von Kowen

Edgar Allan Poe – the king of all things macabre is shown here with a couple of ravens, a skull, and all those pretty geometric shapes and other stuff I like to put in my designs…

Luna moths are a reflection of our lives and remind us of how short our time is here. They always remind us to make the most of our life and live it to the fullest.

There's no Lack of Void - is a quote from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. I loved that play. Also, skulls and eyeballs are awesome.

...a positive message from a dead punk

My palms don't usually speak, but when they do, they have nothing smart to say :P Palmistry is cool and magical, I like the idea of it.

This is my Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror fan art. It shows Count Orlok standing in the doorway. It is done in my style, with added geometrical shapes and some skulls for the dramatic effect. A skull always makes a design more interesting!

This is another one of my fake tarot card designs. It could actually be two of pentacles, but Tentacles of Pentacles rhymes and I couldn't resist the opportunity! It is skulls and skeletons and crescent moons and some moon phases... All the elements that make the design my own! In occult and divinatory usage the suit of coins, that may alternately be known as "Pentacles", is connected with the classical element of Earth, the physical body and possessions or wealth. Coins as a Latin suit represent the feudal class of traders, and therefore to worldly matters in general. Associated physical characteristics include dark hair and eyes, dark complexion, and sturdy build.

A skull portrait of Vlad Tepes aka Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler, a Romanian hero.

there is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal.

In 1991, over 2,000 jellyfish polyps were blasted into space to test how they reacted to the lack of gravity. Those jellyfish reproduced in space, creating over 60,000 jellies, but the space-bred jellies weren't able to function properly when they returned to Earth. Also, there is a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal. Bonus fact: this artwork was inspired by a jellyfish sting that hurt like hell...

Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania. Vlad employed extremely cruel measures to inspire fear in those who opposed him. He earned his nickname by impaling his enemies on stakes.

Moon phases and a two-headed snake.

Edgar and some creepy cats, artwork dedicated to The back cat, an amazing story I love very much.

Vukojarac (literally translated wolf-goat) is a mythological being that consists of many animals. There are a lot of descriptions of this being, but I have tried to stick to the description from the famous Croatian TV show “Prosjaci i sinovi” (Beggers and sons). The beast has a wolf head with billy goat beard and horns, bear hide, ox/cow eyes. It has four different legs – one is of a goat, one of a wolf, one of bear and one is a (donkey?) hoof. There’s one devil or demon poking out of every hair on its body and they are laughing at the misery of people. Vukojarac did not hurt people but seeing one was considered a bad omen. There are also reports of werewolves turning into Vukojarac. This creature was only seen in and around Imotski.

The black cat was the first story I read by Edgar Allan Poe. I made this creepy looking Poe skull portrait dedicated to that story about death and guilt.

Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania. Vlad employed extremely cruel measures to inspire fear in those who opposed him. He earned his nickname by impaling his enemies on stakes.

A doughnut from HELL!

Ancient Egyptian inspired design. A scarab beetle with wings and a sun disc.

I sure hope this is not my present! Eww!

I'm fine, splendid, top notch, feeling so good, doing great, totally OK - never better! - there is a big chance you told these lies too. Terry the ghoul is here to say: IT IS OK NOT TO BE OK!

Two very evil-looking death moths with skulls and eyeballs engaged in a sort of dance of death... danse macabre.

Its a dangerous looking bee!

A human skull surrounded by wild roses.

Just Terry the Ghoul, on his vacation, chilling, eating EYES-cream

It's a tooth fairy! A creepy tooth fairy who IS a tooth and looks like it's really into black metal for some reason.

Pun intended... Yes, it's a weird kind of dad joke pun, but bad jokes are sometimes the best jokes. If you like puns as much as I do, you'll love showing off EYES COFFEE design around! Also, It's Terry the Ghoul's favorite beverage. Horrorlicious! Goretastic! Kinda lame, but that's what the angel wings are for!

Baba Yaga, or Baba Roga, even Ježibaba in some Slavic countries, was an evil witch that looked like an ugly and frail old woman who lived in a forest cottage that stands on chicken feet. She is wicked and vicious and preys on ones who get lost in the woods. Serving a similar purpose like the boogeyman, Slavic parents have freaked out their children for generations: "If you misbehave, Babaroga will kill and eat you at night"... or something like that. She was a true nightmare fuel! I really enjoyed designing her evil-looking chicken feet cottage, because she was a big part of my own childood growing up.

So... I'm saying it again: mermaids are not nice, they don't sing happy songs and play with lobsters, they don't grow legs to dance with pretty guys or whatever - mermaids are horrible monsters that lurk men into their deaths. This one I tried to make extra killer and creepy, giving her a plague-doctor-mask-face and horns and tentacles and a human skull to hold... and super disturbing eyes. I can see her starring in a horror film or something...

Dreaming of death in the sunflower field

Just your avergae froggy flvoured icecream...

A death Moth Swarm forms a beautiful pattern :)

Just a bunch of roses and bloody skulls.

Bob Xenobonez recreating the classic scene from Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the iconic1922 movie. Well, count Orlok has survived the Sun this time.

Bob Xenobonez is exploring art of Earthlings, recreating American Gothic, an iconic painting by Grant Wood. Why R'yleh? Well for the glory of Cthulhu, of course!

It's Bob Xenobonez starring in homage to The Scream, artwork that was originally created by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. Since then it became a classic and everyone loves it! The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. Bob is an alien from a faraway planet called Exoboner and is here on Earth to learn about our history and art... and art history! He's finding out about Skrik, but it is hard for Bob for a lack of bottom jaw makes it very hard to scream.

The Birth of Venus (Nascita di Venere) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably made in the mid-1480s. This beautiful painting depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown. This is a von Kowen version of it, starring Bob Xenobonez, who is obviously a little shy.