Day 17: Halloween (1978) Mash-Up - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2025:
Halloween (1978)

This time it is Michael Myers "Halloween" (1978) done in the vague style of Winsor McCay from "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend".  There was something about young Michael Myers standing in his Halloween clown costume holding the knife in hand that made me think of Little Nemo in Slumberland, so that was an easy connection.  Also, I thought the Moon having a cartoon face was also from appearances in the comic strips.

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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.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.  Since Winsor McCay used a more equal size, dead line, I vaguely emulated the same.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the finished colors, done on a series of layers.  I tried to keep some of it a little more painterly, but also wanted to keep things from getting too fuzzy with the watercolor settings.

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Done in Rebelle 8.

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Day 07: Halloween (1978) - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2020
Halloween (1978)

One week down, three more weeks and three days to go!  This time, it's Michael Myers from "Halloween" (1978).  The well-known bit of trivia is Michael Myers wears the spray-painted mask of a truly scary monster, Mark Zuckerberg!  Er, I mean William Shatner (startled gasp!).  (Any resemblance between one of the sociopathic creators of Facebook and Michael Myers is purely coincidental, I'm sure.)

John Carpenter is one of those under-appreciated directors that sneaks through as to how many really good movies he made in the late 70's to the late 80's: "Halloween", "John Carpenter's The Thing", "They Live", "Big Trouble in Little China", "In the Mouth of Madness", and "Prince of Darkness" are all ones that I like quite a bit.

Oh, and let me say--as strange as "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" is, I do appreciate it for that strangeness and the fact they decided to go into a more experimental direction.  I mean, the movie is not good at all (and I didn't care all that much for it when I first watched it as a teen), but the idea of doing something completely different with a franchise is worth tipping one's hat and saying "Good try".

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STEP ONE:  Here are the pencils on 8-1/2" x 11" black cardstock, done with a Cold Blue colored pencil.

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STEP TWO:  And this is a first pass with gouache (opaque watercolor).  The ear on the William Shatner mask was a bit off, so I tried to correct it during the painting.

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STEP THREE:  And here are is the finished painting.  The ear was still off a bit, so I painted it over a little further over, as well as the other side of the head, as well, should have been a little wider.

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Done traditionally with watercolor/gouache on 8-1/2" x 11" black cardstock.

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