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Delineationes ex obscura paginae parte. Drawings from the dark side of the page.

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I

Grimorium Grimoire

Atramentum, scalptura et umbra. Preme tabulam ut aperiatur. Ink, scratch and shadow. Click any plate to open it.

Horned figure seated cross-legged beneath a great eye held between two hands, surrounded by stars — Tabula I plate I

Bishop with a crosier standing before a stained-glass window among candles — Tabula II plate II

Mushroom cloud rising over a ruined city — Tabula III plate III

Robed figures holding hands around a blazing light in a forest — Tabula IV plate IV

Skull and ribcage overgrown with flowers and leaves — Tabula V plate V

Face sinking beneath dark rippling water — Tabula VI plate VI

Crowned winged woman rising from flames above a coiled serpent and a demon skull — Tabula VII plate VII

Shadow with glowing eyes framed in a doorway — Tabula VIII plate VIII

Gaunt figure pressed against a tree under a full moon — Tabula IX plate IX

Woman encircled by a ring of white light — Tabula X plate X

Three pale-haired women weaving threads of light — Tabula XI plate XI

Figure climbing a high wall at night beneath a bright moon — Tabula XII plate XII

Tentacled, horned entity with wings, glowing star at its base — Tabula XIII plate XIII

Screaming woman with hair turning to flame — Tabula XIV plate XIV

Horned creature devouring under falling stars — Tabula XV plate XV

Hooded monk cradling a skull among hundreds of candles — Tabula XVI plate XVI

Skeletal hooded figure with a staff before a halo — Tabula XVII plate XVII

Goat-headed deity enthroned beneath a crescent moon — Tabula XVIII plate XVIII

Woman riding a great goat beneath a crescent moon and stars — Tabula XIX plate XIX

Giant skull sprouting mushrooms — Tabula XX plate XX

Horned goddess holding a skull among the phases of the moon — Tabula XXI plate XXI

Grinning devil moving pieces on a board — Tabula XXII plate XXII

Snarling wolf-man crouching in darkness — Tabula XXIII plate XXIII

Towering wicker figure before a crowd in the mist — Tabula XXIV plate XXIV

Crouching creature with a gaping toothed maw reaching into a bowl — Tabula XXV plate XXV

Hands raising a chalice to a grinning mouth — Tabula XXVI plate XXVI

Woman curled within white flames — Tabula XXVII plate XXVII

Creature emerging from an occult sigil circle — Tabula XXVIII plate XXVIII

Antlered hare in a misty field — Tabula XXIX plate XXIX

Pale woman floating in a black void — Tabula XXX plate XXX

Crowned ascetic seated on a rug with a spear and banner, a camel and pyramid behind — Tabula XXXI plate XXXI

Winged whale flying over a broken city — Tabula XXXII plate XXXII

Figure on temple steps before a great stone door — Tabula XXXIII plate XXXIII

Dark moose emerging from the night — Tabula XXXIV plate XXXIV

Wooden church engulfed in fire — Tabula XXXV plate XXXV

Stone gate with fire raging beyond the bars — Tabula XXXVI plate XXXVI

Swirling luminous orb in darkness — Tabula XXXVII plate XXXVII

Bearded man reading by candelabra light — Tabula XXXVIII plate XXXVIII

Blindfolded figure among sunflowers — Tabula XXXIX plate XXXIX

Crouching figure conjuring light among water lilies — Tabula XL plate XL

Woman lit by beams rising from an open book — Tabula XLI plate XLI

Three dark figures floating above a lake — Tabula XLII plate XLII

Nude dancer in a corona of white light — Tabula XLIII plate XLIII

II

Motus In Motion

Delineationes quae spirant. Drawings that breathe.

Rubedo the reddening

III

Codex Codex

Atramentum in charta alba. Black ink on white paper.

Winged bull-headed demon holding a goblet of wine — Folium I folio I

Winged lion with a flaming crown — Folium II folio II

Horned sorcerer with a staff upon a crocodile — Folium III folio III

Lion-headed figure holding a key — Folium IV folio IV

Winged horned goddess rising from water with a trident — Folium V folio V

Winged serpent-tailed demon — Folium VI folio VI

Demon king on a throne with a sword — Folium VII folio VII

Armoured warrior with a spear in a burst of light — Folium VIII folio VIII

Armoured rider before a castle — Folium IX folio IX

Statue of a stag-headed man on a plinth — Folium X folio X

Ink drawing of a human skull — Folium XI folio XI

Line sketch of a crowned serpent woman — Folium XII folio XII

Line sketch of a crowned winged figure upon a coiled serpent — Folium XIII folio XIII

IV

Colores Colour

Pittacia, programmata, involucra. Labels, posters, wraparounds.

Reindeer Republic: a rotting reindeer bellows before a yellow moon in a blue forest — Reindeer Republic — pittacium circumdans wraparound label

Lepra Beer Fest poster: green-faced soldier before a red sun over a field of purple bones — Lepra Beer Fest — programma poster

Skeletal green creature amid bones and acid colours — Ossa coloribus picta bone study, colour

Magenta pyramid under a red sun between green ruins, the ground made of purple bones — Lepra — involucrum the wraparound

Bliss-Tex Willer label: a grinning cowboy in a yellow coat in a frontier town street — Bliss-Tex Willer — pittacium circumdans wraparound label

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Evoca Summon

Opera locanda: pittacia, programmata aliaque tenebrosa. Open for commissions: labels, posters and other dark work.

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