“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Acrylic on board.
“With the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.”
The text of the story can be found here .

From 'The Call of Cthulhu' by H.P. Lovecraft

This scene is from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. The main character is Jean Valjean, a reformed and saint-like convict, who served 19 years in jail for stealing bread. Throughout the book he rescues several people, all while trying to avoid recapture for breaking parole. Jean is incredibly pious, and is known for being very strong.

The book is set in early 19th century France. In this scene, Jean Valjean carries a wounded young man (Marius) away from a battle. To escape the pursuing soldiers, Jean Valjean carries Marius through the sewers of Paris, eventually finding his way through to safety.

I took my own reference, then painted this in watercolor.

The huge Martian tripod "Fighting Machines", begin their advance and attack on Victorian London. Buildings and all resistance were devastated by the machine's, lethal "Heat Ray" and all inhabitants killed by a chemical weapon, the "Black Smoke".

H G Wells, The War Of The Worlds. First published in 1898.

My scene is from the George Orwell classic, "Nineteen Eighty Four".

Winston Smith is captured by the Thought Police and taken to the Ministry Of Love for interrogation by Inner Party member, O'Brien.

After many days of torture he is finally taken to the dreaded Room 101. O'Brien tells Winston the room contains, "the worst thing in the world!" Here the prisoner comes face to face with their deepest fears and phobias. Winston's greatest fear is rats.

A contraption containing starved, and now hungry rats, is fastened to his face. This ultimately breaks Winston. He confesses all his crimes and accepts, welcomes and decrees his love for Big Brother.

From Victor Hugo's classic novel, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

This is Quasimodo, the deformed, hunchbacked bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral. Shortly after being crowned the "Pope Of Fools", on the day of the "Festival Of Fools" in Paris 1482. Back in his bell tower sanctuary in his beloved Notre Dame, amongst the gargoyles he considers his friends.

From Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita'
In this scene the devil have come to Moscow, and in order to observe the Moscovites he puts on a show of black magic, posing as a magician.
There are among other things heads removed from bodies (and put back) money falling from the ceiling and free fashionable dresses for the ladies that later vanishes in to thin air.

From the story of Little Red Riding Hood. It used to totally creep me out when I was little.

Digital Illustration Coursework.

Moses told this story in the Old Testament.(Bible)