The Memento Mori Studies

by Tom Lee

pulvis et umbra sumus

we are but dust and shadow

A gathering of dark and gothic things, drawn in ink and aged with traditional tea-staining techniques: chapels gone to ruin, vampires, and bones that outlast us all.

Mortis Signum — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Mortis Signum ink & tea wash
Her Familiar — pencil & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Her Familiar pencil & tea wash
Bare Bones — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Bare Bones ink & tea wash
Elder Bough — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Elder Bough ink & tea wash
Dracula's Bride — pencil & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Dracula's Bride pencil & tea wash
The Lurch — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
The Lurch ink & tea wash
Quiet Bones — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Quiet Bones ink & tea wash
The Harvest — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
The Harvest ink & tea wash
Victorian Anatomy — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Victorian Anatomy ink & tea wash
The Thirst — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
The Thirst ink & tea wash
Mortal Glass — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Mortal Glass ink & tea wash
Blackchapel — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
Blackchapel ink & tea wash
The Pale Collector — ink & tea wash drawing by Tom Lee
The Pale Collector ink & tea wash