Inktober: Halloween-inspired

Here's my Inktober drawings thus far. I decided to draw one every other day, but even that proved difficult. I'm two short, but aiming to stay on track for the rest of October!

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That's right.

Booty.

Booties.

Instagram.

The Simpsons

I made this illustration for my boyfriend's birthday. He's a big Simpsons fan and wanted my take on them. Previously, I did a series of illustrations involving my dead-chicks-style inspired by early twentieth century nude photographs, and he wanted something like that. Just, you know, not nude.

(pencil drawing on printer paper; Maggie in ink so I could trace it accurately through the finished painting)

It was a lot of fun drawing The Simpsons! Luckily, a class I took at AAU involved drawing Homer several times in the style of The Simpsons, so I was a little familiar already with emulating it. After already transferring the drawing AND completely painting it, I was looking it over and something was bothering me..... Maggie! I had completely forgotten to draw Maggie in my original sketch so I did the entire painting without her. Thus, Maggie became a ghost.

(ink and gouache)

The benefit of being able to draw: endless birthday and Xmas possibilities...

Ouija: In Progress

I've got to tell you, after living in a basement for several years (and a predominant part of my youth), windows just never get old. Scottish Play feels the same way.

I've been doing studies, shooting and gathering reference, and sketching a lot for a personal illustration about a girl and her ouija board. Now to knock out the drawing and get painting and inking!

Eerie Experience

May I present to you the first completed illustration for my thesis! (with thumbnail and sketch)

The first step in a long and fun process.

Have a great weekend, everyone!