#andy sciazko

[weirdlookindog]

Andy Sciazko - Pretty Pumpkins

from 'Nightmare Soup: Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach'

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[darkartfinds]

Artwork by Andy Sciazko

[ex0skeletal-undead]

by Andy Sciazko on Instagram

[octobermourning31]

"The Light of Samhain" by Andy Sciazko

[horrorandhalloween]

by Andy Sciazko

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Artwork by Andy Sciazko

[monjamotte]

I love Andy sciazko's works. @andysciazkoart

[dragond00m]

Andy Sciazko

[mukdesign]

Scared to Death

Every horror in his life that had crept through his dreams Swept his mad laughter to terrified screams!

This week’s Halloween-themed moodboard is Scared to Death. The quote that’s inspired this series is from my favourite Tim Burton film, Vince, a short about a young boy and his fascination with the horror literature. I have to admit how much I enjoyed curating this one, and it took me to unchartered territories. I love that art can do that.

Artists featured on this series are Adam Riches, Andy Sciazko, ANIMVS, Anthony Rondinone, Benny Kusnoto, Ble, Daneil Art Turtlei, Dusty Ray, Guang Yang, Ilo Künst, Joan Lalucat, Kim Jakobsson, Lesle Kieu, Luis Perez Banus, Madziowa P, Matas Martinaitis, Micah Ulrich, Pablo I Prada, Pitch Canker and Sean Deloria Black Wolf.

Did Scared to Death chilled your spine?

If so, grab a notebook and start putting your ideas on paper. Or, if you know someone who could use some inspiration right now, share this moodboard with them.

[auniakahn]

New Work 'The Rite Before the Ritual'Artwork the "Spirit Board", a Ouija themed group exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery which was co-curated with Mary Syring. Exhibition Opening: Saturday, September 12, 2020

Purchase Inquiries:info@moderneden.com

Modern Eden1100 Sutter StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109

Featuring new works by Jennybird Alcantara, Andy Sciazko, Catherine Moore, Leilani Bustamante, Stefani Rabideaux, Glenn Arthur, Lauren Saxton, doubleparlour, Benz and Chang, Caitlin McCarthy, Creeptoons, Ally Burke, Xavier Ortiz, Caitlin McCormack, Megan Buccere, Aunia Kahn, Miso, Ransom & Mitchell, Selene Crezzini, Jel Ena, Steven Russell Black, Jasmine Worth, Lara Dann, and others.

[ryan-cicak]

Tiny Nightmares Classics. Horrible Bodies. Art by Andy Sciazko (2017). Words by Ryan Cicak (2014). The Bells. The bells began a week ago, from the church on the hill. Covered in ivy, no one had been there in years. People came out of their houses. They came from the next town over, and the town after that, all walking, all listening to the bells, and nothing else.

[weirdlookindog]

Andy Sciazko - Imaginary Friend

from 'Nightmare Soup: Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach', 2017

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[darkartfinds]

Artwork by Andy Sciazko

[diannehoffman]

I am super excited for the opportunity to feature the fantastic dark artist Andy Sciazko in the Awakened by the Midnight group exhibition at @arcgallerysf 7/11 thru 8/78/2020. Andy's work is AMAZING! Check it out and follow him at @andysciazkoart on IG. Come be a part of our Online opening reception on Saturday, July 11th 7-9pm PST! Send me a message and I'll share with you the Zoom link to join us. The exhibition will be physically hung at @arcgallerysf July 11th - August 8th and can be viewed in person by appointment. #artshow #artexhibition #onlineart #onlineartevent #sfartevent #darkart #darkartexhibition #darkartists #awakenedbythemidnight #sfbayareaartists #arcgallery #sfdarkart #artreception #savethedate (at Arc Studios & Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBvtFCBhk6d/?igshid=z4k374oqx8rv

[statecryptids]

BOOK REVIEW: NIGHTMARE SOUP

Folks who grew up in the late 80s/early 90s will remember well Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories To Tell in The Dark. Well, mostly people will remember- and are probably still haunted by- the books nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell.  As far as I know, no other kid’s horror book since then has really been able to precisely capture the raw hiding-under-the-covers-all-night fear of that book and its stories.  But Nightmare Soup, written by Jake Tri with illustrations by Andy Sciazko, digs its twisted, ghostly roots dug pretty deep into that world.

The tales in Nightmare Soup are short and simple, like creepy tales kid’s would tell each other while sitting around a lone flashlight in a dark room (kids still do that, right?). The stories are all original but clearly drawn from contemporary horror and urban legends such as monstrous clowns, aliens and ominous, lurking Beings From Elsewhere like Slenderman and The Rake. There are also several works dealing with creepy real life animals- skin-burrowing botflies and the tongue-replacing sea louse Cymothoa exigua- that have gained infamy thanks to the internet. Many of these tales have the feel of Creepypastas, the internet’s answer to old campfire tales.

Andy Sciazko’s creepy black-and-white drawings are very clearly done in the spirit of Stephen Gammel’s illustrations. While some of the pictures are quite effective, I can’t help feeling like the art is trying a bit too hard to gross out the reader or project that nightmarish shock that Gammel’s art had.  That is not to say they aren’t good. Indeed, the illustrations often compliment Jake Tri’s stories quite well. And some of them can be extremely eerie.  But it’s the difference between finding a room with blood and innards splattered all over the walls and ceiling versus coming across an otherwise clean room with a few small crimson drops leading to the basement door.

There are some excellent stand-out stories in this book. I particularly like the poem The Sloth. I would not normally have thought of these slow, sleepy xenarthrans as being horror material, but this poem makes them into a particularly creepy predator that stalks its prey slowly, but inevitably catches them. The accompanying artwork is effectively macabre and unsettling.

I am also fond of the tales Full Moon Guests and Mr. Wilson, Their twist endings feel as if they’ve been pulled right out of old EC horror comics.  And, of course, I can’t help but enjoy the story Tongue- because really who can resist a story featuring the ghoulish charm of the aforementioned Cymothoa exigua.

If there is a flaw in Nightmare Soup it is that it seems to be trying to emulate the look and feel of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark without having enough of its own identity. I do genuinely admire the attempt to capture that nostalgic fear that Alvin Schwartz’s original books spawned in so many kids. I think this anthology will be most effective on modern kids who don’t know Scary Stories and will get the chance to experience that squeamish fear for themselves.

You can get a copy of Nightmare Soup on the book's website.

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Find the Paint Pens Collective pop-up shop at the ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NIGHTLIFE LIVE next Thursday!

Official Event Link // Facebook Event Link

Artwork by: Brie Spiel, Pearl Shen, Jason Furie, Katie Bacigalupi, Zachary Sweet, Emma Munger, Christine Villanueva, Last Cat, Super 7, Mary Syring, Andy Sciazko, Joshua Herbolsheimer, Ajuan Mance, Jean Lian (Fangrrlz), Shayna Yasuhara