A.B.F.M. Magazine® 7th Annual Online Halloween Group Exhibition! October 01-October 31, 2026
Part of a daily drawing challenge in October 2024, the prompt of the day was "BEAST"; this is what I came up with.
Chad Savage (he/him) was a dark artist from the moment his pudgy little hands were able to set crayon to paper. He was the kid who loved Halloween better than Christmas, rooted for Godzilla and Dracula, and really worried his Southern Baptist parents. It was very clear early on that Chad wanted to celebrate Halloween 365 days a year.
With a degree in illustration and graphic design and 30+ years' experience drawing/designing for the horror genre for both print and web, Chad got his wish. Halloween, for him, is every day. His company, Sinister Visions inc., provides web design, print design, illustration, sound design, font design, and more for the horror, Halloween, and haunted attraction industries. At any given time, Sinister Visions manages dozens of dark websites; odds are you've already seen some of them.
Chad's artwork has appeared in (and on the cover of) numerous books and magazines and garnered awards from the same. His original fonts have appeared on books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, and in movies. Besides running genre sites like ChicagoHorror.com, HauntedHouseChicago.com and PumpkinCult.com, he is the Art Director and Lead Designer for ZombieArmyProductions.com, annual horror/haunt convention FlashbackWeekend.com, and all of TransWorld Trade Shows' conventions, trade shows and tours. His company Sinister Visions proudly sponsors numerous dark genre events and projects.
Chad currently lives and works in South Bend, IN, with his family and 3 chihuahuas.
For his graphic and web design work website, visit www.sinistervisions.com
I was never afraid of the dark as a child. I was, however, often terrified of what might have been hiding in it. In my mind’s eye I pictured strange and fantastic creatures, sometimes beautiful, often grotesque. At a very early age I began to try to capture the images in my mind on paper, and I’ve never stopped.
There is a place in this world for the bizarre. There is a time for the twisted. Anyone who doubts this needs only look at the success of such visionaries as H.R. Giger, Clive Barker, Michael Parkes, or even Stephen King. It’s no secret that the most conservative person, given the opportunity, will thrill to tales of the dark or the sight of blood.
To my thinking, things grotesque and sinister are not without their own unconventional beauty; the most hideous spider may spin the loveliest web. My work is an argument that ‘dark’ is not synonymous with ‘evil’; that there is nothing to fear in the night if you make it your own. After all, there is no light without the dark to define it.
This is what I’m about.
This is what my art is about.
This is Chad's first time exhibiting at the A.B.F.M. Magazine® Online Halloween Group Exhibition, and he is featured in our artist directory on the website.
Support and contact Chad Savage through the links below.
Email: savage@sinister.me
Graphic and web design work websites: www.sv23.com and www.sinistervisions.com
IG: www.instagram.com/savagesinister
@savagesinister
Published JST, Thursday, October 01, 2026