Day 30: John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) Mash-Up - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)

I mentioned earlier when I posted the original mash-up with "John Carpenter's The Thing" 15 days ago that I was considering redoing it in a more realistic manner.  So, it's the Thing-Thing-Thing: Redux

Well, I didn't quite achieve the full realism I was working toward, but I got a little bit closer and decided to post it as the second-to-last post for 2025's "31 Days of HELL-O-Ween".

One day to go!

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STEP ONE:  Here is the previous posting, which I imported back into Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas.

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STEP TWO:  'Cuz I'm a little slow, I forgot to include a mid-point "Work in Progress", so here it is completed.  I did keep the merging Thing #1 and Thing #2 logo the same, as it seemed to fit without having to be modified.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 29: Addams Family: Wednesday - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Wednesday

Hey, it's Wednesday, again--And it's also Wednesday Addams!  Oh, and it's the same joke as last Wednesday.  That's right, I'm so environmentally conscious, I recycle all my jokes, too!  Although, it's probably better to just leave them on the compost pile now that I think about it...

This time, it's a semi-cartoonish version of Christina Ricci from the amusing "Addams Family" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993).

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Pencil Brush.

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STEP TWO:  Because I wasn't paying enough attention, I had merged down and kept working on the first pass layer until it was pretty much done.  Ah, well, one of these days I will learn.  Not any time soon, I'm sure, but one of these days...

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 28: TV Horror Hosts - Svengoolie - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Svengoolie

This time it's the relatively local Horror Host out of Chicago, Svengoolie, on MeTV.  I watched it semi-regularly on Saturday evenings just after  a double-shot of Adam West's "Batman".  Lots of Sci-Fi and Horror B-Movies--right in my wheelhouse.

The finish line is in sight and we're down to the final three!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 27: TV Horror Hosts - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Continuing on with the TV Horror Hosts theme, it's Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.  I would see her show up on TV occasionally when I was an early teen--just when a young male would be mostly likely to imprint on a seductively curvaceous TV Host (sorry, Svengoolie, you're cool and all, but you arrived much later and never stood a chance).  It was all fourth wall breaking high camp with terrible puns.  Y'know, the stuff I do all the time. 

She also was also the illustrated host of DC Comics "Elvira's House of Mystery", which were PG-ish ghost and ghoul stories ala "Tales from the Crypt" and other EC Comics of yore, as well as some other comic books here-and-there.  There was also a 1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark movie which I recall fondly, again filled with campy fun.

I have frequently mentioned the massive impact that the obscure, Wisconsin-based TV Host driven show ,"T.J. and the A.N.T." (All Night Theater) made on my childhood.  I was 7 years old and staying up all night on Fridays to watch Sci-Fi and Monster B-Movies, so I already had a predilection toward TV Horror Hosts and MST3K (alas, I have watched a shocking number of movies they have featured without Joel/Mike, Crow, and Tom Servo in the corner).  The format for the TV Horror Hosts brings a deep nostalgia in my dotage.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 26: TV Horror Hosts - SCTV: Count Floyd - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
SCTV: Count Floyd

Well, since I mentioned SCT's Count Floyd (played by the late, great Joe Flaherty), why not included him among a very brief series of TV horror hosts?  I watched "SCTV" as a young kid, staying up really late with it playing after "Saturday Night Live".  One of the recurring segments was Count Floyd, an attempted TV horror host dressed as a dime-store Dracula with a grease paint widow's peak to introduce and talk during breaks in the movie.  He would try to hype up the terrible movies with "Very scary stuff" to stuff that was obviously not very scary at all.

Count Floyd amused me, and one of the things that always stuck with me was Count Floyd in his 3D glasses watching "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes" spoofing the 3D movie cliche by breaking the scene to move stuff back and forth toward the camera with a semi-spooky music sting.  "Would you like some more... PANCAKES?"

I used to imitate it, myself, all the time.  Yes, I was an irritating kid.  And equally irritating adult!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.  I also added color to the 3D glasses as an interesting accent. 

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 25: The Thing vs Thing vs Thing #1 vs Thing #2 vs Thing - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Thing vs Thing vs Thing #1 vs Thing #2 vs Thing

This time it's Thing vs Thing vs Thing #1 vs Thing #2 vs Thing done up in a vague Mortal Kombat style.  Of course, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to decide on the order I should list the various Things and am still not sure if I should have done 'em in a different order.  Oh, well, it's not like I over-explain every joke until it is dead, comes back from the grave, only for me to over-explain and kill it again.

Addams Family Thing is paying tribute to Kurt Russel's line "Yeah, F**K you, too!" before tossin' the dynamite at The Thing.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, blue-line digital pencils in Clip Studio Paint on a 3,000px x 2,000px @300dpi digital canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished colors, done on their own layer.

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STEP FOUR:  I used the Mosaic Filter in Clip Studio Paint to give it a more 16-bit Video Game feel to make it somewhat resemble the arcade version of Mortal Kombat.  There is a trade off between trying to balance the pixelated look and still keep some of the linework.

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Done in Clip Studio Paint.

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Day 24: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Uncle Fester - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Uncle Fester

Ah, Uncle Fester.  One of my favorite characters in "The Addams Family" TV Series.  "It all began and started, when Uncle Fester farted..." Oh, wait, that's an alternate lyrics to "The Addams Family" theme song that we sang back when I was a kid--right up there with "Jingle Bells, Batman smells..."

One week to go!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.  I also used the airbrush tool to add a bit of a glow to the lightbulb.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 23: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Lurch - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Lurch

You rang?  It's the late, great, character actor, Ted Cassidy, as Lurch.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 22: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Wednesday - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Wednesday

Continuing The Addams Family, it's Wednesday!  Oh, and it also Wednesday Addams, too!

Yes, I had to plan on starting The Addams Family series with Gomez on this past Sunday to make sure Wednesday would be done on, um, Wednesday (sure, I could have reversed Pugsley and Wednesday if needed, but that's beside the point).  Yes, it's a long, long way to go for a single, bad joke, but I never let a little something like that stop me.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.  I also realized the head was tilted a little too much to the side and straightened it about 10-15 degrees.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 21: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Pugsley - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Pugsley

Continuing The Addams Family, here's Pugsley.  Kids... very scary!  (I suddenly feel like Count Floyd from SCTV and his 3D House of Pancakes.  Sigh.)

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.  The usual ticky-tac sort of stuff.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 20: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Morticia - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Morticia

It's the O.G. Goth Woman, Morticia Addams!  A rapier wit.. and a rapier to match for that matter.  Apparently, she also speaks French.  Or, at least, Gomez has commented on it once or twice.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values, done with lots of blending, back-and-forth, etc.  The usual ticky-tac sort of stuff.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 19: Addams Family TV Series (1964): Gomez - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Addams Family: Gomez

Time for another series, why not?  I've had several people suggest "The Addams Family".  Sure, but if I'm doing it, it's gonna be the black-and-white, 1964 TV Series.  Yes, the 1990's movie (and its sequel) was fun, but it's the original TV Series that comes to mind.  Well, that and the original Charles Addams comic panels, which were delightful fun in a semi-macabre way that I would randomly find in collected cartoon books.  They called to my morbid sense of humor as a kid and would often get a cackle or two outta me.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Rebelle 8 on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas with the digital Charcoal Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the first pass with Rebelle's Soft Charcoal Brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished tones and values.  I noticed there were a few things to correct, such as the cheek/jawline along the right-side.  The rest of it was mostly minor changes and a bunch of more subtle shading, etc.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 18: Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996) Mash-Up - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)

It's another mash-up, this time it is Betty Boop and the female Cenobite, Angelique, introduced in "Hellraiser IV: Bloodline" (1996) (A.K.A. "Pinhead in Space").  The movie itself was mostly OK at best, but the ending with the spaceship folding into the Elysium Configuration/Puzzle Box to destroy Pinhead did catch my attention and was pretty clever, IMHO.

As for Betty Boop, some of those cartoons from the 1930's were really dark, surreal, and, of course, a bit horny.  Something about the bendy nature of the characters and the reality around them give off a certain level uncanny that I always felt subtly unsettling as a kid.

Something about Angelique's peeled back, exposed skull and Betty Boop's bulbous head just sorta seemed like some horror franchise just got their bloody chocolate in someone's animated peanut butter.

BOO! Oop-a-Doop!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, digital pencils in Clip Studio Paint on a 2,000px x 3,000px @300dpi digital canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished colors... er, make that the tones and values, done on their own layer.

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Done in Clip Studio Paint.

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