Terry Sharp is coming back!

Work begins on new story ...

Hideous Visage

This was painted for the inside cover of the latest issue of the premier Hammer mag Little Shoppe of Horrors! Throughout most of the film the creature is kept hidden until the finale when Valerie Spalding ( Jennifer Daniel) is trapped in a room with the hideous Reptile.I lifted her hairline and focused on the symmetrical facial design of the monster . If you want to impact horror on a viewer it's a good idea to choose a directly frontal shot ( which particularly works for something like this I feel). I was also torn between showing Valerie's horror stricken face and not . I chose to let the upturned hand indicate the horror so we could focus on the hideous visage.Naturally I ran across the perfect reference shot of Ms Spalding after the art was done.:)

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Warrior Queen

I'm a big fan of Jeff Jones' art. He draws incredible women ( far better than I). Here's a warrior queen with a hint of  his influence I hope!

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Quatermass 2

A friend asked me to draw up a Quatermass 2 image for his web page. Here are the pencil and ink/colour versions. You can access an interview with me about this commission at :

http://quatermass2.webeden.co.uk/#/adrian-salmon/4529661638

Alternatively you can get to the Q2 site via:

http://quatermass2.webeden.co.uk/

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Vworp! Vworp!

First pencil for the VWORP! VWORP! mag *jam* cover! I was asked to loosely base it on Mick McMahon's version. This was inked but I wasn't happy.

Second pencil - much more like it - more energy and less serious. The idea is the doctor is looking at the transfers that came free with Dr Who Weekly way baaaaaack in the '70's.

Finished inks that have been coloured for the final cover. I love Mick McMahon's work but I learned I no longer want to draw like him. A valuable lesson eh ?

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Secret Origins - Benny step by step

The Secret Origins brief  asked for Benny ( Bernice Summerfield) to have just leapt through a train window to find a nazi officer with prisoner. Usually I'd do some thumbnails first to send to Big Finish. I bypassed that and went straight to pencils. Concentrating too much  on the train compartment and making things straightfowardly understandable made for a flat composition. neglecting the dynamism required. This was rejected ( rightly so) and I proceeded to thumbnails.
We jettisoned including the prisoner in the image and opted for a direct showdown between the protagonists. The first layout was more a comic action panel than cover design - the directness of the second with the graphic symbol of the swastika immediately caught the eye. 

I put Benny's head pretty much on the vanishing point and tried to train all the perspective lines towards this .

The monochrome colour scheme with a hint of blue gives a pulpy timeless feel to the image and the red armband immediately catches the viewers eye.

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Squire Hamilton

I recently met John Carson who plays the squire in Hammer's PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES. A true gentlemen - he signed my copy of HOUSE OF HAMMER magazine , Squire Hamilton!

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