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The Great Ones

The Great Pumpkin - 36x24 Poster

The Great Pumpkin ("Cucurbita Maxima") secretly oversees all witch-hunts and has also been known to devour powerful woodland monsters. The title is won by single combat. On Hallowe'en, the Great Pumpkin selects a single patch of pumpkins and pays it a visitation, where he must accept all challenges...

This monstrously detailed poster illustrates the history of the Great Ones from antiquity to the present. Over a hundred pumpkins in over thirty vignettes fill out six square feet. The drawings and calligraphy were made completely by hand by M.K. Davis. Featured Great Ones hail from the U.S.A., Canada, Ireland, England, Scandinavia, the Alps, Ukraine, Mexico...well a lot of places!

The poster is matte finish in order to glow optimally under a UV light (optional) and to accept UV paints if desired.

Detail images:

More Riddle of Steel Pix

It's framed now so the photos are a bit glare-y.

Update: prints are now for sale in the Etsy store!

May It Be - Calligraphy of Enya Lyrics

This one had been in my mental queue for years. I had lofty goals of detailed illustrations and personal elements but sometimes you just have to get an idea off the table to make room -- and go back to it later if you get a mind to. The song, if you don't recognize it.

CROM!

Thanks to Mikeyboy for posting a link to YargCade at CROM! Go there NOW for all your Conan Fandom goodness.

Kein Witz

Practicing some loose blackletter before bed. Very loose...

Conan Montage pt. 3

Made a severe calligraphy mistake tonight that will have to be completely pasted over. Also discovered that this knockoff artboard is much weaker than bristol board and can only take about one harsh erasing before it falls apart. But still I am excited and hate to stop to go to bed.

Lizard on a stick. FRESH.

Conan Montage Pt. 1

"Never show a work in progress"

The montage will be 18x24 and will focus on the Riddle of Steel from the 1982 Conan movie but will incorporate other elements from the genre. The illustrations will primarily be silhouette and simple b/w drawings. The finished product will have at least 10 quotes and over 30 elements and motifs:

Top left
Border: Conan's father's belt pattern. Text: "This you can trust" etc.

Bottom left
Border: Doom priest hood pattern + Lizard on a stick (fresh!) Text: "Time enough for the earth in the gave" Conan fighting wolves/cutaway of Atlantean tomb.

Top right
Border: Mother's tunic pattern. Text: "Crom laughs at your four winds"

Bottom right
Border: Runic text as from Father's Sword (But text will be Genghis Khan quote). Text: For us there is no spring" etc Inset: Subotai chained (Dinner for wolves)

Splash:
Symbol of Doom + Wheel of Pain. Shape of snake heads are likely to change. Text overlay is the riddle of steel. In sun area of Doom symbol, Conan and children being led away from village. In moon area, King Osric quote re: a father's love.

Left tapestry: Endcaps of rod are 5-point pit fighter knives.

Right tapestry: Endcaps of rod are Wheel of Pain animal faces.

Axe on left, Thorgrim's hammer on right.

Wenches in 4 corners (clockwise from top left: belly dancer, captive princess, entranced Doom acolyte, ?

Wizard bottom left, elephant god bottom right. Tree of woe between top right and bottom right. Anvil of Crom between top left and bottom left. Above the Doom symbol I might add calligraphy or a horned helmet.

Here are some plans and studies made before starting.