“Friday the 13th” by JoseRealArt
Welcome to our ongoing series spotlighting original horror creations. The first piece we have is an illustration titled “Friday the 13th” by JoseRealArt on DeviantArt. Be sure to read out exclusive interview with the artist as well.
What was your inspiration for “Friday the 13th”?
I would say the Friday the 13th saga itself. I’ve been rediscovering the classic horror movies with a friend and always feel very attracted to the “killer with a mask” theme. There’s something on the inexpressive and mysterious about a mask that makes me feel terrified and seduced at the same time, and there isn’t more iconic mask than the Jason one.
What sort of tools did you use for the piece?
Photoshop and a Wacom Cintiq tablet. I used to be very “traditional,” I started with a small Bamboo tablet but felt digital was messy and I wasn’t happy drawing on the tablet and looking to the screen. But then I jumped to the Cintiq and it was great. It was a little hard at first drawing on the screen itself, but like a canvas its faster once you got the hang of it.
Do you have any projects you are working on?
Yeah, I’ve been working for a comic book publisher in Dubai and have a few small projects here and there. Keep an eye out for them.
Do you have any particular horror themes you like to explore in your art?
I’m a huge fan of H. P. Lovecraft stories for a long time and been working on a comic book anthology of short tales in my free time. Besides that, I’m very influenced by horror in general, the dark spaces of the world, and the human nature.
Do you have any particular horror films/books/movies you particularly love?
In my youth I was all over Stephen King (like all the edgy guys at my age) but nowadays I’ve been reading more science fiction. Regarding movies, it’s really difficult to choose just one, but would say Hellraiser, for me has all the elements: demons from other dimension and disgusting latex effects. Another personal favorites are Re-Animator and The Return of the Living Dead. More recently I loved the weird atmosphere of Hereditary, but It Follows blew my mind and its on my favorites list now.
Have you ever experienced something supernatural? Anything you would like to experience?
In my adolescence me and my friends used to mess around with Ouija, abandoned houses, and stepping into graveyards at night. We had a few strange and scary moments but probably those moments were just the results of hormones and nervousness of the moment. Today when I hear or feel something odd I always think it’s the mind playing tricks on me.
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So here is our last installment of our AI journey exploring the idea of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad wolf being one and the same. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva. Feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this exploration if you missed them.
A non sequitur I know, but I couldn’t resist. If you picked up where we left off you’ll get it.
Seriously?! Again with the cropped off head cop out…
Finally! That was a journey. And not even worth the result, in my opinion.
Anyway, here is a bonus montage I made out of a bunch of additional Red Riding Hood prompts for an article that never happened…
Prompts for Montage:
1.) What if Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf were one and the same being?
2.) Her wolf face peering out of her red cloak, fangs dripping with the blood of another victim, lost in the forest and never found.
3.) Little Red Riding Hood closes in for the kill, lunging from her red cloak, her wolf fangs dripping with blood.
4.) I am Little Red Riding Hood. I am the Big Bad Wolf. I am coming for you.
5.) Howling within, the rage sears forth from the red cloak, discarded in the deep woods. Red Riding Hood succumbs to the lycanthropy.
6.) Heaving breaths. Dripping blood. Red Riding Hood is not what she appears. She is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
7.) Her red cloak masks the fangs hidden below the surface.
8.) It starts with a long sighing breath. Waiting. The wolf within stirs.
9.) Red Riding Hood trembles. She succumbs to the lycanthropy.
10.) The wolf bursts forth from within. It takes over Little Red Riding Hood’s mind, her body, her being.
11.) Red Riding Hood howls. She is ravenous with hunger for blood. The wolf within has taken over. Mind, spirit, body. She feasts on the blood of the moon.
12.) Big Bad Wolf Red Riding Hood ravenous blood moon feast
13.) Blood moon beckons. I. Little Red Big Bad Riding Hood Wolf. Freedom howling night curse.
14.) Beware. Bewolf. BeRedRidingHood. Betwixt. Beyond.
15.) I pad quietly as the forest dissolves around me. Red Riding Hood and Wolf, one and the same.
16.) Wolf within howling dark recesses of the mind, Red Riding Hood lost
17.) Red Riding Hood HOWL wolf bane true existence polymorph within-and-without.
18.) Red howl Riding Wolf dark existence brooding within
So thank you for joining us on another AI art journey. You can still catch the last AI art journey on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
Continuing our AI journey from last time exploring Little Red Riding Hood herself as the Big Bad Wolf… All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
How very… Phantom of the Opera predatory… this is definitely not what I had in mind. Maybe something more cutesy?
Ugh. Maybe not.
Wow, that seems like such a cop out, cropping off the head so you don’t have to depict it. And I don’t want to lose the Little Red Riding Hood reference completely.
So no surprise there, I knew that was too many references to work.
And we continued to devolve, join us again next week for the final installment to see how this ended… And again, if you want to catch the last AI art journey, you can find it on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
And as promised in Big Bad Poetry, we shall embark on our next AI journey, this time looking at Little Red Riding Hood. I had wanted to depict her as the Big Bad Wolf one and the same, although maybe not so big nor bad. But it just wasn’t happening quite as planned. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
So I actually like this even better than my original vision, it is playful and even a bit serene (especially given the Sinister style). The wolf is just being a wolf. It’s quite lovely, really. But it wasn’t what I had in mind, so I revisited the idea later to see if I could get that result…
Well, that’s not quite right…
Yeah more of the same…
And as you can see this is starting to devolve quickly. Join us again next week to see how this continued to develop… And if you want to catch the last AI art journey, you can find it on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
