News & Updates from Grendel's Den Design Studio

Upcoming Shows for 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +0000

Just finished up a new piece entitled CONSTRUCT.

New Projects Added / Philcon Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000

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
Talleyville Gallery
3625 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE
See site for details

Work In Progress

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:14:00 +0000

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!

Fangoria Feature

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Ben Smith from Fangoria.com's blog has a great article on Grendel's Den Design Studio, which you can read here.

I personally wanted to thank Ben for the feature. I greatly appreciate it.

Gary A. Braunbeck Portrait

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:31:00 +0000

The author that I was creating a portrait for is one of my all time favorites - Gary A. Braunbeck. The piece is finally completed and you can check it out in the GDDS Gallery.

There's also some new promotional material designs in the GDDS Print Section.

Work In Progress

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:04:00 +0000

I rarely show one of my art pieces before they're finished, but I am so damned happy with the progress of this one thus far that I have to show it off. This is an author's portrait, sans author right now since I don't want to let the cat out of the bag as to who it's for. I will give you a hint though - They're an award-winning author. Ha! Like that really narrows it down, right.

Upcoming Group Show / New Art and Design

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:41:00 +0000

I'll be participating in the group showing OBSCURA / Catwalk Tragedy, a two day event taking place on Friday May 1st and Saturday May 2nd at the The Trocadero Theatre here in Philadelphia. There will be various performances including Live Not on Evil and Rigor Mortis Review and a few photography book releases. I'll be there for the first night OBSCURA so be sure to come out and support local Philly creativity.

I've uploaded a couple of new things: A new print design for the upcoming event Power Strip Festival, which takes place July 10th and 11th at the The Trocadero Theatre. There's also new a new piece of artwork entitled "FINAL CUT", which is also available as a print!

National Haunters Convention This Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:44:00 +0000

This Friday and Saturday I will be participating at the National Haunters Convention, which will be held at the Valley Forge Convention Center. You can catch GDDS at booth 1105 so be sure to stop by. I'm also running a seminar "Building Your Online Presence", which will take place on Friday at 9:00AM.

ISP Outage

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Verizon, my Internet Service Provider, is experiencing outages throughout the Philadelphia region today and doesn't expect to have things back to normal until 1:00 PM (EST) today. This means that my online access will be sporadic until Verizon has this issue fixed later today.

Ravencon Cancellation

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Unfortunately I've had to cancel my appearance at next month's Ravencon. Even though I won't be there I highly suggest that you check it out. It's one of the better SciFi cons on the East Coast in my opinion.

Two New Projects Added To GDDS

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:52:00 +0000

I just added two new projects to the site:

The website design for VignetteNoir.com, which was created for the very talented artist Calyn Williams.

The promotional design for 2009 Philly Zombie Crawl, which is organized by the zombielicious PhillyZombieCrawl.com.

Be sure to check them both out!

New Site Design for Grendel's Den Design Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:26:00 +0000

I decided that this site needed a major makeover, so here we go, a nice and new design for Grendel's Den Design Studio. It's more business focused so it will be easier for you to find information on all of the services that are offered. And the overall back-end is more streamlined so things should run faster. Please take a look around and if you happen to find anything wonky please let me know.

Away from Office Today (3/4)

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:46:00 +0000

One's chances of being selected for jury duty are vastly higher than winning the lottery. Guess which one I got? I will be serving jury duty for the city of Philadelphia today, Wednesday, March 4th. I will not be available via any means until later tonight. If you need anything you can email me at dave@grendelsden.net and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Wicked Faire This Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:58:00 +0000

Grendel's Den Design Studio will be attending this weekend's Wicked Faire. Our table will be located in Salon F / G, so please stop on by and say hello. For those not in the know, Wicked Faire is a large three day event that is part Ren Faire, part Alternative Music festival, part scifi con - it's an event for all things nerdy.

Wicked Faire takes place at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, New Jersey. The event runs from Friday at 2:00pm to Sunday 5:00pm.

The Hanover Marriott
1401 Route 10 E
Whippany, NJ
Go here for a Google map and to get directions.

WICKED WINTER - Dead of Winter Art Show (2/6/09)

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:37:00 +0000

WICKED WINTER, Dead of Winter Art Show

Show Dates - February 6th to 28th
Opening Friday February 6th, starting at 5pm
With live performance from The Young Werewolves (8pm)

The Artists:
D.E. Christman
Asia DeVinyl
Steve Ellis
Ric Frane
Bombshell Mandy
Kristen Margiotta
Wendy M.

Talleyville Frame Shoppe & Gallery
3625 Silverside Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19810
(302) 478-1163

Happy Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:53:00 +0000

Everyone have a happy holiday, whatever that holiday is you celebrate. Thank you all for making this year a memorable one and here's to a swank new year to come.

Two New Websites

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:56:00 +0000

There's two new websites that have gone live:

DJKiltboy.com - Philadelphia DJ that specializes in Dark Alternative music.

DaveGhoul.com - My professional DJ and event promotions site. I perform under the name Dave Ghoul.

So if you need a spooktacular DJ for you clubnight or event, check them out.

Scheduled Server Maintenance Tonight

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:12:00 +0000

Just a heads-up that the GDDS server will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance tonight at 11:00 PM EST.

The server will stay online during this time however all GDDS websites will be unavailable for an estimated 30-45 minutes. During this time an unbranded, generic "Under Maintenance" page will be displayed instead of the website content. Once finished all GDDS websites will be back online.

2008 Philcon Progam Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:31:00 +0000

Below is the schedule for panels I'll be participating in during Philcon, which takes place this upcoming Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ARTISTS (102)

[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), Alan Beck, Sally Wiener Grotta, John Picacio]

Technical stuff we love to use to creating our art.

Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
SCARY PICTURES! WHAT IS THE ALLURE OF HORROR ART? (105)

[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), Joseph L. Bellofatto, Jr., Alan Beck, Diane Weinstein]

Why artists want to make horror art, and why people love it

Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
WHY HORROR IS NOT DEAD (71)

[Panelists: Dina Leacock (mod), D.E. Christman, Sara Harvey, Jennifer Williams]

Despite the naysayers and the disappearance of the category in some bookstores, it's still out there. Why?

Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
THE BIG, BAD ZOMBIE PANEL (141)

[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), Tony Finan, Jennifer Williams, Matt Black]

BRAAAAAAAINS!

Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
BEYOND ILLUSTRATION: ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SELL ART. (106)

[Panelists: D.E. Christman (mod), Emily Kwait, Ruth Lampi, Heidi Hooper, Ray Ridenour]

Prints, T-shirts, Collectibles, Web Comics, Subscriptions, other ways to sell your images beyond book cover illustration

Happy Halloween Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:22:00 +0000

Happy Halloween to everyone out there! Here's to a spooktacular day!

New Logo Designs

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:18:00 +0000

I just added a bunch of new logos, all of which you can find in the Portfolio section of the site.

Digital Ferret Art / Music Event - Sept. 26th

noreply@blogger.com (Dave) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:35:00 +0000