Wizard World Philly This Weekend

I'll be participating in the Artist Alley once again at Wizard World Philly. I'll be at table 1808 pimping my shiznit as usual. Stop on by and say hi.

Wizard World Philly will be held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

www.WizardWorld.com for more info.

New Artwork and Website, Another Convention Added

Just uploaded a new piece entitled AGELESS, which you can check out to the right. The piece is also available as an 8.5 inch by 11 inch print. Visit the Store section to purchase yours.

JenniferBrozenske.com is a newly designed and hosted site by Grendel's Den Design Studio. It's the Internet presence of opera singer Jennifer Brozenske, who's been a big supporter of Grendel's Den for years. Go and check her out!

Grendel's Den Design Studio will indeed be at next month's Midwest Haunters Convention! This massive Haunted Industry trade show will take place the 13th, 14th and 15th of June at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Stop on by table 612 and visit us!

Photos from Eastern Haunters Convention

Got back yesterday from the first ever Eastern Haunters Convention which was held in the Philadelphia area this weekend. Check out all of the pictures for the spooktastic fun here.

New Logos, Web Sites and More!

Things have been pretty busy here at Grendel's Den Design Studio. The convention season is well on its way (look to the right under APPEARANCES for dates), new book covers designed, new sites built and new CD media designs. Here's an overview:

Zombie Monkey Projects - The site has been totally overhauled into a weblog that covers all sorts of creepy, freaky and generally odd things for folks like you and I. This change was due to the fact that ZMP was no longer organizing events on a regular basis. So instead of trashing the entire thing it was given a makeover. You can visit the PORTFOLIO page to view the new logo.

Philly Frights - Philly Frights is an upcoming project that will be a resource site covering all things horror, haunt and generally spooky in Philadelphia and its surrounding region, which is sorely needed. A launch-date has not been set but I can say that it will be this year. You can visit the PORTFOLIO page to view the new logo.

Dancing Ferret Discs - There are some new CD designs that were created for Dancing Ferret Discs:

• Rewind by Sunshine Blind is a two disc release with reissues of the albums Liquid & Love the Sky to Death


• Mo-Do's Eins, Zwei, Polizei is a limited edition (1000 copies) collector's EP that brings Mo-Do's best-known tracks to an American audience for the first time.


• Information Society remastered and will be releasing Don't Be Afraid v.1.3, which also includes two bonus tracks.

Orgy of Souls - The hardback edition will be available later this year. It will be signed (tip-in sheet bound with book) and limited to only 350 copies, half of which are in line for me to sign and the other half is ready to go... as you can see from the picture below.

Orgy of Souls

I just uploaded the cover design for the upcoming book Orgy of Souls (by Maurice Broaddus and Wrath James White) into the Gallery. The book is available for order at Apex Publishing and is available in hardcover and trade paperback. Only 350 copies of the hardcover will be produced, each signed by the authors and myself as well as numbered 1-350.

Here's a one of the reviews:

"ORGY OF SOULS is a gripping tale of two brothers whose lives have taken radically different paths — but those paths intersect via some surprising twists and turns. With raw prose, vividly drawn characters, and a chilling touch of the occult, Broaddus and White draw you in and belt you right in your emotional gut."

--Stephen Mark Rainey, author of BLUE DEVIL ISLAND and THE LEBO COVEN

M is for Monster

Just uploaded a new piece - M IS FOR MONSTER. You can view the entire piece to the right.

New Prints Available

There are three new 8.5" x 11" prints available - Gimme A Kiss, The Horned God and Portrait of Krampus. You can buy yours in the Grendel's Den Design Studio Store.

Planet Lovecraft Magazine

Newly launched Planet Lovecraft Magazine not only features my piece Gimme A Kiss on its cover but also has a very swank interview with me inside. You can buy your copy by visiting their website store!

Portrait of Krampus

What better way to celebrate the upcoming holidays than with a Krampus portrait! So here's a new piece - PORTRAIT OF KRAMPUS. You can view the piece to the right.

There will be a 16" X 20" framed, limited edition Digital Fine Art Giclee (1 of 10) on display at the Talleyville Frame Shoppe and Gallery for the opening reception of "CREEPY CHRISTMAS". I'll be there for the opening and you should be too. This group show features a variety of styles and media all focusing on dark tales of the holiday season including Christmas ghosts, Krampus, The Snow Queen and more. Refreshments and Toys for Tots raffle.

When:
Friday, December 7th at 5PM

Where:
Talleyville Frame Shoppe and Gallery
3625 Silverside Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19810

Philcon Art Show and Panels

I'll once again be participating in the Phicon Art Show, which is this weekend.

I'm also on three panels this year, though one of them is more of a meet-and-greet. Here's the information for them:

Fri 8:00 PM in Parlor B (1 hour)
ART IN THE TECHNO AGE (410)

[Panelists: Robert Kauffmann (mod), D.E. Christman, Onezumi
Hartstein, Ray Ridenour]

The blending of art and technology is more and more commonplace.
Can artists even work without their computers anymore? Has the
digital world overtaken the traditional paintbrush. Artists
discuss the latest trends of these two world colliding into each
other, and what techniques they use now to create their art


Sat 1:00 PM in Salon 10 (1 hour)
LIVEJOURNAL MEETUP (389)

[Panelists: Hugh Casey (mod), Jennifer Williams, Nikki Cohen, D.E.
Christman, Helen Thompson]

A meet and greet for fans, guests, and pros who participate in and
use LiveJournal! Meet the people behind the usernames


Sun 12:00 PM in Freedom G (1 hour)
BUILDING A WEB PRESENCE FOR FREE (460)

[Panelists: Nathan Lilly (mod), D.E. Christman, Jonathan Maberry,
David Louis Edelman]

Web resources available and how to find them without paying for them.

More information on Philcon can be found on the Philcon website.

Featured on Ectomo

I'm an avid reader of the sprocket filled, tentacle-loving blog Ectomo, which came into being after the Wired blog Table of Malcontents closed down. It's filled with all sorts of odd little tidbits of coolness - in a Lovecraftian meets Steampunk kind of way. And today's posts had a nice little surprise for me. They featured not only the Creature Double Feature gallery exhibition at AxD Gallery, but my art is the headlining portion of the article. Check it out!

I guess I've moved up somewhat on the blogspear. Swank.

New Gallery Show: Creature Double Feature

I will be participating in the gallery exhibition entitled Creature Double Feature which will be held at AxD Gallery here in Philadelphia. The exhibition runs from October 5th through November 3rd. Opening reception will be held on October 5th from 5PM to 8PM.

Other artists include:
Gabriel Turner Bryne, Austin Dodson, Mike Manley, Tom Whalen, Michael Broderick, and Kimberlee Traub.

265 S. 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-627-6250

Visit the AxD Gallery website for more information and directions.

Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and Other Oddities)

I just uploaded into the Gallery five new illustrations, each for the upcoming book Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and Other Oddities) by Lucy A. Snyder. The book is available for preorder at Creative Guy Publishing for only $10.00 for a limited time to US customers, and just a few more dollars for Canadian and European customers.

Here's a few reviews:

"Lucy A. Snyder first rocketed onto my reading radar a number of years ago with such cyberzombie stories as 'Your Corporate Network and the Forces of Darkness' and 'Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes.' It was apparent from the first time I read these stories that Snyder had a gift for using horror to write satire. (She) creates some of the funniest zombies ever."
- Green Man Review

Tangent Online has reviewed a couple of the stories in this collection:

"'The Great Vüdü Linux Teen Zombie Massacree' by Lucy Snyder is a hilarious romp through the state of Texas in a world gone mad ... one laugh effortlessly follows the other."

"Snyder, like her Linux gangs, has taken a dead body (in this case, cyberpunk) and fused it with the latest elements of science fiction to tell a story which is funny, dark, and cheerfully absurd."

"'Graveyard Shift' is Lucy A. Snyder's whip-smart and darkly funny take on the latest hot employee group, the dead ... Laced with jet-black humor, this is a great story and a great world to read about, if not live in."

The Horned God

Just uploaded a new piece - THE HORNED GOD. You can view the entire piece, as well as a detailed view, to the right.

New Designs

There are some newly uploaded designs, check out the Portfolio page to see them.

Grendel's Den is Alive and Well

No, Grendel's Den Design Studio didn't go anywhere. But we did experience server issues, which has been fixed. We're running all smoothly now and apologize for any inconveniences.

SkullRing.org Interview

I've been interviewed by the fine folks at SkullRing.org, a horror review and interview blog. You can read it here.

Wizard World Philadelphia

This upcoming Friday, Saturday and Sunday (June 15, 16, 17) I will be participating in the Artists Alley at Wizard World Philadelphia. You’ll find me at table number 1605-A pimping my swag which will include fine art prints, some limited edition Giclée Prints and copies of the limited edition book "The Problem with Mickey" which I did the cover for. I may also dig up some other swag I’ve worked on if I can find them. So stop on by and pay me a visit.

Also, one of my favorite models will be attending as well – Sally-Rouge. She’ll be lending a hand with the fine folks at the Philcon table. I haven’t officially asked her yet but I’ll see if I can drag her over to my table for a while and maybe have her sign a few prints of "What’s Cook'n", which she modeled for.

You can find information on ticketing, programming and more at the Wizard World Philadelphia web site.

See you there,

Dave

Renovations to Grendel’s Den

As many of you can tell by now I’ve overhauled the entire Grendel’s Den web site as well as my LiveJournal and MySpace profiles. I began working on this about five months ago because the overall structure of the old design was no longer a good representation of what I do nowadays.

One of the first things you’ll probably notice is the lengthening of the site name from simply Grendel’s Den to Grendel’s Den Design Studio. There are a lot of reasons for doing this but the biggest is that I am in fact doing far more than Fine Art and illustrations now. I’ve expanded into web design and development, web hosting (you heard right, hosting), print design, media packaging design… you get the idea. Today Grendel’s Den has grown into a full fledged design studio.

For me this is a big step in that I’ve come to the realization that I’ve made it to one of the points I wanted to be in my life- Doing work I love as my own boss. Not to shabby for someone who started this journey only seven some-odd years ago.

So please take a look around the new Grendel’s Den Design Studio and let me know what you think. Visit some of the latest pages like the Web Hosting Services and the Models page, as well as those familiar pages like the Services, Portfolio and Gallery pages.

New Site Design

I'm uploading the new site design for Grendel's Den. So if things are a little wonky just check back in a moment.