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New Art for Electronic Saviors Benefit Show

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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Just finished up two new pieces for the Electronic Saviors Benefit Show taking place at Digital Ferret. Each will be available for purchase and I will be donating all of the proceeds to the foundation.

CURSE THE CHEMICAL
CURSE THE CHEMICAL - 2010

RADIATE THE SHADOW
RADIATE THE SHADOW - 2010

You can visit GrendelsDen.net to view a larger version of both pieces.

Event starts at 6PM and goes until 10PM.
Digital Ferret
732 South 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 925-9259

Jim Semonik, organizer of the benefit project, will be speaking about his experience with cancer and answering questions.

MUSIC LINE UP:
+ Terrorfakt (NYC)
+ Rein[Forced] (Pittsburgh)
+ Patricia Wake (Pittsburgh)
+ Group Art show w/ 22 Artists
+ DJ’s Isaac Cesium 137 + Mighty Mike Saga
+ Q & A with Jim Semonik

Other Participating Artists:
Adam Wallcavage, Alex Eckman-Lawn, D.E. Christman, Delia Gable, Evi Numen, Hush, Joseph Beaulieu, Justin Duerr, Kencredible, Kyle Cassidy, Larry West, Matt Wabals, Mike Saga, Mike Scott Whitson, Mike Wohlberg, Nicole Boitos, Nikki Sneakers, Paul Romano, Paul Thorson, S. Jenx, Stefanie Pierpoint

Sponsors & Giveaways:
Metropolis Records, Digital Ferret, Passional Boutique, Philly Goth Industrial, Culture Asylum Magazine, Crash Bang Boom, Salon Sugar, Renee Masoomian, Mighty Mike Saga

EVENT COST: FREE ADMISSION
(Although please bring $$$ for Art + Music to help raise money for cancer research and to support the bands that are contributing their time and energy. Thank you!)

Upcoming Shows for 2010

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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Here’s the current list of conventions and events you’ll be able to find Grendel’s Den Design Studio at for the 2010 season. Follow the link to the event’s website for further details. There will be more added as we get farther into the year.

Zombie A Go-Go Rock N Roll Art Show: February 13, 2010

Wicked Faire: February 19-21, 2010

Ravencon: April 9-11, 2010

National Haunters Convention: April 29-May 2, 2010

Steampunk Worlds Faire: May 14-16, 2010

Tor.com Article on GDDS

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

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G. D. Falksen of Tor.com wrote a fantastic article on my artwork as a part of their “December Belongs to Cthulhu”, a month long series relating to the Lovecraft Mythos. You should go and check it out, or the tentacled thing-that-cannot-be-described from Vhoorl will eat your brains.

New Art: CONSTRUCT

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Just finished up a new piece entitled CONSTRUCT.

CONSTRUCT - 2009

New Projects Added / Philcon Schedule

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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I’ve just added a long list of various projects to GrendelsDen.net, including work for Information Society, Platform one, Dave Ghoul, and Shadowland Lancaster. To see all of the new stuff just browse through GrendelsDen.net.

I also just received my guest schedule for Philcon, Philadelphia’s annual science fiction, fantasy, and horror conference. You can check it our below.

Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza V (Five) (1 hour)
THE SCIENCE OF ZOMBIES (19)
[Panelists: Ty Drago (mod), D.E. Christman, Jonathan Maberry, Michael D. Pederson, James Prego]
Are there any scientifically plausible theories for reanimation

Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza II (Two) (1 hour)
ZOMBIE JAMBOREE (100)
[Panelists: Tony Finan (mod), Michael Swanwick, D.E. Christman, James Chambers, Jonathan Maberry]
Jane Austen spinning in her grave. The current fascination of all things zombie

Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza V (Five) (1 hour)
STEAMPUNK ART: WHO’S DOING IT AND WHY WE LIKE IT. (121)
[Panelists: Kyle Cassidy (mod), D.E. Christman, Thomas Nackid]
A discussion of steampunk artists

Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
YOUR INTERNET PRESENCE AND YOU (132)
[Panelists: Rob Balder (mod), Ray Ridenour, Dusti Lewars, Walter Hunt, D.E. Christman]
Maybe you’re an author who wants to use their website for promotional purposes. Maybe you’ve started a blog. Or you could be an IT professional with on online resume. What should you know, and be concerned about, regarding your presence on the Internet

Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
THE BUSINESS OF ART: MARKETING & PROMOTION (115)
[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), James Harknell, Heidi Hooper, Alan Beck, Sally Wiener Grotta]
Online marketing and promotion. Ways to create a professional web presence

Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza V (Five) (1 hour)
DRAWN TO THE DARK: THE APPEAL OF HORROR ART (113)
[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), Mark E. Rogers, Kyle Cassidy, Thomas Nackid, Hartstein Onezumi]
What draws artists to do horror art? What draws fans to love these images of gore and creepiness.

Upcoming Show: Nov. 6th

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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I’ll be participating in a two person show, with the opening reception this Friday. Details are below.

Friday November 6th, 2009
Strange Creations - A Steampunk Art Show

Strange Creations – A Steampunk Art Show
Talleyville Gallery
3625 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE
See site for details

Work In Progress

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

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Since I’ve had a lot of work over the past few months I haven’t really had the time to make any proper updates to GrendelsDen.net. But you can expect to see all of that new material soon; artwork, promotional materials, music packaging designs, websites… yeah, there’s a lot to add. In the meantime though, to keep your morbid interests, here’s another look into a piece of artwork in progress. Enjoy!

Work In Progress - 10/14/2009

The Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I’m a big fan of Edgar Allen Poe, which I’m sure you would have guessed easily. So it comes as no surprise then that I was happy to find out that the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas now houses a rather large digital archive of manuscripts and letters created by Edger Allen Poe. Named The Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection (shocker, I know), it was launched to accompany the 2009 Poe Bicentennial exhibition, “From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe,” and includes the manuscripts of “The Domain of Arnheim,” “The Spectacles,” and some of Poe’s most famous poems, letters written by and to Poe, books belonging to Poe (including the author’s annotated copies of the Tales and Poems and Eureka), sheet music for songs based on Poe’s works, and various portraits of Poe. The Koester Collection was acquired by the Center in 1966.

Most of the collection from the exhibit once belonged to William H. Koester (1888-1964), who lived in Baltimore and began collecting Poe items in the 1930s.

Solomon Kane Movie Trailer

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

And yet another movie trailer. This one being the film adaptation of of one of my all time favorite Robert E. Howard characters, Solomon Kane. In my book Solomon Kane is more bad-ass than Howard’s more popular character, Conan the Barbarian. Yeah, I said it. The guy in the Quaker hat kicks more ass than the musclebound worshiper of Crom.

The film’s story -

Solomon Kane is a 16th Century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him. Determined to redeem himself, Kane swears to live a life of peace and goodness but is forced to fight once more when a dark power threatens the land.

The film is written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, and stars James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige and Mackenzie Crook.


Solomon Kane – Trailer

Paranormal Activity Trailer

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Paranormal Activity, from Paramount Pictures, looks like a fine little fright film in the same realms as The Blair Witch Project (hopefully with far better acting though). The film’s story sounds pretty fun -

A young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban “starter” tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

The film is directed, written and produced by Oren Peli, and stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat.

There’s no dates for the film to show in the Philly region, but there is a “Demand It” feature that you can use to let Paramount Pictures know you want the film to show in your town. So yeah, let’s get this thing to play in Philly.