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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