Rich Sampson

Sketch Dump and News!

2012-01-08T06:59:00.000Z

I've been pretty darn busy with some private commissions, but managed to find the time to fit in a few sketches. The portrait of Dirty Frank is a personal favourite.

And, in other news I've been asked to create a promo poster for a evening of readings by some horror authors including China Mieville!!! I've been a huge fan of his work since I first read Perdido Street Station years ago and count 'The Ball Room' in my top five all time short stories. So, I'm dead excited about this one.

Once it's done and published, I'll be sure to post a copy up here.

Merry Fookin' Christmas

2011-12-27T10:15:00.001Z

Bimey! It's been a busy one. I've had two short notice commissions to do over the christmas period, both christmassy type things with a horror slant. The first was an e-card for Spectral Press:

The second, came in the shape of an online christmas image on This Is Horror:

Hope you all had a good one!

Stylistic Tourettes

2011-12-06T21:00:00.001Z

Sometimes, I wonder if I have stylistic Tourettes. I seem to flit between cartoony vs realistic or painterly vs pen and ink - then, every now and again it all comes together on one piece and I get something I'm almost happy with. That happened with this zombie-santa xmas card. For once, the ink work and the colouring worked and I finished with a picture I could see going in my portfolio.

Happy Christmas, zombie-ites!

2011-12-01T20:44:00.001Z

Kicking things off with a quick preview of some work I've been doing for www.readhorror.co.uk - It's a great horror website with news and reviews on comics, movies and books. This is the sketch I sent for initial approval: