumbled on to something really cool, the Mystery Box.

The box looks innocent enough with it’s lid open tempting observers to step closer and see what lies inside. But the box has a mind of it’s own. Get within six feet and it will shut it’s own lid. Then when the observer steps away it cautiously opens it lid again an inch or so every now and then until it feels safe.

If you’ve been following Haunt Cast and Steve O. over at Garage of Evil then you already have a pretty good idea what’s driving this gem – a Parallax Ping sensor, a micro-controller of some sort, and some clever programming.

So what’s in the box? Apparently something according to Bryan Mumford but he’s not telling.

Source: Bryan Mumford | Haunt Style

Fellow Halloween haunter and dark artist Dave the Dead has unleashed a new piece called Winter Solstice, The White Reaper.

I don’t know if it’s just me or this year is seeing a rise in winter related dark art. Just the other day another brilliant dark artist Ghoul Friday unleashed some ghoulish little snow men on to the world. And this week also sees the release of Nox Arcana’s Winter’s Eve.

I’ll be keeping my eyes out for more wonderful dark creations this winter.

Source: The Shadow Farm