Looking for a way to cope with the hard days of 2020, Canadian multi-media illustrator Mark Gagne started this marvelous ongoing series of illustrations of cute and creepy creatures populating somber pictures. He smartly titled it ‘Inked Photography’.
I’m a multi-media illustrator from Ontario, Canada, and during the last couple of months, I’ve been blending my two favorite mediums together into this series I call “Inked Photography.” A few things inspired me to create this series: First, to channel my anxiety into a new artistic area of expression. So many of us are struggling to cope with this tumultuous year, and art is my therapy. Second, I’ve always been fascinated with the deep dark forests of the world and the strange creatures that might dwell within. Who knows what lurks beyond the veil of our reality? Third, to perhaps make some statement with these creatures about how we’ve made a real mess of this planet. If these creatures did exist, I can’t imagine they’d be very pleased with the damage we’ve done.
Mark Gagne
More info: Website,  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (h/t: Bored Panda).
The Guardians At Dusk
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (1)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-1.jpg)
Spirit Tree
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (2)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-2.jpg)
Such Curious Critters
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (3)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-3.jpg)
Scavenger
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (4)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-4.jpg)
Migration Of The Guardians
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (5)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-5.jpg)
Mom… those Things Are In My Room Again
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (6)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-6.jpg)
Will You Reach The Axe In Time?
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (7)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-7.jpg)
They Suddenly Appeared In The Mist
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (8)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-8.jpg)
Captive Audience
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (9)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-9.jpg)
I Think You Woke Them Up
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (10)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-10.jpg)
House For Sale, Haunted Graveyard Included
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (11)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-11.jpg)
As One Guardian Dies, Another Awakens
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (12)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-12.jpg)
We Don’t Dare Go Near The Grimsley House
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (13)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-13.jpg)
Mommy… there’s Something In The Attic
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (14)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-14.jpg)
The House Is His Now
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (15)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-15.jpg)
Crisis Of The Spirit Stags
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (16)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-16.jpg)
The Tree Is Alone, But Not Lonely
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (17)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-17.jpg)
Should We Let Him In?
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (18)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-18.jpg)
Watching And Waiting
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (19)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-19.jpg)
He Casts A Long Shadow
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (20)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-20.jpg)
The Stain Of Pain
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (21)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-21.jpg)
They Came Out Of The Walls
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (22)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-22.jpg)
We’ll Stop For Water Elsewhere
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (23)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-23.jpg)
Their Spirits Rise At Sundown
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (24)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-24.jpg)
We Have A Terrible Mold Problem
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (25)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-25.jpg)
The Eldritch Portal
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (26)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-26.jpg)
The TV People
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (27)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-27.jpg)
They’re Just Standing There… Watching Us
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (28)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-28.jpg)
Shaggy Shamblers Always Travel In Threes
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (29)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-29.jpg)
The Splintered
![Inked Photography Somber Pictures Populated With Cute And Creepy Creatures By Mark Gagne (30)](https://visualflood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/inked-photography-somber-pictures-populated-with-cute-and-creepy-creatures-by-mark-gagne-30.jpg)