Perfect for Halloween this week, today we're looking at the dark creatures of Serbian artist Nikola Matkovic. After a five-year detour into 3D and mobile games, he has gone back to his original artistic passion: depicting things that go bump in the night.
With a gritty, traditional approach to digital art, Nikola says he hopes to help viewers find beauty in dark places through his illustrations. Below, he shows us three key pieces that he sees as having shaped his artistic journey and tells us a little about them. If you're inspired to create your own dark and atmospheric art, see our picks of the best digital art software and the best drawing tablets (Nikola works in Photoshop and Procreate).
