Ten More Horror Artists You Need To Follow Right Now

After the first Ten Horror Artists You Need to Follow Right Now post, a lot of people messaged me saying they’d discovered new favourites, which is exactly what I wanted. There are so many incredible creators out there working in horror art that one list was never going to be enough.

So here’s Part Two: The New Batch! (Gotta love a Gremlins reference! Haha). Each artist has their own distinct style, approach, and way of twisting horror imagery into something that appeals to us, dark souls. Some lean into folklore, some go full cinematic poster art, and others explore the strange, surreal, and uncomfortable.

If you’re into dark art and the kind of imagery that sticks in your head long after you’ve scrolled past, you’ll want to follow every single one of them.

Megan Majewski (aka Dead Kittie)

Megan Majewski’s work under the moniker Dead Kittie seduces you first with dream-like, pop-surreal visuals and then reveals a ghastly core of dark art. Her acrylic on wood paintings reference childhood iconography, storybook innocence, and then warp it: ghostly animals, haunted toy-like figures, and landscapes that feel like fairytales gone very awry. She occupies that sweet spot between nostalgia and nightmare, perfect territory for someone wanting horror art with a more fine art touch. What really resonates is how she explores decay, memory, and the lingering presence of what used to live (or thought it did). Check out Dead Kitties' work HERE.

Jeremy Caniglia

We are about to get all high-brow up in this motherf****er right now! Jeremy Caniglia is an American figurative painter whose work harks back to the master painters of old. Although his recent paintings feel like they are moving towards more traditional figures and themes, but a large portion of his work is striking dark art pieces and portraits, infused with an activist's voice. Children with gas masks, people shrieking in terror at an unknown foe, and the dark artist's favourite muse throughout the ages: skulls! Jeremy proves that dark art doesnt just have to be pop culture fan art, or blood-soaked gore. Any voice can live within horror art and make it their own. You may have to dig a little deeper online to find Jeremy's dark Art, but the treasure is worth the effort! To see Jeremy's work, click HERE!

Sam Shearon (aka Mister Sam)

Sam Shearon is the kind of dark artist who moves across various media: album covers, comics, book covers, and fine art. Hailing from Liverpool and now based in Los Angeles, his influences span horror, science fiction, cryptozoology, and the occult. Sam has worked with big-name clients (Rob Zombie, Iron Maiden, Slayer). He has a deep personal obsession with monsters, folklore, and the unexplained. You will have definitely seen his H.P. Lovecraft art floating around the interwebs. Sam's work is rich for inspiration if you’re into creature design, creepy tableaux art, and folklore mythology. Creepy, but illustrative, Sam's work was summoned up by the creative gods of old to sit right on your mantelpiece or wall. I mean, how else are you going to let your neighbours know you pray to the altar of Lovecraft? You can see Sam's work HERE!

Les Edwards

A legend in the horror/fantasy illustration world, British illustrator Les Edwards (often using the pseudonym Edward Miller) has been working since the 1970s. He’s known for book jackets, magazines, and game art, and has won multiple awards throughout his career. Les's mastery of atmosphere, composition, and lighting in horror illustration has led him to create art for John Carpenter's The Thing and Clive Barker's Nightbreed. In studying his 'Red Period' (focused on gore) vs. his later 'Blue Period' (mood and color), you’ll see the evolution of genre art that stands the test of time. Just Google his work to bring up some of the coolest art in the genre, from Stephen King adaptations to every horror artist's favorite 'Lovecraft', throw in some sci-fi, a dash of 70s fantasy romance, and you've got one of the most prolific horror art portfolios to date! Check out Les's work HERE!

Glenn Chadbourne

Hailing from Maine, USA (yes, that Maine). Glenn Chadbourne has been illustrating horror and fantasy since the late 1980s, including book covers for horror publishers like Cemetery Dance. Obviously, you can't mention Maine these days without mentioning the elephant in the room that is Stephen King. And im sure every King fan will be glad to know that Glenn doesnt slack in that department, with plenty of inspired works and covers. But King aside, Glenn has some of the most interesting and characterful horror art that I've seen. What stands out is his sense of humour mixed with stark horror, a willingness to lean into the absurd and grotesque, but with real craft and childlike glee. You can see Glenn's work HERE!

D. W. Frydendall

Working in horror comics and illustration, D. W. Frydendall is lauded for his creature design and creepy comic book art similar to the EC comics of old. Not content with one medium or style, Frydendall dabbles in painting, black and white illustration, colour art, band art, comic art, tattoo art, and the list goes on! It does mean that his portfolio feels less cohesive than some of the other horror artists on here, but damn, im pretty sure he must have made a deal with the devil for all the skill! Check out his work HERE!

Konstantin Andreev

Based in Moscow, Andreev’s work plays with dark humour, surreal horror, and a visual aesthetic that is both cute and deeply unsettling. His 'cute-but-creepy' aesthetic pulls unsuspecting people in, then surprise unsettles them with weird monsters and sharpened axes. Andreev's success isn't just the work, but how he presents it to the world. Pulling back out of the frame, he lets us see the outside world, his pad, his pen, and little details that connect with the ink-drawn horrors on the paper. Check out his work HERE!

Enzo Sciotti

We can't have a top ten horror artist list without adding at least one absolute giant in the horror movie poster world. Step forward from the dark, Enzo Sciotti! Enzo is an Italian illustrator who has created over 3,000 horror movie posters and video covers! From 70s schlock, through 80s classics and beyond, Enzo has created a huge amount of those horror movie posters that are burned into your brain from childhood. Demons, Evil Dead, Critters, The Beyond, Near Dark, House by the Cemetery...I could go on and on! he is, without a doubt, a master of the horror poster. Check his work out HERE!

Christopher Lovell

Christopher Lovell is an artist from my home country, and one whom I am completely in awe of! His style features rich detail, deep shadows, expressive compositions, and draws on a love of ’80s horror & sci-fi. His insanely detailed work covers most horror and dark art genres, with original and iconic movie IPs. Like other artists on this list, Christopher's work leans into folklore, giving us crow-covered skeletons and hooded cult like figures. But, as always, the show stoppers are the horror movie poster art, including original artwork of all your favourite slashers and 80s horror movies! To see Christopher's work, click HERE!

Aleksandra Waliszewska

Time to add some European class to this goddam list. Aleksandra Waliszewska is a Polish painter whose work draws heavily on Slavic folklore, particularly the myth of the upiór (a folkloric vampire creature). Her paintings frequently feature haunted female figures, mythic landscapes, and a blend of art-renaissance composition with dark, folkloric horror. Aleksandras work feels like it should been painted 200 years earlier, and hung on the wall of a decaying castle. As I've mentioned before, it doesnt always have to be bright colours and pop culture references, dark art, in any medium and tone has the power to move anyone! To see Aleksandras work click HERE!

Once again, we come to the end of another downright amazing list full of horror artists and some bloody (pardon the pun) good work! If those 10 horror artists just arent enough, then feel fee to check out y horror photography work HERE!

Signing Off, Stay Creepy!

Clinton.