Stephen Gammell Artwork

[@davidneal2692]

Love your work,so inspiring,dark and beautiful

[@Tenfey]

The image at 2:27 kept me up as a kid, but the little animation added will keep me up as an adult.

[@sepillon677]

2:27

[@deliman]

excellent song selection.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

The pictures were scarier than the stories lmao

[@IheartFreedom]

Totally remember these. Those books scared the crap out of me.

[@Rashaed]

1:41; 1:45 and 2:21. Burned into my brain since 1990!

[@CharlieTooHuman]

2:26 DUDE, Not cool!!! LOL

[@dvillisback]

Charlie To0 Human yeah that got me too. Easily stephen’s best peice of artwork. But when it looks at you, spooooky

[@cance7984]

1:45 THAT ONE scares the living daylights out of me.

[@sethraelthebard5459]

If the imagery of H.P. Lovecraft could ever be truly brought to life, Stephen Gammell would definitely be a contender to do it. Anyone agree? H.R. Giger is gone (RIP) but he definitely grasped Lovecraft's work as well.

[@Kamina1558]

That'd be kind of interesting...It'd be a change up to the artwork that is out there.... plus, I feel like he would leave Cthulu alone and focus on his other stories and creatures...which would be great.

[@baumhauer8887]

The music goes along perfectly with the pictures.

[@ErasmusFleet]

It's amazing how he manages to get exactly what's in his minds eye onto paper. You cant do something like this without a clear image, and sure strokes, this is absolutely perfect!

[@KipelovCCCP]

My god Gammell is just a beast with pencil, I mean to get so much mood and atmosphere across like this isn't easy. Can't believe I read these as a kid.

[@Drivebyedesign]

2:26 when you see a spider on your desk.

[@xxrawrbaby]

sweet thanks

[@ZoSo1973]

I came for these horrifyingly nightmarish pictures, but I came WHEN I heard black sabbath.

[@fancyhorse7407]

These books... Stories: typically not that scary Illustrations: good old fashioned nightmare fuel

[@mogstah]

This artwork is what has fueled my nightmares for years- the usage of undefined shapes- almost just a ghost-like dream world of surrealism filled with long dripping (almost blood-like) liquids, hairs sprouting out of nowhere and long tendrils stretching across immeasurable distances. I've always been fascinated his work- like many others, i read these books as a kid, and just these illustrations alone were enough to floor me in terror.

[@VulpeRenard]

I have no clue how this was suitable for young children. I owned all of these books as a child and the pictures gave me nightmares for months. I couldn't even bring myself to read the stories because of how scary the artwork was. Of course, the stories were nowhere near as frightening and even served to make the pictures more bearable. This guy's illustrations came straight out of nightmares.

[@AaronBowley]

One of the best artists ever ever ever , it’s so twisted I love it forever

[@jamlym4974]

Creepy but beautiful pictures. I hope someday I can draw or paint like that.

[@gilbertgotfried]

That's the picture I worked my hardest to avoid as a child. The rest of them were at the most unsettling. That one disturbed me. Still kinda does.

[@cultescapee8740]

Such a shame they released new editions of the Scary Stories with DIFFERENT artwork -_-

[@cance7984]

+CultEscapee87 Tell me about it. Thank goodness I own two copies of the original editions so I can keep them for posterity.

[@Kamina1558]

I think they rereleased or are rereleasing Scary Stories with the original artwork..

[@Kamina1558]

Which would be great...I need to get ahold of the 3rd volume....Idk where it went...could of sworn I had it...but, aw well...

[@TearsofaGhost]

Loooove this artwork. After I read through the books once, I used to get the books from the library over and over again and just look at the pictures. The pictures are what made those books. And omg at like 2:26 when the picture moved it scared me so much you have no idea.

[@toughmanrandysavage3077]

This guy truly knew how to draw some scary shit. It's a shame they don't print his pictures in the scary stories books. His pictures where what made those books scary now they are just lame

[@markscool33]

tbh stephen's artwork scared me more than the stories.

[@menslady125eif2590]

You know, you can contact KZbin and have them let the audio back on.

[@comgeek24]

2:55-that asshole was burned into my memory

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

This is probably what Demons really look like.

[@duantorruellas716]

There's another gammall as well. This dark work here reminds me of Goya . Very nice .

[@GeorgeEastwood-u4j]

2:20 POV: your mother found out a secret and its not good....

[@jdaywork2693]

He did a few other books too. One called Halloween Poems by Myra Cohn Livingston and another called Where The Buffalos Begin by ?

[@shivers1231]

THAT PICTURE MOVED!!! O_e

[@ComradeBornath]

If only he had been born earlier. Imagine how much more terrifying H.P. Lovecraft's work would have been had Steven Gammell illustrated for him.

[@MolotovCTail]

0:37 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!

[@tygorgon3334]

Wasnt born when this shit came out, my mom just told me about the books

[@moneymandate]

This artwork kept me up countless nights when I was younger, it's very surreal, like a vivid nightmare

[@OonaCanute]

I remember these drawings scared the hell out of me 15 or 20 years ago. They're still really freaking terrifying. Thanks for posting this.

[@mabiniss2]

These pics used to scare the shit out of me. I used to get nightmares, now I'm 17 and I still feel a nightmare coming on!! This guy is like Stephen King meets Death who meets an artist. Just creepy as hell!!!!

[@jamiejude]

His art is the imagery to my nightmares and im somehow super attracted to it

[@Flip86x]

They reprinted Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with different artwork. That is sacrilege. Stephen Gammel is the man. Also, If you like Gammel you'll also like Ralph Steadman. They have similar styles.

[@toddbruno7984]

R.i.p Alvin Schwartz 1927 1992 The author of SCARY STORIES to tell in the dark

[@SlimyboyDave]

Just got the re-released box set from Urban Outfitters. It's with Gammell's original masterpieces! There have been several Harper Collins pressings throughout the years along with the hardcover "Scary Stories Treasury" from Barnes n Nobles. All these pressings have the original art, only the presentation and covers are different.

[@DustinSmith796]

Didn’t they change the covers on the books now?

[@morbidgod]

I was gonna press the mute button and play Burzum to match the artwork because I was expecting some lame song to come on... but then I heard Black Sabbath instead, nice choice. This song matches the pictures pretty well too. This guys artwork is pretty good.

[@mentalholocaust]

Fucking amazing.

[@thcu]

what's the name of the song?

[@youisiaint]

The wolf at 3:57 always scared the hell out of me...those lopsided human eyes and teeth are what did it I think. Also that decapitated head at 3:20

[@Abigore]

anyone know where i can find a bigger picture of 3:53?

[@dvillisback]

Thomas Anderson hmmm not sure. Ill have a look

[@sharkcross92]

The books were pretty creepy but the artwork is what made the books the stuff of nightmares

[@ambermarie230]

in LOVE with this , this is so rad

[@chaunceyhulbert2711]

I love the song

[@comgeek24]

Oh, yeah, and 2:54, too. Another reason why I'd hide my Scary Stories book late at night, but not so I couldn't find it the next day, when I wouldn't be so scared to read it. Those eyes on the drawing at the end were creepy, too.

[@meinutm9925]

Qui est là grace a Daenis

[@icanliveforever1243]

this is amazingly done but at the same time you do realize that there are other ways to fade to a new image besides a page turn animation, right?

[@CrabJock]

I put this together almost a decade ago, and I used movie maker to do it quickly. I have since moved on to Sony Vegas for editing and such.

[@icanliveforever1243]

well it's still really well done

[@MrCaptaingeech]

I saw a young girl a few weeks ago reading Scary stories at work (I'm a server) and commented on how the left a lasting impression on me as a child to the point that I could almost recite every story from memory. I didn't mention that every illustration haunted me (in the best of ways) when I asked if I could flip through the young lady's book for nostalgia. Unfortunately I found out some sellout douch named brett hellquist managed to replace Stephen Gammell with shiite uninspired artwork.

[@arkyboy1991]

Happy Halloween!

[@ErasmusFleet]

Oh, and the lighting! It really just puts you in the nightmarish moment.

[@Kamina1558]

I love how his work and subject matter is so naturally creepy.... Theres a lot of artist that set out to make there work creepy, and it ends up looking forced.... I wish Stephen Gammell would do a documentary, or write book, or do a video showing his process when it comes to art and drawing...I would love to hear something from the man himself about his work...hell even, how he achieved it...

[@youisiaint]

The sad thing is he's probably heard this question a thousand times and is tired of hearing it. I've always wondered how he does it too, it seems like he has little regard to symmetry and perspective but at the same time can make something so 3-dimensional it seems to jump off the page...

[@summermotley9475]

this is cool i love it how you made it move!

[@baileypontius7520]

I absolutely love his drawings

[@MsGracieCatherine]

I love Stephen Gammell. He taught me true fear through his illustrations when I read these stories as a child. The stories weren't even scary--it was the nightmarish, surrealism that came through these drawings. Everyone is doing Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali and Vincent Van Gogh for their art presentations but I'm glad to say I'm doing Stephen Gammell. I'm for sure putting this in my powerpoint. Thanks!

[@arkyboy1991]

labeld an illustrator but i call him my fav artist of all time i would love to just take a gander inside his head its an awesome talent to draw your own imagination for others to see praise God.

[@Duskk8]

1:32

[@artpipe]

[@lynnlamb83]

This still scares the shit out of me!

[@MajickDemoniack]

@SergeantLuke Best. Reply. Ever.

[@TheRealChacho]

Hahaha @ 2:24

[@VIMaggotVIBrainzVI]

Yo fuck the WMG, seriously. Planet Caravan actually went really well with this artwork montage.

[@rustygal171]

2:26 WHAT THE HECK. that one picture! really!? scariest thing ever!

[@xxrawrbaby]

at about 00:49-50 who remembers what story that is? it wa smy favorite, and i forget the name D:

[@pooper4]

I remember whenever I used to read the story about Harold the scarecrow, I could just imagine Harold's lifeless body galloping on the roof of the house with sick unhuman movements. That story always freaked me out. I liked to run through cornfields until I read that story.

[@Beartallica86]

I use to get the creeps on the 2:20 picture when I was a kid. I still remember the story pretty well about it too. About a priest going into a haunted house and the girl's ghost tells him that the man that killed her goes to his church. To find the killer, the priest puts her finger bone in the charity basket and when the bone snags a guy's hand, he was the killer. Creepy shit.

[@Obsidus]

Stephen Gammell and Francis Bacon are my two favorite artists, the similarities between the two should be obvious.

[@hiltinberg]

how he came up with these, is beyond me!

[@mabiniss2]

1:52 That story was actually hilarious. 1:56 Story was okay, but pic is very intriguing and extremely unsettling. 2:20 Is FUCKING SCARY AS HELL. I have the anthology and the book has that pic in the cover. Scary as hell. Whenever I saw it, I would cover it up with something.

[@Apocalyptikai]

that's one of the scariest ones. i feel you

[@comgeek24]

Ok, you officially suck for creeping the royal fuck out of me with that little animation of the woman in "The Dream" (2:28)...which is why I kept going back to it. Thanks for posting!

[@hiltinberg]

a lot of them have wierd little strings things that look like roots everywhere

[@XXn1927]

thanks for these! like walking down memory lane. im still deciding which one of these to get as a tattoo. 0:23 1:23 2:41 probably this one 3:47 3:52

[@9zipzapcx]

I still have the collection of these stories and yeah, the artwork always intrigued and scared the hell out of me, yet I couldn't help looking at them. I agree, "The Dream" woman was scary, and now the added animation gave back that feeling when i bought my first scary stories book. Imagine what it would be like tripping on acid while watching these...

[@Fudgaboutit]

Fucking excellent video.

[@MajickDemoniack]

@ 1:49 OH MY GOD WTF *IS* THAT THING?!?

[@ericberner]

When I saw 1:52 in 5th grade, It was like i'd never seen anything scary before..until just then. Thank god I talked mom into letting me keep the book.

[@CanwllCorfe615]

I LOVE Scary Stories!! I have the box set and I still read them

[@gilbertgotfried]

I honestly think that's a baby.... Can't remember.

[@comgeek24]

I could never look at 2:02 for very long. So creepy...

[@geothetwo]

2:26 was messed man

[@cxcarmic]

how can he draw like that?

[@DustinSmith796]

The Horrifying version of Salvador Dahli

[@gilbertgotfried]

@Sneep29 You too? Aww, man that's kind of a relief. I remember being really proud of myself when I read the story.

[@Lieblingsfachful]

1:44 I think the caption pretty much sums up every subject Stephen Gammell draws.

[@mrgrinch09]

Great video. Stephen Gammell is one of my favorite illustrators. I love all of his artwork. Anyone who likes these illustrations should check out his color illustrations in children's books like "Old Black Fly", "Monster Mama", and "Song and Dance Man", which he won a Caldecott Medal for.

[@ericberner]

@deliman Deffinitly. Awesome to see this stuff of nightmares from my childhood again!

[@o0LanternLight0o]

1:53 my favorite =)

[@ahstarkweather]

Way to go WMG. Stick it too 'em...with emphasis. Wankers

[@qualestorm2112]

the one at 2:54 gave me nightmares when I was little

[@LordTalon99]

1:53 Unless I am mistaken that was the picture that went along with Oh, Susannah. That story kept me awake for nights! Creepiest story I have ever read right after The Shining.

[@PsychoJosh]

No no NO NO NO FUCK NO AGGHHAAHGGHHHH

[@hiltinberg]

OHHH shit it moved! that scared the hell otta me!

[@GasmaskAvenger]

@MolotovCTail actually, we should burn those who decided to give the books new artwork