Day 31: Creepshow (1984) - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020
Creepshow (1984)

Happy Father's Day... Er, I mean HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Hey, it's a reference to the "Father's Day" segment in "Creepshow".  Anyhoo, here it is the end of the 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween, and I somehow managed to post all 31 Days.  No one is more shocked than I am!  Although, it was pretty close a couple times where I just made it by the skin of my teeth (twice within a half-hour of my self-imposed deadline of midnight of each day).  So, huzzah!

THE GOOD:  This year, I did take more time to do up each painting/post, so I think the general quality was improved.  The practice was good and just dedicating that much time trying to paint a likeness--even though it didn't always work--was a learning experience.  There were a few times when I felt like I may actually properly know what I am doing (don't worry, that feeling soon passed).  Overall, I'm relatively pleased and feel like I may have advanced a bit in my proficiency.  Just a bit

THE BAD:  I think the Stephen King painting as Jordy Verrell from "Creepshow", while passable, is a bit flat.  And, while the face of "The Candyman" is pretty good, too bad it doesn't look at all like Tony Todd.  Sigh...  The Babadook is a little bland and uninspired, while the post for the "They Live" Karen could have been better, IMHO.

Oopsies, on "Hellraiser IV: Bloodline" Angelique: I forgot the white highlights on her outfit I was planning on doing to show it was somewhat shiny, and I didn't finish her lips.  The bent-out, top bars on The Jackal's cage got painted over and then forgotten for the "13 Ghosts" post.

THE UGLY:  "The Fly" post with the "Brundle Museum of Natural History"...  Ugh, it looks weird--especially the eyes which are strangely cartoony and bothers me.  Blech!  But, I'll leave it, warts and all.

Well, I hope to try, try again, next year.

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STEP ONE:  In Clip Studio Paint, I created a 1,500px x 2,250px @ 300dpi canvas, and did up the digital pencils.

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STEP TWO:  Here's the halfway point...

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STEP THREE:  And here's the finished digital painting.  "I got my cake!  Happy Father's Day!"

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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Day 27: Creepshow (1984) - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020
Creepshow (1984)

I always liked reading "Tales from the Crypt" and other horror comics growing up--well, the few that I could find, anyways.  "Creepshow" is a loving pastiche to those comic books directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King (a fan of his writing, too).  So, quite the horror pedigree.

It sounds like I am damning with faint praise (and, perhaps I am), but IMHO "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is probably Stephen King's best job acting.  Sure, it's overly broad overacting with a stereotypical, backwoods, cross-eyed cornpone, but I found it actually funny--the day dream sequences with his visits to the local college's "Department of Meteors" make me laugh.  If you ask me (and why would you?), it's the best of the short stories in the anthology.  The other stories are good, but the story of Jordy's sad, lonesome death is both funny and oddly touching.

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STEP ONE:  The pencils, done on 8-1/2" x 11" toned cardstock with a black colored pencil.

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STEP TWO:  And this is about the halfway point with gouache/watercolor.  As usual, just trying to get a feel for the forms and lay some color down.

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STEP THREE:  And here's the end result.  It's always tricky trying to get a likeness.  A fraction of an inch/a few millimeters here or there can make all the difference.  I think you can tell who it's supposed to be, but as to whether it truly looks like Stephen King, well...  It's tolerable, I guess.  On to the next one!

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Done with Watercolor/Gouache on 8-1/2" x 11" toned cardstock.

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Day 23: Creepshow - 31 Days of HELL-o-Ween 2019

31 Days of HELL-o-Ween 2019

Day 23: Creepshow

Today's post is The Creep from "Creepshow", the horror anthology from George Romero and Stephen King.  It was a pastiche/homage to "Tale From the Crypt" and the EC Comics of yore--well, before "Tales From the Crypt" got its own show, of course.  I generally found it to be a fun movie, with my favorite being Stephen King as Jordy Verrill in "Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (based on his short story, "Weeds").

For this drawing, I started with colored pencil and pen and ink, but then thought I'd do some watercolor/gouache over top... but then the watercolor/gouache kind overtook everything.

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Done with pen and ink/watercolor/gouache on 8-1/2" x 11" toned cardstock.

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