The Hectical Inkerie is an online gallery of my dark ink work. I started drawing skulls and such during junior high school in Joliet, IL. I was and still am inspired by the heavy metal album covers and grotesque imagery of artists like Pushead, Derek Riggs, HR Giger, and Mark Riddick. Most of the drawings on this site were done between 1999 and 2000, during my final 2 years at the Kansas City Art Institute. Visit Michael Herring Design to see my other design and illustration work.