Practising the Dark Arts

Occult, religion, fantasy, magic and mythology For lovers of the supernatural, ethereal, metaphysical and psychological.

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Featured Work

Beautiful Decay by Kalliope Amorphous

Altered vintage photograph.
so cheap by blackoutangel

“I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.” / -Benjamin Harrison / -—-—-—-—-—-——- if you would like to view more of my work please visit www.abandonedamerica.org – i just added a huge new gallery to the site today too! / photo taken at hollely brothers clothing factory
Woe-Man Series 13: the long wait by navybrat

Installment number 13 in collaboration with RAVENSOUL her work: / For Vonne with love!! listen enjoy you all!!: Woe-Man Series 1: the soliloquy / Woe-Man Series 2: up for a smoke / Woe-Man Series 3: lady croc’s lover / Woe-Man Series 4: So wanna have a piece of me..eh? / Woe-Man Series 5: Wanna play? / Woe-Man Series 6: The Biker / Woe-Man Series 7: woes of bride-zilla / Woe-Man Series 8: The discourse / Woe-Man Series 9: oh them? I got it all covered…!!! / Woe-Man Series 10:mom,can I keep her …...pleassssee…!! / Woe-Man Series 11: oohh (sigh), that feels so good / Woe-man series 12: the socialites
Slipknot - Craig Jones by Alleycatsgarden

Slipknot – Craig Jones
Sid Wilson Slipknot by Alleycatsgarden

Sid Wilson Slipknot
Crucifixion by Stephen Haning

Watercolor on coldpress illustration board. / 18” x 28” Yes I know Dali did something simular by the same title. Lord only knows if I could have come up with this on my own. Yes, I know there is lack of clothing in the painting, But question yourself… is she nude or naked and why might this be? / This work was featured in Practicing the Dark Arts 10/15/08
Ooga Booga Doll - Female by pinkstinks

This is one of my latest sculpture I thought that I would share them with you. They are based on New Orleans Voodoo Dolls but I have Indigenised them.
Ooga Booga Doll - Male Banksia man head by pinkstinks

Here come another one just like the other one! This is one of my latest sculptures I thought that I would share them with you. They are based on New Orleans Voodoo Dolls but I have Indigenised them.
centerpiece by laurenrabbit

8×10 large format negative, contact printed on gelatin silver paper, selectively bleached and toned. Lovely darkroom, no digital.
Baby Blue Eyes by Kalliope Amorphous

Antique doll…with a few touches of creepy.

Recent Work

Space Girl's Mobile by Mike Cressy

What’s a girl got to do to get good reception on her mobile phone for cryin’ out loud? Sometimes being further away can solve so many problems. 16×20 acrylic painting on masonite.
SKY BATTLE by DALE CRUM

This piece is all hand drawn in PAINTER 10--over a photo I took of thunder clouds. I looked at nothing as a reference, but a book of space photos—the rest of this stuff lives inside my head. It has always been my constant personal challenge, to create from my mind and heart; rather than to take some of the easier paths that the internet affords us these days. / I believe my art must be mine only, and therefore I choose to draw from the deep ocean of life, love, and war that makes me-me. When I sign my DC on my work-I must know in my heart that it is MINE ONLY. / *I have and will continue to collaborate with some of the elite artists and photographers I love and respect so much. I do consider that to be the one exception to my rule. / I would also like to challenge more of the younger artists to pull back from the easy trend of using royalty-free images and to rather buy and learn how to use a camera of your own. This makes ALL of your work—your work. No other person will ever shoot the shot you would shoot. This is the ONLY way to preserve your vision, and to have that JOY that comes only from knowing that there is only ONE place on earth where MY WORK can be found. Not a DIS—-just an artistically historic fact.
Dark village by Jorg de Vos

Sketch on paper, fineliner, copicmarkers, photoshop
MONITO HERMOSO now on Amazon by Mike Cressy

The time has come for the overflow of PR and Marketing that I’ll have to do to get this book sold over and over but the first part is done. Monito Hermoso is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s and all booksellers! So go to your favorite bookstore and order a copy or stop by one of the afore mentioned online booksellers and buy you a copy of this fun and visually exciting book. Volume 2 is in the works, as is the Doodle Book and RED Sketches book. Not to mention the Graphic Novel that I’ve been intensely working on for the last 4 months. (I’m into the second quarter of it. It’s a big book,... long story.) / So stop by Amazon.com and leave some comments please. I’d appreciate it. / Thanks and have a great summer weekend! / -MC
CLIP ART 10 by RUST

A4 Plain Paper with Tombow marker. / ROUBLE This item is also available as art print
White Zombie by RUST

This is heavy metal oriented noise rock at its best by one of my favourite bands of all time. / An original sketch by Rob Zombie done completely free handed on a 35×50 cm cardboard using acrylic colours. / Try their before the mainstream recognition work as well as their two major label LPs, this band ROCKS! / Look out for the 5 disc comp, coming out on 25th November 2008. / There’s even rare visual content in it!!! / ZOMBIE Acrylics & Gouache The Devil’s Rejects 1 The Devil’s Rejects 2 Rob Zombie Rob Zombie – Halloween Halloween
the Last Purple Tree Standing by RUST

This is an old painting, it has patchiness because the canvas surface is on the skew. That’s why I’ve fixed it a little with Photoshop. / ROUBLE Acrylics This item is also available as T-shirt
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the Last Purple Tree Standing…...

This is an old painting, it has patchiness because the canvas surface is on the skew. That’s why I’ve fixed it a little with Photoshop. / ROUBLE Acrylics
Cherry Darling by RUST

The other part of Grindhouse, “Planet Terror”, a film by Robert Rodriguez. Rose McGowan poses as Cherry, the crippled supergirl with a machine gun for a leg who fights against the infected. Cult! / ROUBLE Acrylics & Gouache This item is also available as art print

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Occult, religion, fantasy, magic and mythology

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