The Last Magi

The Last Magi will die tonight! What mighty secrets will he take to the grave? Can we survive without his protection? Does he flap those eyebrows to fly?

Baron Friedrich Von Ghoulsmire III

Ok, so I know I'm late, but I figure if they can start playing Christmas songs on the radio in September, then I can post a creepy Halloween painting in November. So I'm killing three birds, or rather art challenge topics, with one stone here: The Goulsmire thing is pretty obvious; he's of royal lineage; and he just happens to be the great, great, great grandfather of John Locke, on his mother's side. So there ya go. Oh yeah, he also meets the portrait requirement of the last pre-blog art challenge, so that's FOUR birds. Ha!!!

Bwahaahaahaaaaaaa...

Here it is now with a little advice from Sam and Ryan. I have a horrible memory, so I probably forgot to implement 90% of what they told me. Besides, I need to move on and stop being so nit-picky. All I can say is that I can't stand the airbrush in Painter.

Welcome, Foolish Mortals...

...to Ghoulsmire Castle!

-Critiques are welcome.

Ghoulsmire sketch

A relic recovered from Ghoulsmire Castle, which was destroyed yesterday.

Grandpappy Ghoulsmire

After 2 bypass surgeries, periodontal disease and an on-going losing battle with an addiction to fried foods, Dracula realized that the glory days of his youth had pretty much been sucked dry.

La Niña Ghoulsmire

...kids are creepy.

Ghoulsmire Shy Cousin

Tim is an introverted, unassuming guy. He is the “cartoonist” of the family, always drawing skeletons and spirals. Everybody thinks he’s weird and nobody really believes in his doodlings. However the butler heard yesterday that he was accepted to the California Institute of the Arts. It’s probably not true. This guy is a failure. He’ll never do anything good with his life. Everybody is sure of it!

Ghoulsmire trick or treater

This creepy neighbor kid comes for candy every year. No one dares tell him he's getting a little too old for this sort of thing.

So... I'm guessing we changed the topic again.

Well, here's Prince Arthas... I think he's a prince. Maybe I'm just thinking he's one so that I could say that I submitted something to our art challenges. Oh, for those of you who I haven't met yet... I think I the newbiest of the newbs. And it's an honnor to join your ranks.

Sheesh. Alright already.

I did this one last night. Apparently two cousins wasn't enough. Here's Cleo. She likes writing letters and taxedermy. Or is this Leo who can sew and samba? I always confuse the two.

Ghoulsmire scarecrow

Creepy Fat Kid: CHECK!

Cousins Vlad and Louis

Distant relatives of the Ghoulsmires (on the mother's side, twice reburied) are Vlad and Louis. Here are their portraits as they were during the summers when Vlad and Louis would come and spend time with the family, swimming in moats and scaring the locals.

Night walk of Lady Ghoulsmire

Before going to war, Lady Ghoulsmire's lover gave her a rose with a promise that he would return to retrieve it and take her away with him. He never returned, and the Lady withered away as she waited year after year for him. Sickness and sorrow finally destroyed her body---yet she still walks the halls every night, holding his rose, and waiting. . .

jimmy

This is a painting of the older more handsome brother of Adam's painting. He runs the grounds crew and his name is Jimmy, but his younger brother calls him "Jimbo".

Every Castle Needs a Butler

Castle Rocksmire

New Topic: "GHOULSMIRE CASTLE"

Okay, here's our Halloween topic. It's open-ended to get people's imaginations going. You can do:
-The castle itself
-Moat monsters
-Animated suits of armor
-Various haunts
-The castle's owner (Could be a character like Dracula or Dr. Frankenstein)

Or anything that could populate Castle Ghoulsmire.