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Shannon Stamey

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Professional freelance traditional artist and illustrator. Golden Age, fantasy, horror, pulp, film. Human playlist. French fry enthusiast. Just making pictures and lattes during the Apocalypse. COMMISSIONS OPEN. No AI. patreon.com/octoberillustrations

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Prelim sketch to finished artwork.
Oil on canvas. 25”x36”.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 1h

In the midst of other half-finished things, I started my playlist for Sugar Bug Parish tonight. This is just my first sitting. There’ll be more of these.
For each project I start, I make a playlist that I only listen to as I work on that specific project. It helps my brain adjust and focus.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 7h

#portfolioday
All traditional works from 2007-2025
Pencil, oil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor on paper, canvas and wood.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 1d

August Gallows: Over the Moon
2023.
Graphite and charcoal on watercolor paper.
25.5”x35.5”.
All the white areas are exposed paper. I started with a charcoal base and erased my highlights as I worked.
Currently on display at Animazing Gallery in Las Vegas.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. It was a (mostly) fun shoot and the piece turned out nicely.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · May 2

How I turned myself into a bog witch:
1. Setting up the reference shoot.
2. The reference shoot. Probably 20-30 shots. In costume, ‘acting the character out’. Sounds so pretentious.
3. Preliminary sketch. This is where I flesh out the character and give them their identity
4. Final artwork.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · May 17

Vampire doll. 2022.
Pencil, ink and charcoal on paper. 3”x5”.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Aug 12

Headless Horseman sketch.
2012.
Watercolor, pencil and ink on paper.
11”x14”.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Moon and June.
2007.
Charcoal and pencil over oil on paper. 18”x24”.
Still one of my favorites I’ve done.
I’d like to do some more Ziegfeld Follies-style work again soon.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Jan 18

Hoggle. 2024.
Pencil and oil over watercolor wash on paper. 11”x14”.
#art #drawing #labyrinth

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Apr 25

Worms Headley. 2023.
Charcoal and pencil on toned paper. 11”x14”.
With details.
I should get paid to illustrate more zombies.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · May 13

Early stages of August Gallows: Over the Moon.
2024.
I laid down a charcoal base and work with graphite over that, using an eraser for the highlights instead of white pencil.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 1d

Gold.

Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · 1d

Roland Loch in the Dead Star Forest. Study.
2022.
Pencil and marker over charcoal on toned paper.
11”x17”.
SOLD.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Apr 10

Luna. 2019.
Charcoal on newsprint.
18”x24”.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Stage. 2002.
Pencil, oil and pastel on paper.
12”x18”.
24 year-old me was just finding my legs as a self-taught illustrator and this was a piece that helped shape a lot of work that came after it.

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Shannon Stamey @wsstamey.bsky.social · Sep 12

Green Halo Absinthe.
2024. SOLD.
Pencil and oil on paper. 18”x24”.
With details.
The only thing in oil is the outer green border. Everything else is rendered in Derwent lightfast pencil with some of the tiniest flecks of white in the wings, hair and sugar cube in ink.