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  • Auction: Drew Millward painting for Ryan August

    After hearing the news of Ryan August passing this last Saturday, Drew Millward stayed up all night an created an original painting to be auctioned off. The money will go to help Ryan’s family. It’s an amazing looking painting, and goes toward a great cause. The painting is 16.5″ × 23.4″ with a mix of brush pens and paint. The bidding has started over at Gigposters.com and will go till around Monday or Tuesday.
    And remember, you can always donate some money via paypal here: ryanaugustdonation[at]gmail.com.

    Bid on the painting here: Drew Millward Auction

  • New works by Michael Shapcott

    Michael Shapcott has been super busy lately, and with this poor economy thats a good thing. He found some time to show some of the latest drawings he has created over on his new snazzy website. Michael’s pencil work has always been a part of his paintings, but being able to see just drawings with no added color is very cool. He is deciding on whether or not to turn these into paintings, I hope he does.

    Check out his site here: Michael Shapcott Blog



  • Angryblue Mystery Print Sale

    Justin Kamerer, aka Angryblue, is cleaning out his flat files so he is having a mystery tube sale. For only $20 you will get two prints of his choice, and since all of his work is amazing, this is a great opportunity to score some art for a killer price.

    Head on over: Angryblue.com

  • RIP: Ryan August of I Want Your Skull

    I am very to sad to write that on Saturday, July 11th, Ryan August, the creator of the always inspirational website I Want Your Skull, passed away. I first met Ryan back in 2007 when I decided to start the Creep Machine. I had little idea of what I was doing, let alone what I was going to do to keep the site here for the long run. I Want Your Skull is one of those sites I wish I had made, i’m sure many feel that way, and I decided to model the Creep Machine on Ryan’s creation. I became a die-hard fan when I e-mailed Ryan to ask some questions, and not only was he open to answer every one, but you could tell that he just really loved art. While many other art sites are created and then fade away, I Want Your Skull was always there and it prodded me to keep going, being the sole writer such as Ryan was can get very tough sometimes. The longevity of I Want Your Skull, and the printed zines he worked so hard to bring us every year, was testament to the love of art Ryan had.

    As long as I Want Your Skull has been going, Ryan always had a link to the Creep Machine on it, as well as on his own portfolio site (here) right under the title “inspiration”. I feel happy that my little site was an inspiration to him, as his site was such an inspiration to me. My thoughts go out to Ryan’s wife Sarah and their son Declan. Thanks again Ryan for creating the best skull related art site on the web, and for never giving up on it.

    Just saw over at OMGPosters.com, that there is an e-mail address should anyone want to donate to the family. ryanaugustdonation[at]gmail.com.

  • New prints by Ghoulish Gary Pullin

    Gary Pullin has added some new prints to his etsy shop. The prints are from works that were featured in his “I Remember Halloween” art show. Each print, “Drac”, “Frankie”, and “Wolfie” are all 6″ x 8″ on Hahnemühle Fine Art quality paper, and they can be dropped into any standard frame.

    Get em here: Gary Pullin Etsy Shop



  • Jason D’Aquino & Lead Poisoning @ Last Rites Gallery

    This past Saturday, July 10th, two amazing shows opened at the Last Rites Gallery in New York. First a solo show of new works by Jason D’Aquino, and then a drawing group show called “Lead Poisoning”. Just a few of the artists that participated in the group show are: Esao Andrews, Carrie Anne Baade, Glenn Barr, Dave MacDowell, Scott G Brooks, Daniel Martin Diaz, Ron English, Chris Mars, Chet Zar, David Stoupakis, Eric White, Tara McPherson, and many more.

    Jason D’Aquino’s show was a perfect blend of his smaller matchbook pieces, and some larger works done on various types of antiqued paper. There is also two prints available: “Plague” which is 8″ x 18″ limited to 50, and “Antique Flash Poster” at 18″ x 24″ for $40. Jason has such an amazing style. The way he draws, his characters, and the found paper that he uses really helps to create a unique and nostalgic feel. I especially like the piece “Don Post (Masks)” (shown), it reminds me of being a kid and wanting to collect every mask Don Post ever created.


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  • Review: Crazy 4 Cult 4 by Apricot Mantle

    The Creep Machine was lucky to get one of the participants of the Crazy 4 Cult 4 show, Apricot Mantle, to not only take some photos of the event for us, but write a review as well. Hit the link to see the rest of the photos and the review. Hopefully we can talk Apricot into doing this more often.

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  • Joshua Clay goes digital with Starcraft

    Joshua Clay has said he was always anti-digital, and has stuck to using traditional mediums for his work. He recently entered a contest to make a propaganda poster for the new Starcraft 2 game, and turned his pencil sketch into a digital piece. If this truly is his first digital work, I can’t wait to see what it will look like when he really gets into the medium. To see the full digitally colored poster, and to even vote for the piece and show Joshua how much his work rules, head on over to his site.

    Joshuaclayart.com