Darkstorm Creative: The Works of Russell Dickerson

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    • About MeIllustration work I’ve been an artist since the late 90′s, and a published illustrator since 1999, when a couple of magazines featured my work at the same time. Since then, I’ve completed many works for various publishers, from small micro-press publishers up through larger publishers like Subterranean and Cemetery Dance. I’m lucky enough to have had a piece chosen for the prestigious Spectrum annual, a yearly competition and book for the best in contemporary genre artwork. The artwork was originally for Wicked Hollow #1, a small press magazine, and is titled “Fetal Position”. It appeared in Spectrum 9, and somehow was the only grayscale piece for 20 pages in any direction. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Fetal Position"][/caption] Since then I’ve done work for Subterranean Press’s Night Visions 12, part of the prestigious line of Night Visions books stretching back to the 1980′s. My work for the Maelstrom imprint of Thunderstorm Books will be seen at the end of 2010. I did three covers and signature sheets for three of their books: Six Days by Kelli Owen, and The Rising: Deliverance and A Gathering of Crows, both by Brian Keene. I’ve worked quite a bit with Cemetery Dance Publications as well,…
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    • Publications/ShowsGallery and convention art show representation My art has been featured in these galleries and convention art shows: OnDisplay Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado (2010-2011) VisionCon, Springfield, Missouri (2010, 2011) The Gallery Underground, Fort Collins, Colorado (2010) Conventions (attendee, guest, and/or participant): World Horror Convention, Austin, Texas (2011) Horrorfest, Denver, Colorado (2011) VisionCon, Springfield, Missouri (2009-2011) KillerCon, Las Vegas, Nevada (2009) Necon, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island (2007) Hypericon, Nashville, Tennessee (2006) List of publications for writing Along with being an artist, I also have articles and stories published here and there. Shotgun Honey Visit Shotgun Honey at shotgunhoney.blogspot.com The Body in the Window (2011) Apex Magazine Online Blog (2010-2011) Visit Apex at www.apexbookcompany.com Jan 2010 – My God, What a Stupid Looking Cover Feb 2010 – WTF? Really? You can’t just tell me who the artist is? Mar 2010 – Sure you can steal from me! Art? Sure! First born? Why not? Apr 2010 – Why the hell would I help you? You’ll steal all my ideas! May 2010 – Here at the end of all things June 2010 – Life, liberty, and the pursuit of—Hey! Why aren’t you mowing the lawn? July 2010 – Practice is for losers Aug…
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Halloween: Colonel America

After talking about it for the last couple of years, my son finally committed to being Colonel America for Halloween.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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New Artwork: Deathly Reflection

I think as an artist, when you hit one of those blocks, you just need to let it go and start creating.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsOctober 21, 2009 ago
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Zombie squash and learning from nature

There are so many textures, views, styles and all kinds of visuals that an artist can easily spend a lifetime learning just the natural side of art.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsOctober 4, 2009 ago
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Some new art

This one is a cross between a painted style and the textured/layered style that I attempt when I can.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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Sketchy McSketch Sketch: August Edition

Every so often, I try to go back and look at my sketches and pick the ones that don’t seem so horrifyingly bad that I can’t show everyone else.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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Conventions: Where I’ll be

It turns out that, despite having a new house, I do have the money to hit a couple of upcoming cons.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsAugust 23, 2009 ago
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A new art promo for my art for Brian Keene’s Scratch

Having done the artwork for the book, I decided to do a promotional “layer-by-layer” video for YouTube.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsAugust 10, 2009 ago
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Making prints of my art

I still get the occasional question from folks who want to buy a print of my work. So, I thought I’d ask if any of the below pieces would be good print choices.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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A YouTube promo for my art

I’m working on a Flash book trailer for a  client (you’ll see soon enough, it’s not a small client), and for testing with converting Flash animation to video I decided to create a promo for my own art. After a number of unique issues (I’m looking at you, Kaspersky), I Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsJuly 29, 2009 ago
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New art for Cemetery Dance

The new issue of Cemetery Dance Magazine (#61) has a new piece of art by yours truly, for a story by Peter Straub. I’ve been anxious to post it for quite awhile.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsJuly 16, 2009 ago
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The old architecture ways

In the late 90’s and early oughts’, I dabbled in the idea of producing simple architectural design prints.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsApril 5, 2009 ago
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Color sketching and fun with Photoshop

I’ve been picking away at a color sketch in Photoshop, and I think it’s finally done.  I try to do pencil sketching, ink and crosshatching practice and Photoshop/digital sketching and manipulation each week just to get new ideas rolling around in my head.  Sometimes they work, other times not so Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny

In trying out new ideas, the topic a few weeks ago was “Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny”, which I thought sounded like a lot of fun.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 years ago
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Cheap lamp + skull = anatomy reference

With a little wiring around certain parts, and a cheap lamp, BANG! Anatomical skull reference

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsMarch 8, 2009 ago
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Sketchy McSketch-Sketch

I’ve been trying to sketch quite a bit more lately, I agree with the mantra “Draw! Draw! Draw!”.  It’s been difficult in the past to make time for sketching, especially when I have other (paying) projects going on. I think it’s an important step to learning though, and I want Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsMarch 2, 2009 ago
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New wallpapers of my work

Just in case anyone out there wants them (I’ve had a question here and there on it), I saved a number of my art pieces as computer downloads.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsFebruary 8, 2009 ago
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Reworked for Deviant Art

I decided to update my Deviant Art page (at audentiori.deviantart.com), and I thought I’d post the revised art here as well.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsFebruary 3, 2009 ago
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The Wednesday Sketch

I should probably call this the Thursday sketch, since I’m only posting it now and it wasn’t finished until 2 in the morning.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsJanuary 15, 2009 ago
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The Wednesday Sketch: Change in the house of the dead

I’m trying to be better about getting new pieces every week, whether it’s a full piece or just a sketch.

By Russell Dickerson, 16 yearsJanuary 7, 2009 ago
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More macro shots

Since the graphic design/logo blog went over like a lead balloon, and I wanted to try the new camera out some more, here are a few closeups of an old sculpture that I did years ago. Maybe it will help me get cracking on that next sculpture too…

By Russell Dickerson, 17 yearsDecember 10, 2008 ago

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