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Lovecraftian print collection

Collection of 4 art prints from original ink drawings inspired by H.P. Lovecraft short stories. Includes: Mountains of Madness Shadow Over Innsmouth The Color out of Space The Dunwich Horror Size: 4 x 8" x 8", including borders Medium: archival giclée art prints Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Moonlight on the spiral staircase print

Art print of an original fantasy pencil drawing originally made for the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin. Size: 8" x 8", including borders Medium: archival giclée art print Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Magician's grimoire print

Art print of an original fantasy pencil drawing originally made for the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin. Size: 8" x 8", including borders Medium: archival giclée art print Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Dawn on the east tower print

Art print of an original fantasy pencil drawing originally made for the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin. Size: 8" x 8", including borders Medium: archival giclée art print Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Irish pagan blessing print

A pagan blessing inspired by old Irish ones, with an illustrated frame depicting elements of folklore and myths. Size: 8" x 10", including borders Medium: archival giclée art print Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

The wizard of earthsea print

Art print of an original ink drawing, colored digitally depicting the departure of Ged from Roke at the pursuit of his shadow in the book The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. See more about the making of this print on this page . Size: 8" x 10", including borders Medium: archival giclée art print Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Moon gates print collection

Collection of 3 art prints from original fantasy pencil drawings originally made for the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin. Includes: Moonlight on the spiral staircase Magician’s grimoire Dawn on the east tower Size: 3 x 8" x 8", including borders Medium: archival giclée art prints Edition: open edition, signed Shipping: ships flat; plastic-free packaging

Biotope Aquariums

Introduction Setting up a tank Tank maintenance Planted tank ecology Resources How it started I’ve recently gotten into aquariums. I’ve always loved plants, nature, wetlands and the critters that live in such envronments but somehow never considered getting and maintaining an aquarium. I think that was due to preconceptions of high cost, complex maintenance and a general disinterest in…

Mezzotint printmaking

Mezzotint is a printing technique in the intaglio family (printing in which the ink is contained in the recesses of the printing plate, opposite of relief printing) in which a metal plate is textured with thousands of little dots and then scraped and burnished to create areas of light in the image. In contrast with other intaglo print techniques, the image is created from dark to light as the…

Dust 2 Dust Show Poster

Poster for the Dust2Dust show organized by Milieu Therapy. The type layer was printed and distressed by hand to give it that weathered and dusty feel that this even needed. Dust 2 Dust poster The type layer printed on vellum Detail of the distressed type

Pacific Northwest travel log

Lush rainforest, rugged oceanside and oversized-nature on the west coast of Turtle Island. Table of contents Victoria BC Point No Point Victoria, Gowlland and Goldstream park January 28 - 31, Victoria BC After a pretty uneventful early morning flight, we landed at the tiny Victoria BC airport and hoped in a friend’s car to get into the city proper. This was my first time going that far west…

Goblin Week 2026

Falcon

Lady Passion Lady Pride

Diablo Axe

Woodcut Crow

Chainmail filler

Moon Gates illutrations

Series of 9 pencil illustrations for the 9 songs of the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin. I also did a painting for he cover of this album which you can see here: Moon Gates Cover Art . Wizard in a spiral stone staircase Moonlight on the spiral staircase print Art print of an original fantasy pencil drawing originally made for the “Moon Gates” album by Aura Merlin Buy a print Detail…

Within the House of Darkness Cover Art

Album art for “Within the House of Darkness” by The Eternal Returns. I really tapped into gothic horror classics for this one. I also included the pencils and the initial sketch to show how I develop my illustrations. It’s always crazy to see how much the thumbnail defines the final piece. Final ink illustration Victorian haunted house print Art print of an original…

Pomegranate

Moon Gates Album Cover

Painting for the cover of the third Aura Merlin album, “Moon Gates” . I also did some illustrations for this album which you can see here: Moon Gates Illustrations . This painting reference 90’s fantasy art and new age visuals quite a bit, and expands upon the visual world that I’ve been building for Aura Merlin since her first album. A blue-tinted painting of a garden with…

Beast of the Black Hill - Aliceffekt Remix Visualizer

Credits and details Director / Producer / Editor / Performer / Costumes Hex Evans Cinematographer / Co-producer / Lighting / Colorist / FX and glitch Lizbeth Poirier Additional Costumes Le Grand Costumier Shot on a modified infrared trail camera with a fisheye lens Edited and color graded in DaVinci Resolve Shot of the beast with their arms raised processed through a crt and an analog glitcher…

Nazgul Flail

Ghoul Hand

Pious Rot Starter Kit Illustrations

Here are some of the illustrations I did for the starter kit and ready-to-play adventure we’re making for the Pious Rot TTRPG . Full page illustration of a sheep taking shelter in an old hollowed out tree covered in carvings Portraits for the pre-generated characters included with the adventure Tree with a face and carved staves hanging from its branches Large stone with divots holding…

Woodcut Flail

Knee Thorns

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Ancient Forests of Ireland

Cover illustration for a fictional book on the ancient forests of Ireland. Ink illustration in a digital layout Design by Lizbeth Poirier

At the Mountains of Madness

Title Page illustration for a fictional edition of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Ink illustration Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Burning Castle Illustration

Cover illustration for a fictional book on the ancient forests of Ireland. Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Eel Monster

Fantasy weapon designs and illustrations for Pious Rot . Pencil illustrations colorized digitally

Fantasy Battle Axe Design

Cover illustration for a fictional book on the ancient forests of Ireland. Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Fantômes Issue 2

Wrap-around cover illustration for Fantômes a zine of ghost stories. Ink illustration Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Feral Child

Cover illustration for a fictional novel. Pencil illustration colorized digitally Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Ghost Lantern

Cover illustration for a fictional gothic horror book. Ink illustration

Goblin Shield

Fantasy weapon designs and illustrations for Pious Rot . Pencil illustrations colorized digitally

Irish Pagan Border

Border illustration with symbolic elements of Irish paganism and celtic knotwork. Ink illustration, colored digitally

Medieval beekeepers

Linocut illustration for a fictional fine edition hardcover book. Ink illustration

Nightmare

Illustration inspired by turn-of-the-century depiction of nightmares. Ink illustration

Pious Rot - Weapons of the North

Fantasy weapon designs and illustrations for Pious Rot . Pencil illustrations colorized digitally

Rewilding Book

Linocut illustration for a fictional fine edition hardcover book on rewilding. Hand-carved linocut

Student Resistance

Cover illustration for a fictional book on Student Resistance and campus organizing. Pencil illustration, colored digitally Design by Lizbeth Poirier

The Colour Out of Space

Title Page illustration for a fictional edition of The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft. Ink illustration Design by Lizbeth Poirier

The Shadow over Innsmouth

Title Page illustration for a fictional edition of The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft. Ink illustration Design by Lizbeth Poirier

The Wizard of Earthsea

Illustrated end papers for a fictional edition of The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. Ink illustration colored digitally

Town of Godrindell Illustration and map

Cover illustration for a fictional book on the ancient forests of Ireland. Design by Lizbeth Poirier

Witch Knot

Ogham

Ogham stone in a grassy field Ogham is more recent than the old norse and germanic runes, it was developed during the middle ages to write the archaic Irish language and used mostly during the 4th and the 6th century CE. Table of contents Origins and history Ogham alphabet Links and references Origins and history The first archeological evidence of the use of ogham is around 300AD. Ogham stones…

Irish pagan blessing illustration

Ink illustration and pagan blessing. The frame despicts elements from irish myth and folklore, celtic knots, and ancient artefacts. Ink illustration with a written blessing in the center, depicting a standing stone, a crow, bridgid's crosses, celtic knots, and part of an old bronze shield. Irish pagan blessing print A pagan blessing inspired by old Irish ones, with an illustrated frame depicting…