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I’m delighted to share the case study from Perception for the prologue sequence to Sinners. I was commissioned to create a series of digital illustrations with the result being this eerie, linocut-inspired vision that fuses Southern folklore, ancestral storytelling, and vampire myth...

Day 28: Beast Based this one on the death bat spirits from Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Camazotz. Also as mentioned in A Wrinkle in Time and more recently Stranger Things. #camazotz #bat #linocut #mdwc26d28 #mythology

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 27: Siren A lot of ppl do Sirens like they are sea creatures, but in the Odyssey there isn’t a physical description and the early tellings seem to make them out to be more like birds, hence all the feathers here! #siren #odyssey #greekmythology #linocut #mdwc26d27

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 26: Moon An oldie but a goodie - my spooky double block moon print from a couple of years back 🌕👁️ #moon #mdwc26d26 #linocut #eldritch #horror

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 25: Ghost Look! A free-floating, full-torso, vaporous apparition. If you don’t get the quote shame on you 👻 Lots of little line work in this one and very happy I managed to pull it off. #ghost #mdwc26d25 #apparition #halloween #linocut

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 24: Pumpkin It’s getting spooky and cutesy down the pumpkin patch! 🎃 #pumpkin #🎃 #linocut #mdwc26d24 #halloween

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 23: Cryptid He’s a good boy - but he’s dead. A friendly little Black Shuck (means hairy fiend or devil) for you today from British folklore. A spectral dog known to haunt the countryside. #mdwc26d23 #cryptid #blackshuck #linocut #folklore

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 22: Ghoul Fancied something a bit more monstrous today so here’s a little creepy undead creature. #ghoul #mdwc26d22 #linocut #monster #folklore

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 21: Strange Shadow Just a quick little scribble today as really did not know what to do for this one 😅 #mdwc26d21 #shadow #monster #halloween #dark

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 20: Vile Viper Just a slithering little snake for you today 🐍 got excuse to use this emerald green card. #viper #snake #linocut #mdwc26d20 #halloween

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 19: Cat Having a cheat day and showing off my Nospurratu print as this cute little revenant doesn’t get nearly enough attention. #vampire #cat #mdwc26d19 #dracula #linocut

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 18 - Giant! Having some fun drawing digitally but will be back with some linocut soon - trying to keep up with Drawlloween is hard this year! #giant #mdwc26d18 #fantasy #illustration #folklore

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 17: Lantern Sometimes it's best not to know what's in the dark... #illustration #eldritch #lantern #mdwc26d17 #horror

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 16: Histhorrorical A local ghost story for you today, since the early 1900s, on the B3212 running through Dartmoor there have been reports of a pair of disembodied hands appearing and forcing vehicles off the road. They are quite aptly named 'The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor'.

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 15: Tiny Terrors! We’re half way through Drawlloween! So I’ve decided that this little devil will be a gift with purchase of any print (past or present) over on my website and Etsy! Only printed a few so be quick once they are gone they are gone forever!! 👹 #mdwc26d15

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 14: Witch Witchy things come in threes. #mdwc26d14 #witch #threefoldgoddess #linocut #witchcraft

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 13: Mirror Never a good omen to look in the mirror and see your death! Digi one for you today as not a lot of time! Struggling with this years drawlloween! #mdwc26d13 #mirror #illustration #skull #omen

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 12: Raven Having a cheat day and revisiting Ravens gone by with my Gift Raven greetings card and my Nachtkrapp print inspired by Germanic folklore. #mdwc26d12 #raven #linocut #folklore #bird

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 11: Yōkai Hitotsume Kozō (一つ目小僧) is a one eyed goblin child known for causing mischief but jumping out and surprising people. p.s. don’t come at me if my Japanese is wrong - lettering on two colour blocks it’s hard! #yokai #mdwc26d11 #hitotsumekozo #goblin #linocut

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 10: Jabberwocky No house of the dragon here! I dabble in a bit of heraldry now and then so thought it would be fun to use this style and make it a bit more Middle Ages! #jabberwocky #aliceinwonderland #heraldy #linocut #mdwc26d10

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 9: Frankenstein I like doing a new take on the monster every now and then, and usually from the perspective of if Dr Frankenstein was just trying to make a hottie 😂 Thought it would be fun to use some coloured card I’ve had lying around for ages too!

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 8: Haunted House Been meaning to do a Moving House / New Home card for ages - so this was a good opportunity - moving house feels like it’s going to eat you alive any way! #hauntedhouse #haunt #movinghouse #mdwc26d8 #illustration

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 7: Grave Choose one, choose two, they are all possible it just depends which ones going to get your first! 💀 Having a break from lino to give my fingers a rest. Also carving those letters would have been hell. #endoftheworld #mdwc26d7 #grave #illustration #grimreaper

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 6: Mushroom Pretty sure the mushrooms are going to be around for a lot longer than we are!! #mushroom #mementomori #mdwc26d6 #linocut #skull

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 5: Mythological I always seem to default to the Minotaur whenever something mythological comes up. Just a quick little study this time around. #minotaur #greekmyth #mdwc26d5 #linocut #monster

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 4: Owl Been meaning to add another bird to my card selection, so perfect excuse to do a little owl - they’ve brought a gift! #owl #bird #mdwc26d4 #linocut #stationary

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 3: Werewolf Bit of a rush to get this one together, it was fiddlier than expected but teaches me for working so small! Bit more process on how I transfer a two layer block quite often - it’s one of the most foolproof ways I find! #werewolf #mdwc26d3 #halloween

Mabs Drawlloween Club Day 2: Vampire Quick double layer as I was dying for a good bloody red in the background. Was feeling for the creepier vibes with a dash of Salem’s Lot. #mdwc26d2 #drawlloween #linocut #vampire #spookyseason

Doing Drawlloween again! Here’s Day 1: Moth Maiden - but minus the maiden. Just couldn’t get my head around it so defaulted to Mothman - they are kinda genderfluid any way! Come along for spooky month with me and watch me slowly lose my mind creating a new piece every day 😅 #mdwc26d1

A fun little linocut commission I was asked to do earlier in the year of an authors childhood pets who featured in her memoir - www.forestavenuepress.com/bookshop/p/p...

Spooky season is coming! Couldn’t resist getting some treats and these tins on my trip into town. M&S tins are becoming a bit of a tradition and this Lush one was just too good to miss! 🎃🎃🎃

New linocut print! My interpretation of a Hand of Glory (mummified hand of a hangman used for opening locks and occult purposes!). Mine is obvs a bit more embellished and tatted up+it would usually hold a candle, not be one! Whitby Museum has the only surviving one I believe! Available on the shops!

Carving the last few details on a new linocut - printing up next!

Carving some flames 🔥 on the new linocut.

Adding a little skull to this new linocut print - because why not everyone loves a 💀 right?

Fiddly fingerprint carving with my smallest gouge. Luckily the lino didn’t break which is always a risk!

Taking it slow with a new linocut print. Enjoying the meditative flow that comes from working on a new piece, can't really rush traditional printmaking either, well not safely. A little detail to focus on to start.

Ooo it's been a very long time since I posted anything - sorry about that! I've had a pretty busy start to the year tho, with some lovely linocut commissions like the one pictured. More details on how to commission me if that piques your interest! www.blockforest.co.uk/pages/commis...

Such sad news to hear of the passing of Sam Neill - I only just rewatched his stella performance in Event Horizon over the weekend. A real actor from my childhood as Jurassic Park was a particular obsession growing up. You’ll be sorely missed!

Happy Alien Day!! Think I might have to put one of these iconic films on tonight. Not sure which one tho - I honestly love them all (yes even Prometheus and Covenant). Here’s a little linocut print I made a lifetime ago - should try my hand at the xenomorph again now I’ve been carving longer!

Finally got this amazing screenprint by the late, great Dan Hillier framed and up. It’s such a breathtaking print and only wish Dan had been around longer to continue producing such outstanding work like this. Solely missed!

Wishing everyone a lovely valentines day! Thanks to everyone who bought a card this year - it has been an awful start to the year with sales massively down, so really appreciate those of you who grabbed something this time around! 🖤 I’m off to watch some horror films as my love life is sadly dead 💀

Last few days to get a card in time for valentines! Be quick or miss out! www.blockforest.co.uk / www.blockforest.etsy.com

Last few days to grab a valentines card! Here's one of my linocut ones of two little loved up vamps 🧛🖤🧛 www.blockforest.co.uk

What a fitting day for these beautiful vinyls from Made by Mutant to show up given Sinners just won best score and best compilation soundtrack at the Grammy’s! I picked up this copy as only just learned they used my prologue illustrations for the sleeves! Here they are with the original print I made

Deep in Valentines printing - only another week for UK orders - get em while you can! My two little loved up vamps - also available at Derby Museums if they still have stock! #valentines #vampire #goth #linocut #illustration

Only another week to get any valentines orders in! My most popular linocut card has been having a good run again + is available as a slightly cheaper reproduction for the first time too over on Etsy. blockforest.etsy.com