It's the Great Pumpkin, Vol de Galle!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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I saw Kim Loh's wonderful artwork on Facebook and mentioned that I'd like to see a take on the Marquis in her cool linework~ the next day she turned around this great digital portrait of the Marquis Vol de Galle!

The Art of Kim Loh

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Vic Malhotra sent me this cool drawing of The Marquis from a recent "Daily Sketch Challenge" he was part of on the Outcast Studios forum! Check out the link for more great entries from the Marquis sketch challenge along with links to each artists work!

Outcast Studios Daily Sketch Challenge

THE MISERE

Before the Marquis, there was the Misere~ who appears in both Les Preludes and the fourth chapter of "Danse Macabre" (in the Marquis:Inferno collection). Even though his appearance is brief in the story, I wanted him as fully realized as the other main characters. His costume was based on plague doctors of the 14th century with some redesigns to make him unique and fit him within the world of the Marquis. Along with the toned model sheet reprinted in the Inferno sketchbook, I also did this finished drawing back in 1999 to get a feel for the character.

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Finishing up another weekend's worth of "Diableries" is this great shot of the Marquis fighting a devil in the canals of Venisalle (in b/w and red!) by Felipe H Navarro. You can see his process to the finished drawing on his website too~

Cachalotecomix

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Sorry for the lack of updates last week, I'll post more in the week ahead~ but here is the weekends "Diableries"! First up is this cool drawing of the Marquis with the devils of Hell closing in all around him by Matt Kirkland!

Matt Kirkland DeviantART

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Hart Rieckhof (graphic designer extraordinaire) sent me this great Marquis piece~ if there ever was a Marquis opera, this would be the perfect playbill!

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It's always a great surprise to come across cool Marquis fan art while plodding around the internet~ like this wonderful Marquis portrait by storyboard artist Jim Miller!

Big Jim Sucks! (I didn't say that~ he did!)

Marquis bookplate artwork

More found artwork~ this drawing of the Marquis with pistol and devils was done as a book plate for the signed hardcover volume of Danse Macabre that ONI put out years back.

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And speaking of artists with great and unique styles~ Warwick Johnson Cadwell sent me this wonderful drawing of the Marquis facing off against a huge devil!

WJC

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A few years ago, Javier Olivares sent me this wonderful drawing of a brooding Marquis in his great and unique style!

Javier Olivares Black Blog News