The Spider’s Nest was/is a collaborative project I’ve been working on with horror authors to help promote their books. I would create illustrations based on an excerpt from a larger published work and then record a dramatic reading of it.

Here are a few of my favorite illustrations from the episode spotlighting a book titled “Pandora” by Joanna Parapinski:

My Illustration

With the first image in this series I actually created a 3D model of the space in Sketch-up before drawing the scene out. I found it was a really helpful tool to find just  the right angle for the image.

My Illustration

Here’s how the final project came out. Although… please excuse my attempt at acting like Elvira, but I was channeling her while performing this collaborative video. However, I am quite happy with how the artwork came together with the story. You can watch it on YouTube if you’re curious.

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