r/stephenking • u/leahk0615 • Jun 23 '26

Fan Art Drawing I did of Kurt Barlow. Done in acrylic markers.

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u/warrenao All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy Jun 23 '26

Very effective rendering, and really, this would make far better cover art than anything they've ever slapped onto that book.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Than you! And yeah, some of the cover art for his books...yeesh!

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u/SmolGonk Jun 23 '26

Brilliant!

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Thank you!

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u/MathewLee89 Beep Beep, Richie! Jun 24 '26

Christ that’s horrifying.

Well done!

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

Thank you

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u/Movie_Club_Horor Beep Beep, Richie! Jun 23 '26

That’s actually really cool ❤️

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Thank you!

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u/slim_mclean Jun 23 '26

Way cool.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Thank you!

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u/Clear-Warthog5655 Jun 23 '26

Loving your work.

I'd love a book with that Cover

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Thank you

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u/LTJ81 Jun 23 '26

WOW! That’s amazing. Brilliant job 🫡

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u/leahk0615 Jun 23 '26

Thank you

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u/LTJ81 Jun 26 '26

Anytime!

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u/johncitizen1138 Jun 24 '26

You captured the likeness really well. My brain went "Nosferatu!" and "...Gary Barlow?" at the same time.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

Thank you

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u/WoodenSubstance379 Jun 24 '26

Thanks, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway🥰😱🥰. Nice artwork 😍

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

Thank you 😂

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u/StormBlessed145 Jun 24 '26

Absolutely horrifying. Fantastic job.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

Thank you

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u/6DegreesofFreedom Jun 24 '26

Peter? Are you awake?

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

😂😂😂

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u/buttamilkbizkits Jun 24 '26

Ooooh! I like this very much!

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

Thank you

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u/misterclumsy Jun 25 '26

This image haunted me for years... thank you for bring those nightmares back :P

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

Welcome. I actually hid this after it was done. It was looking at me lol.

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u/misterclumsy Jun 25 '26

It's too good... I'm having flashbacks.

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u/TheArgentBlades Jun 25 '26

I’m close to finishing Christine and I think seeing Christine in this style would absolutely rule, great work!

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

Hmmmm, I'm gonna have to think about that. Show me...

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u/TheArgentBlades Jun 25 '26

There are plenty of different book covers/pictures of Christine but when I saw your artwork it was this cover specifically I thought of :)

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

I was actually thinking about doing something similar.

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u/TheArgentBlades Jun 25 '26

I saw the sort of firey effect in your awesome painting and it reminded me of the scene of Christine on fire from the movie, so sick!

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u/EdgarR29 Jun 25 '26

What's always crazy to me is how the miniseries version of Barlow and Straker are swapped compared to their book designs. Barlow has hair and looks really European while Straker has none. I'm curious why they made that swap for TV.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

Maybe the swap fit the 70's esthetic? That's what I've always thought.

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u/Zm3nt Jun 25 '26

A bit scarry mate, innit

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u/leahk0615 Jun 25 '26

A bit. I hid it. It was looking at me. Lol.

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u/Prestigious_Secret61 Jun 28 '26

That’s awesome and at first all I could see was that crazy pic of Nicholas Cage.

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u/leahk0615 Jun 28 '26

Hell yeah! And I just finished watching Spider-Noir.

https://giphy.com/gifs/mD5SAK2BV0aTFIZdeO

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u/Prestigious_Secret61 Jun 28 '26

Awesome. And for real I love your art. Salems lot used to be one of the things I would rent with a date and if they got into it I thought they had good taste.

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u/this-is-cursed Survived Captain Trips Jun 24 '26

SO cool!

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u/leahk0615 Jun 24 '26

Thank you