Monster Mark's Autopsy

"Six Degrees of Hell" poster

2012-01-26T03:29:00.000-08:00

"Six Degrees Of Hell" original size 27in x 41in

The "Eerie Horror Film Festival" was awesome for me this year. I made some very cool friends as a vendor. One of which is the producer of this film which is releasing this year titled, "Six Degrees Of Hell". I've only seen a rough cut thus far and while I cannot go into detail about the film. I can definitely say that it is very well done, has a great story, and some cool scares in it. Anyway, the producer I met, talked with me about my work and offered me a chance to do a graphic novel for this film. I've been working on it since then.

Last week however I put the comic on hold because he contacted me and asked if I would design the poster for the film. It took a while for us to find the right type of image for the film, but eventually he thought this was the winner. Hopefully the poster draws eager eyes to this film.

Here is the youtube channel for the film. http://www.youtube.com/sixdegreesmovie

Enjoy guys!

Dead Dick Hammer and the T.B.A. Show poster.

2012-01-20T20:49:00.000-08:00

(Dead Dick Hammer and the T.B.A. poster) size 11in x 17in

Dick Hammer and I have been talking for a couple weeks now about having me do some artwork for the band. A few days ago he contacted me about commissioning a show poster for an upcoming Friday the 13th show in Kentucky. What was I going to say...NO?...haha. After a few concept sketches I came up with this. To which my Mother described as "quite a woman" when she saw it. There ya have it.

Here is a link to their page. Very groovy music from these guys.

http://www.reverbnation.com/deaddickhammerandthetba

The Eerie Horror Fest 2011

2011-10-25T02:05:00.001-07:00

(Eerie Horror Fest 2011 Poster concept)

size 11 inches x 17 inches

Every year, I submit a poster design for the Eerie Horror Film Festival which is held in my hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. Usually they decide not to use my work. But this year I decided to sell these as a limited edition print for $5.00 as long as I could get permission to.

You can check them out online at

www.eeriehorrorfest.com

Good Ol' Grampa.

2011-09-28T05:56:00.001-07:00

"Good Ol' Grampa"

size (8.5 inches x 11 inches)

The Koffin Kats show poster.

2011-09-09T01:23:00.001-07:00

Koffin Kats Show Poster

Size (11in x 17in)

I've loved "The Koffin Kats" since I was a junior in college. They are one of the very best rockabilly/punk bands I've ever heard. Their live show is just awesome. Very excited about this one. One of my favorite works to date.

The "Slaughterhouse" mask.

2011-07-15T18:51:00.000-07:00

As long as I can remember, I've always loved the game "Splatterhouse". Recently, they remade the game for Xbox360 and I'm assuming PS3 as well. The "Terror Mask" Rick wears in the game has always stuck out as one of the coolest face masks I've seen. So I decided to make one. It will debut at the Eerie Horror Fest 2011 and then it will be available at www.monstermarkweb.com

Sasquatch and the Sick-A-Billys.

2011-06-21T09:54:00.001-07:00

"Sasquatch and the Sick-A-Billys"
Size (11 inches x 17 inches )

Friday The 13th

2011-06-02T00:57:00.001-07:00

"Friday the 13th"
Size (8.5 inches x 11 inches)

This is the first print I colored and shaded using my WACOM tablet. I am loving the extra touches I can throw into my work using it. I can't believe I was working for so long without one. It took my funny sketch of Jason and turned it into a very professional looking piece.

Calabrese / American Werewolves show poster.

2011-05-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

Calabrese / American Werewolves poster
Size ( 11in x 17in)

I can't wait to see this show. I'm so happy I got to do the poster for these two bands.

ZOMBIE PRINT.

2011-04-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

Size ( 11in x 17in )
New print will be for sale soon.

The Direct to Video Slasher Mask.

2011-03-09T15:01:00.000-08:00

Although not quite Jason, this mask form was the style used in the (Direct to video Slasher film) "Bloody Murder". While the movie does not hold a candle to any of the Friday the 13th movies. They still went for the stereotypical (Hockey Mask Killer) probably trying and score some points with horror fans. Strange though, in "Bloody Murder" the mask does not have it's triangles cut from the mask. I always thought that was a bit odd. Was it an artistic choice made by the crew? Or was it just laziness? Either way, I have always loved that mask sculpt. So I decided to mold a cheap hockey mask and grunge it up a bit more.

I'm selling these for $125.00.

Frankenstein Monster Face Mask.

2011-03-09T14:54:00.001-08:00

This is the second face mask I have done in the spirit of all the classic Halloween costumes from the 50's and 60's. He's made out of fiber glass and resin. I consider him to be one of my strongest sculptures to date.

They will be for sale for around $90.00 a mask.

"The Weeping Woman"

2011-03-03T11:10:00.000-08:00

Fangoria wrote up an article on their website about the short film "The Weeping Woman". Which I was lucky enough to be a part of along with Stephen Geoffreys from "Fright Night" and "976 Evil" and one of my best friends Melissa Bostaph.

You can read the article HERE.

PIRANHA Print!

2011-01-15T17:23:00.000-08:00

PIRANHA size (11x17)inches.

"Lust of the Monster" Print!

2011-01-13T00:59:00.000-08:00

"Lust of the Monster" size (11x17)

This is not an actual film to my knowledge. If their is such a movie I'd like to see it.

Astro Zombies Print!

2011-01-11T22:14:00.000-08:00

Size (11x17) inches.

One of my all time favorite movies. "Astro Zombies" (1968).
I drew this up as a part of my prints collection.

"NINJA PROPHECY OF DEATH"

2010-11-19T20:02:00.000-08:00

"Ninja Prophecy Of Death"
size 27 x 41 inches.

This summer I was approached to handle the makeup FX work on the new action film from Killer Wolf Films. I spent two days in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; roughly two weeks total on set. Met lots of great people and had an great time overall.
I had designed a poster for the film prior to this one. But it wasn't nearly as eye catching as this one. Normally, I don't like to toot my own horn about my work. However, I think is one of my strongest poster designs yet.
Hopefully, this will be the face of this movie. Once it leaves my e-mail however, it's out of my hands. *Fingeres crossed*

The Mummy

2010-11-16T10:35:00.001-08:00

The Mummy
Size 11x14 inches.

The Bride and Her Monster.

2010-11-14T10:33:00.001-08:00

The Bride and Her Monster
Size 11x14 inches.

The Phantom.

2010-11-13T11:23:00.001-08:00

Continuing my series of famous monsters.
Size 11x14 inches.

I was a Teenage Werewolf print.

2010-10-25T13:49:00.000-07:00

This has been one of my favorites of the B-movie genre for a long time. I wish I would have done a print of this character sooner. But anyway, here he is.

Zombie Carnival Poster.

2010-08-31T19:46:00.001-07:00

I got a phone call around 8:30 one night from Marty asking me if I would do the poster for a bar crawl happening in October. There will be four bars participating in it and all of the proceeds benefit MECA.
I only had one night to accomplish it. I started work at 9pm and ended around 3:30am. I think this is one of my best designs as of late.
So, if you are a bar hopper and you have a few friends who are the same; this might be something you would want to look into.

HAND-EYE COORDINATION

2010-08-15T04:42:00.000-07:00

GET IT?

And another.

2010-08-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

New Print.

2010-08-14T18:35:00.001-07:00

Found this drawing in my binder today and decided to finish the print. I tried a different shading method in photoshop with this one. Just by basically lassoing random parts and turning the brightness down.

I'm digging this one a lot.

Eerie Horror Film Festival 2010

2010-07-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

It's getting to be that time of year again for the Eerie Horror Film Festival. I really enjoy this show and I attend every year. It's the perfect place to make contacts and meet people who have the same interests in the horror film genre.
I hope to be giving another seminar this year as well as having a table to sell my goodies. If so you won't want to miss it. The fest also has some great guests coming this year that I am really looking forward to meeting for the first time.

Here is the link to their main page. Go check it out if you haven't yet.

Frankenstein Wall Mount

2010-06-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

When Eric and I started some of our artwork for the Crooked I the owner Marty found an old beaten up Frankenstein half face. Originally Marty just wanted it painted, but it didn't have much detail to paint so I persuaded him and Eric to let me re-sculpt the face and we would all just share in the molding costs and such.

Here he is. The smoke in his mouth was Marty's idea.

"Getting weird with it..."

2010-05-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

I've been tinkering around with the "Rat Fink" style I used to do in high school. I have a couple more images I have been working on. As of now, these are the two best of the finished pieces. Neither of them have titles yet.

I'm still thinking about this book idea. I'd love to publish a book of prints and mini comics, short stories; whatever I can cram into 80-100 pages. Maybe even some 3-d images...we'll see.

I'll keep posting stuff as I complete it.

New sculpts on the way soon...

KEEP CHECKING BACK

New Print!

2010-04-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

I wanted to try and mix photos with drawings and photoshop the two into one image. It just sort of ended up looking like a comic strip.
It only took a couple hours once I could decide on the types of images I wanted to show. I am wondering how far I can take this...maybe build an entire mixed media comic book story from this one image.

Goddamn Gallows Show flyer.

2010-03-05T20:25:00.000-08:00

This is another flyer I did for a "Crooked I" show on March 16th. A band called "The Goddamn Gallows will be playing. They sound pretty good.

Here is their Myspace www.myspace.com/thegallowspdx

Check them out.

ALOHA FROM HELL.

2010-02-28T05:12:00.000-08:00

The "Crooked I" grand opening show was killer. I wish I would have had this done before last nights show because the actual size is simply massive. I won't say anymore...here it is.

The Crooked I Grand Opening.

2010-02-06T16:09:00.000-08:00

My good friend and tattoo artist Eerie Eric has been telling me about a new rock club/bar opening in Erie on Feb 27th called "The Crooked I". He told me he wanted me to help out with some of the artwork that it may need in the next couple of months, maybe longer.
I talked with the owner Marty yesterday and he asked me to do the poster for it's grand opening show.

Couple hours later...

Here is the finalized poster for the event. I hope to see some of my Erie friends there, it's going to be a fun show.

Patches

2010-02-04T12:45:00.000-08:00

I have been on a zombie kick lately, I blame a couple of things for this. Left4dead 1 and 2 and most recently Zombieland being released on DVD. All of this sparked the idea to sculpt my own model kit to sell on www.monstermarkweb.com

A few weeks later we have this corpse I'm calling patches. Still wrapped in his body bag, he emerges with a hunger for flesh. He has to work extra hard though considering that fact...he has no arms. He was sculpted in a few hours and then molded out of silicone.

I will be selling the unpainted ones for $50.00 and painted ones for $100.00. They are made of a urethane plastic which is mixed in two parts and then just poured into the mold. Minutes later you have a strong plastic version of the sculpt that does not need to be primed to paint.
This may not be his final paint job. This was my first idea, but now that I am seeing photos, I might like to see greenish skin tones a little more. We'll see when I paint another and put them side to side.

Enjoy everyone.

ERIK LIVES!!!

2010-01-12T19:10:00.000-08:00

I started this sculpture at Celebrate Erie this summer. I was also working on it at one of the Eerie Horror Fest Mall appearances. While he did not take an extremely long time to sculpt, it took me till just yesterday to sit down and finish the paint job.

Here is one of the first photos of my sculpt taken by my friend Renee. This is before I finished building up the ears. The plastic eye forms make him look funny.

The other, is a completed version of the new member to the Monster Mark family..."Erik" It took me around three total hours to paint and air brush him. I am extremely happy with the end result. I hope everyone likes him as much as I do.

Another print.

2010-01-10T17:22:00.001-08:00

I won't tell you where I got the idea for this... But I saw something in my collection that got me sketching again and it just happened. I'm not sure about the background yet. I'll design a new one if it bothers me enough.

either way here it is...

New Print...again.

2010-01-07T00:42:00.000-08:00

After playing a TON of (Left4Dead) over the holiday. I wanted to make an anti-zombie infection print...

A couple cups of coffee and a few hours later...Here you have it.

I'll have a couple prints up for sale on monstermarkweb.com soon.

New Print!

2009-12-29T23:45:00.000-08:00

I was kicking around some sketches over the holiday and worked this poster up. The more I worked with it, the more I liked what was happening. So, I will be selling 11x17 inch prints on www.monstermarkweb.com soon.

Sculpture from the Seminar.

2009-12-19T10:28:00.000-08:00

This past October I was asked to give a two day seminar on something relating to special FX at the Eerie Horror Film Festival. So I decided to talk about my favorite part of special FX which is creature creation and sculpting. I blocked out all the shapes on a new bust the night before the festival and then attached an eye at each lecture.

So this entry is to update everyone on the progress of this creature. There is a few photos from the second day of the seminar.

Each lecture was only forty five minutes long. So after explaining a bit about the process I use to start a creature, I had a little less than a half hour to demonstrate some sculpting techniques.

So here is how this creature looks as of two weeks ago. There is probably another eight or nine hours put into his detailing work. As soon as I can order mold making supplies for him we should have a nice airbrushed version of this beast.

Mark...MONSTER MARK

2009-12-18T20:05:00.000-08:00

I'll keep it short and sweet...

Today, I opened my homepage and tossed around the idea with my friend Scott who runs a blog called HYDE AND GEEK that I should start a blog. This way, people who want to keep up with my FX projects and artwork can do so.

So here is a banner to check out my homepage. That's it for now.