Occult Ornithology Tarot deck now available to pre-order!This week's card spotlight will be looking at the 18th card of the major arcana, The Moon, represented by a Lyrebird. My version of the card is represented by a superb lyrebird, a bird renowned for it's ability to mimic. When thinking about The Moon card, it was … Continue reading Card spotlight: The Moon
Occult Ornithology- Now on Kickstarter At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited;An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume,Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.The Darkling Thrush, Thomas Hardy The next card spotlight is for the Seventeenth card in the major arcana, The Star, … Continue reading Card spotlight: The Star
As some of you know from my previous post I have been working on a bird tarot deck, Occult Ornithology, which is now on Kickstarter. I have decided to do a spotlight every few days for cards! I will be shuffling a deck and pulling a card from random for each one, this morning I … Continue reading Card spotlight- Judgement
my take on the prompt 'ritual' which is the theme of Liverpool Light Night. I decided I'd like to take part in Liverpool Horror Clubs event for the night and designed this piece. It's designed to be a subversion on sacrifice. I had a strong idea of what colour palette I wanted to use as … Continue reading Ritual
Did a revamp of my deep sea shark Inktober from 2015 in Risograph I'm really happy with how the Risograph added colour and style to this old piece! I'm loving Risograph as a medium at the moment as I feel it gives my work a lot of texture and depth and also forces me to … Continue reading Deep Sea Sharks
I will potentially make these into wooden pins at a later date
"She sees arise The second time. From the sea, the earth, Completely green. The cascades fall, The eagle soars, From lofty mounts Pursues its prey."
It's been a while since i've pushed a Kickstarter i'm really interested in on my blog, but i've been waiting for this particular project for almost a year. I've watching the creator, Clare Thompson work on each watercolour image with painstaking detail on her Instagram and just HAVE to see the printed result. The book … Continue reading Stormcaller Kickstarter
Another review of an ECAF purchase. Pushinka by Aimee Lockwood, based on the true story of the daughter of the Russian space dog Streaks who was given to the Kennedys in 1961. I'm not a massive history buff, and my knowledge of American history is a bit sketchy at best sometimes but this book really … Continue reading Edinburgh Comic Art Festival-Pushinka
My posting has gone to pot recently, partially because I'm currently working on the next book from Frisson Comics The Trade Which we are now funding via Kickstarter. Like with our last book Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Footprints, we're trying to create a unique horror experience for our readers, using inks and quills to get … Continue reading The Trade
The Art of Katie Whittle 