Isis Sousa's Blog: Tragic Books' news - Posts Tagged "frankenstein"

Thank you, for the friendship, for the readership and for the support! This I must say before anything else!

After a December where I worked to the bone, and a couple of relaxing and artsy weeks off for holidays, I am back and welcome you into 2016. Okay, I’m a bit late… But who cares?

First the new year thing: I don’t make promises or resolutions. I do some strategic planning and try to accomplish most of it along the year. Then in the end of the year or beginning of a new, I evaluate what I have accomplished or failed to. That simple.

Now, my thoughts about random things from 2015:

My best read: Drum rolls…. For… Frankenstein, please! I had watched the movie by the time it was released, and read the story in different versions. I read the original/integral English version this time… Boy how I cried reading that book… My lips twitched and tears flooded my bed, when I read The Wretched telling his story. Oh my.

Nicest TV series: Would you be surprised if I told you it was The Walking Dead? No? I wouldn’t either! (Now, I think The Transporter may win this year!)

In the bookish world: I have been blessed enough to come across amazing people. Great authors and readers who are a joy to talk to and trade ideas with. From the book communities I have a profile on, like GoodReads, BookLikes and Library Thing, GoodReads is for me the best place to make it happen. So kudos to GR!

By the way, that LibraryThing… is really a thing! I thought I was antisocial to some extent… until… I came across LibraryThing! :P Does any author/reader get that thing? I have the impression it was created by librarians, for librarians – to catalogue books and that’s IT! :) Hm… Okay, you can run a giveaway there, too.

Last, but not least… I will be promoting other authors on my GR blog. Because the world is an amazing huge place, I will be promoting fellow authors on my GR blog ;) So stay tuned!

New website! TragicBooks.com - Almost forgot, http://tragicbooks.com is now online! Finally, a brand new website for you, the reader!

And that’s all, folks!

After years doing digital work, I am rekindling with ink and paper. As an artist, it is important that I do studies in both digital and traditional media and I have basically abandoned the last part for a while.

This week, however, after months trying to reconnect with my roots, I finally found the motivation and right mindset to do that.

Here comes a little drawing, Frankenstein - not from the book, - but from the classic movie. I used a mechanical penciler for the draft and 0.3 + 0.5 mm ink pens.



You can see more of my artworks, including book covers, on my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/helheimendes...

So, what are you reading or watching Horror-wise this Friday?
I will be drawing another classic Horror/Gothic character and hope to post it soon :-)

Stay dark! Thanks for visiting!