OCTOBER CONTEST: Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until...

[Julia]

@xin-li yes, 12,000 cases a day for several weeks now. I try not to think of it during my 2-hour super crowded commute. I guess the idea of the sketch is an outlet for my fear!

[xin li]

@Julia I am so sorry to hear that you have to do 2-hour commute. Yes. follow Neil Gaiman's advice, whatever happens, do good art. Looking forward to see your piece for October :-).

[Heather Boyd]

@Chip-Valecek I have an idea in works already. Keeping it simple and nostalgic.

[chrisaakins]

I am having visions of a drunk santa singing last Christmas on karaoke and everyone cringing and groaning

[jdubz]

... until the monsters showed up

[Miranda Branley]

I haven't participated in a while, due to me trying to improve my portfolio and figuring out my style, but I was really excited to do this one and just went for it! Adding this to the portfolio

[chrisaakins]

Here is mine. Like a million layers and many hours. But it’s as done as I am going to do on it. I hope you enjoy it.

[Coreyartus]

[Heather Boyd]

@Coreyartus you and I think alike somewhat. Mine is almost complete, hopefully by the end of the week.

[Coreyartus]

@Heather-Boyd I can't wait to see it!!

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Chip-Valecek Hi, my subscription is active so I've decided to compete again this month.( subscribed with other email. So tell me please if you want it. My name is the same.) The task is awesome. JUST LOVE IT. Good luck to everyone.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Miranda-Branley beautiful colorS!

[Jacy13]

@Chip-Valecek Hello! I have a quick question about the file size of the final image. I see that the rules state that it must be no bigger than a 500kb file. Is it okay if my final image is just a little over that? It's a 527kb file to be exact. Sorry, I'm really new at this

[Melanie Ortins]

@Jacy13 I think the limit is how much the forum will let you upload but you should easily be able to save jpg for web that would be smaller, by reducing the artwork size or resolution

[eriberart]

I actually made this for my agent's Halloween newsletter, but I thought it kinda fit here? Maybe a bit of a stretch but I'm not going to have time to make something else so I'll post it anyway
The idea is that a young girl is invited to a Halloween tea party, but all the other kids are actually the real deal and not just wearing costumes

[Miranda Branley]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you!! I've always struggled with that!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Miranda-Branley you're doing great

[Jacy13]

@Melanie-Ortins Oh, okay. Thank you so much!

[Jacy13]

Here is my finished entry for the October contest.
Had lots of fun with it, and learned a lot while in the process of making it. A huge thank you to everyone who helped me along the way!

[Heather Boyd]

Hi! This is my entry. I had a lot of fun! I wanted to push myself out into more characters, and their interactions, along with pushing gesture with shapes. I hope you like it.

However can someone help me -when I try to resize my canvas/image to upload it here, my image becomes very blurry. How can I get around this? I also had to scan so the image is not as it should be (value/pencil and colour) but I hope to get proper lights in the future.

“Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until Mr. Wolf splattered pumpkin pie onto Mr. Pig. Mrs. Wolf was not happy! Mr. Pig laughed.” -Heather Boyd

Thanks,