I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
I decided to try and crush my fear of markers with this one. The fear isn’t completely crushed, but I’m learning more every time I use them.
I also did something I don’t normally do in Photoshop. After I scanned the page in, I didn’t try to get the paper as white as I usually do in other scans. I think it looks just right with an antique-y sort of tone.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
I’m liking how this one turned out, although it started out a little iffy. It originally started as a spider web with a bunch of little spiders, but it was just awful. That’s when I started filling it in as bats, and that worked out a whole lot better. You can still see the lines that made the spider web, but I kind of like them in there.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
A spider for today. I think his right eye is a zombie eye, but I can’t be sure.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
I drew this little guy this morning in about five or six hours. I think his jack-o-lantern face probably turned out as cute as he is.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
Today’s idea was a witch. She was supposed to be doing a Pete Townsend kind of jump with her broom as the guitar, but it kind of looks like she’s making a running start to take off.
Whatever works.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
Here’s a flying monkey for today. If anybody can tell me what flying monkeys have anything to do with Halloween, I’m listening.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
I drew a few pumpkins this time. I’ll have to give them some color eventually, but for now, they’re all graphite.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
My new version of Nosferatu. I drew it in ASKetch again, but this one turned out so much better than yesterday’s. I took a little extra time before I started drawing to read through how to use the tools (duh).
Very, very easy app to learn, and I’m satisfied with the results. The only thing I would want to add is layers. I like to experiment as I go and duplicating the image to experiment on a new version doesn’t really work the way adding layers does for me. I know the app is primarily for sketching an idea so, really, no complaints about the results. The charcoalish strokes are just so beautiful, you want it to be a final!
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
For Day 4, I thought I would draw Nosferatu, mostly because I had never done that before. I also wanted to draw it on my iPad in ASKetch, partly to practice with the app, but also so I could work on it while I was on breaks at work.
I didn’t get a whole lot of break time, and I struggled a little with the app today for some reason, so he looks very unfinished to me. I’m thinking on digging into the Help files of the app and maybe work on another version of him tomorrow. If not him, then something else in the app. I just feel like there’s something I need to finish.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
Day 3 kind of made me feel a little naked. When you draw in your sketchbook, it’s supposed to be just for you. A place to experiment and let your guard down, knowing nobody else is going to see it and form an opinion.
Here’s what I drew in my Moleskine, and it isn’t the best thing I’ve ever done. I drew it with a Pilot Precise V5 marker, so there was no erasing when it wasn’t going the way I had planned. But I promised a sketch every day, and this is what happened.
So, yeah. A little naked.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
Here’s Day 2. I sketched this in my sketchbook, painted it in Procreate on my iPad and tweaked it in Photoshop.
I’ve challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October, and The Rots’ Facebook followers are holding me to it (I hope).
Here’s Day 1.
Today was just a sketch but, depending on how things work out, I’m hoping other days can be something more finished.
That, and I’m hoping I can come up with 31 subjects for Halloween.