Video Slideshow Retrospective

Here are over 200 artworks from over the years...the soundtrack is a little loud, so you might want to watch the volume control...the images are presented alphabetically by filename...it's a lot to take in...enjoy.

Hell Portfolio -- Rough Sketches

I've decided to condense the flow of somewhat random images from the Hell series into a portfolio of 12 drawings, which might evolve into paintings, and might also evolve into a large single painting containing these elements...

As you can probably see, these are very rough images which might change a little, or even completely, as the process continues. Stay tuned for further developments...


1. The Wheel of Souls


2. The Behemoth


3. Demons


4. The Abyss


5. Hope


6. Soul Catcher


7. The Mouth of Hell


8. The Serpent


9. The Lake of Souls


10. Fall of the Rebel Angels


11. The Face of Hell


12. Lucifer

I'd like to publish these, maybe in a leather binder or slip-box or something. If there are any publishers out there who may be interested, please get in touch via this blog, or via email at info at ayton dot net (just reformat that for regular email.)

I'll post the finished drawings as I do them. "Hope" is already done, I put in the sketch of that one for completeness.

The sketches are all done in black pencil on printer-sized cardstock (11" x 8.5"), and have been slightly darkened in Photoshop for easy visibility.

Hell: Misshapen Head

New Hell ink sketch:


Misshapen Head, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".

Hell: Too Close to the Abyss

Another new Hell sketch:


Too Close to the Abyss, 2010, brush & ink wash on paper, 11" x 8.5".

Hell: Dweller in the Shadows

New Hell sketch:


Dweller in the Shadows, 2010, brush & ink wash on paper, 11" x 8.5".

Hell: Behemoth

Hell sketch:


Behemoth, 2010, brush & ink on card, 11" x 8.5".

Hope

Drawing of a partially shrouded face. Not sure if this fits in the Hell series, but here it is for now.


Hope, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

Souls on the Vine

Drawing from the Hell series:


Souls on the Vine, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

There is quite a bit of glare on this one. Sorry about that. Will try & get a better shot later...

Bored Demon

New large-ish sketch/loose drawing, Hell series:


Bored Demon, 2010, brush & ink on paper (with traces of pencil & china marker), 23.5" x 18".

The Machinery of Hell

Rough working sketch for what might eventually be a large-scale painting:


The Machinery of Hell, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

Note the Wheel of Souls in the lower middle section.

Cycloptic Demon

New Hell drawing (again, slightly cropped by my scanner):


Cycloptic Demon, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 12" x 9".

Fire Elemental

Hell drawing:


Fire Elemental, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".

Perdido

Hell drawing:


Perdido, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".

Intertwined

Another Hell drawing:


Intertwined, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 12" x 9".

The drawing was slightly too large for my scanner, so has been cropped slightly.

In Darkness

New Hell series drawing:


In Darkness, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".