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'Tis the season to again obsess over drawing Krampus. OK, I'll admit that applies to all four seasons for me.  Be sure to check out my Krampus pat...

A Halloween color scheme ghoul drawing. orange and black is the best color combo of all time! Be sure to check out my Halloween patches and Hallow...

Another limited-palette Krampus drawing. 

Limited palette drawing of Wilbur Whateley from H.P. Lovecraft's story, "The Dunwich Horror".

Some further work on the Krampus limited-palette sketch I posted yesterday. Added some shackles and chains, fixed the horns so they were more obvi...

December 5th may be behind us, but Krampusnacht is all month for the Monsterologist. Don't forget to check out my Krampus patches, enamel pins, ...

As Yule approaches, it's once again time to work on some Krampus drawings. Once again, exploring limited palette approaches to the design. 

Another Halloween orange and black color palette, high-contrast monster head drawing. As a Halloween nerd, it's fun to explore these limited palet...

Another high-contrast, limited-palette mummy drawing. Exploring different styles and approaches to the character design and lighting. 

Another classic grayscale monster drawing, following up on the earlier Wolfman drawing. The trick here with this one too was to have more man th...

The real monster created by the experiments in Dr. Frankenstein's lab was the mob mentality of the townsfolk. 

Another limited palette monster drawing, this time a red, black and white vampire! I really enjoy the creative constraints of the limited palette...