R.L. Black

I drew this last week and have been meaning to post it. I watched the Werwulf trailer and “oh my god…” This year, on the whole, will be a great year for me movie-wise, but watching “Werwulf” is like at the top of the mountain for me. I can’t wait. The trailer pushed me to do this little cartoon. I hope you enjoy my joke and are as excited about the movie as I am. Let me know what you think in the comments!

"All right. We're gonna do this the scanner way. I'm gonna suck your brain dry! Everything you are is gonna become me."

Illustration of the character Venom from Marvel Comics done in a retro comic book style with distressed inks and dot patterns. Drawn with physical pencils, inked in Clip Studio Paint, and colored in Photoshop. 

Illustration of the demon character “Darkness” from the movie “Legend” in a retro comic style. Drawn with physical pencils, inked in Clip Studio Paint, and colored in Photoshop. 

Vampire illustration from “Fright Night” in retro comic style. Created with physical pencils, inked in Clip Studio Paint, and colored in Photoshop. 

A retro-style illustration of a character from The Fly as he transforms from human into a human-fly hybrid. He is deformed and disgusting. The illustration features dot patterns and distressed inks reminiscent of an old comic book. Created in Clip Studio Paint and colored in Photoshop. Enjoy! 

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“So I was wondering if... you would be my girl…”

I did a pen and ink drawing a while back and wanted to do some digital color on it, just to finish it up. I also touched it up a little in Clip Studio paint. I enjoy doing these dark fantasy romance pieces. They are a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you want me anymore?”

“And you can tell all your scum friends that things are going to change in this town. I’m not just another pretty face.”

Masters of the Universe today! Yes, I am super pumped about the He-Man movie. I am a child of the 80s to some extent and the prospect of a hilarious homage to one of the pillars of my youth is enticing. It’s hard to image it being fulfilling but I am going in with rock-bottom expectations, so there’s nowhere to go but up. Hopefully I don’t get fist-oh’d by this movie. God help me. So, today I am sharing some of my Matsers artwork along with a smattering of my fantasy artwork. Enjoy!

If you’ve seen it, you know. If you haven’t seen it, you should. This movie was absolutely amazing, unnerving, frightening, mesmerizing. I ended up watching it twice this weekend. Once with my sons, and then I dragged my wife to see it. She loved it as well. It’s so exciting to be alive during this horror renaissance. There wave been so many amazing horror movies this year and more to come. I am on board for all of it. Anyway, this is my tribute. I couldn’t wait to post this. This entire concept and character has haunted me since I first witnessed it. It has inspired me to expand my own work. I hope you enjoy this homage to one of my “movies of the year.” #backrooms

Batman: Year 300