Over the last few weeks I’ve interviewed and shared work created by professional artists, amateur artists, pumpkin carvers, photographers, street artists, the list goes on and on … But there is one form of art I haven’t had a chance to really focus on and it’s arguably the skill I find most impressive of all …
Ready for some more amazingly creative photography featuring cool action figures? … Of course you are! This week my spotlight falls upon Ed Speir IV, a very dedicated collector and highly skilled photographer who has assembled a massive collection of beautiful images which you can find over on his Flickr page. The more I investigate …
One of my biggest missions here on Halloween Love has been to seek out and make contact with as many talented and artistic people as possible. I love art … and I love horror … so when I see someone combine the two in interesting, unusual or just smile-inducing ways it makes me want to …
I recently wrote a little bit about how I believe a love of horror was inevitable in my life when I look back to my childhood. In that first article I focussed on the characters within my favourite cartoon shows that had undeniable and recognisable horror influences and how I found myself drawn to them …
If you’ve been following my recent work here on Halloween Love you will have become acutely aware of my intense love for painted movie posters. They are the masterpieces that fired my imagination and excited me like nothing else when I was young. There was no internet to spend day after day on, following the …
Seriously, today apparently IS National Bat Appreciation Day. Considering how important and iconic our spooky friends are within the rich history of horror I couldn’t let this MOMENTOUS day pass without a small personal tribute to these fluffy little terrors. I start with a quote from Dan Castellaneta as the ‘Zoo Keeper’ from a classic …
Whenever I think about Lego and creating things out of Lego I tend to think BIG, it’s just an automatic go-to setting my brain has which probably originates from my youth when I would try to build huge vehicles or a tall tower that would inevitably sway then come crashing down. But today I want …
Whenever I get an idea for an article here on Halloween Love one of the first things I do is attempt to get in contact with someone involved with whatever my idea is based on. For example, if I see some cool horror artwork that I’d love to share I contact the artist … If …
Ok, try to picture the scene. A ten year old boy is in his backyard and with him is his large plastic box of Star Wars figures. He spends about 30 minutes digging a deep, circular hole in the dry, hard dirt under the grass then when he is happy with it he begins sticking …
Did you ever feel like you were meant to have a talent for something but fate or destiny or whatever forgot to give it to you? Know what I mean? … For example, I had a friend who was obsessed with playing Pool, he would play it day and night and when he wasn’t playing …
