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Inktober Day Eighteen – Crypt Creeps

by wpmorse on October 18, 2017 at 9:53 am

Posted In: Art

I’ve been unsure about the 18th prompt, “Crypt Creeps”, since day three of this challenge, “Tombsday“. The reason being I realized after the fact that I probably got the words “tomb” and “crypt” mixed up. I realized after the fact that my image of for Tombsday was probably more appropriate for Crypt Creeps. Pedantic of me, I know but since one of the challenges in these things is being true to the instructions you’re given… no matter how vague they are.

So this one, featuring a vampire, is probably more Tombsday than Crypt Creeps. One because of the aforementioned pedantry, and two there’s only one of her… more pedantry.

└ Tags: Halloween, Inktober, Pen and Ink, Vampires

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The “Real” Ariane Comments on Her Ongoing Date With Brian

by wpmorse on October 17, 2017 at 3:20 pm

Posted In: Test

As you know, Ariane just showed up in Brian’s office without any warning, surprising him so much he actually remembered her name!

Well once the “Real” Ariane heard about this, she wanted to make sure we got her side of the story as well. Apparently, she hired Rodrigo and Antoine to make sure she wasn’t interrupted… I’ll definitely have to see where there that goes… though considering where Brian and Ariane are going, I doubt they’ll make much of a difference.

Anyway here’s the beginning of her side of the story. You can tell her what you think of it here.

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└ Tags: Fanart

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Inktober Day Seventeen – Toadsday

by wpmorse on October 17, 2017 at 9:21 am

Posted In: Art

I had really mixed feelings about today’s prompt, “Toadsday”. Even before I did the giant frog in “Swamp Citizens‘ all my options seemed silly. It took me forever to get jokes about the Hypnotoad out of my system. The best I could think of was something vaguely Lovecraftian.

I reluctantly ran with it.

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└ Tags: Halloween, Inktober, Sketch Challenge

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Inktober Day Sixteen – Carnival Carnage

by wpmorse on October 16, 2017 at 9:52 am

Posted In: Art

Well, I just hit the halfway point and am feeling good. Today’s prompt, Carnival Carnage was a bit of a puzzler for me. All I could think of was thinking about it was Mr. Dark from Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. Beyond that, I didn’t have any idea how to make the carnival scary…. Beyond giving it a creepy vibe.

Mr. Dark is a bit of a challenge for me too. While Jonathan Price was great in the film, it was a little hard to be afraid of him since he looked way too much like my favorite high school teacher, Mr. DeCecco. But since none of you knew him, I’m going to go with it.

└ Tags: Halloween, Inktober, Pen and Ink, Sketch Challenge

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inktober Day Fifteen – Cornfield Capers

by wpmorse on October 15, 2017 at 12:58 pm

Posted In: Art

Today’s prompt “Cornfield Capers” only yielded two things in my mind, Children of the Corn and Corn Mazes. Since the only image I could think of for Children of the Corn was people crucified in the middle of fields, I went with the maze.

I think a lot of the prompts have been making lean towards the whimsical here. But my other idea was having something nasty sneaking up on the couple… And I think there’s a fine line between horror and victim porn.

In hindsight, I should have added some crows.

└ Tags: Halloween, Inktober, Pen and Ink

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Inktober Day Fourteen – Owl Be Back

by wpmorse on October 14, 2017 at 11:41 am

Posted In: Art

After groaning at the pun, “Owl Be Back”. (A stinker even by this list’s standards… For some reason, I had remembered it as “Owls Well That Ends Well”.) I was a little bit stumped. While an owl is a great thing to draw, I wanted something spooky. The problem is as a long time nature lover and occasional bird watcher, I’m not particularly afraid of Owls. (Beyond not wanting to be anywhere near their nests when they’re raising their young, of course.) In fact, I think they’re pretty cool.

Most of the Halloween or horror imagery I see of them usually has them somewhere in the background, almost as a decoration. Finally, I based my image on two Shakespeare quotes.

First from Macbeth: It was the owl that shriek’d, the fatal bellman,

And Second from A Midsummer Night’s Dream:“The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders
At out quaint spirits.”

So putting these two lines together I had an Owl looking over ghosts in a church graveyard.