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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