Halloween illustration WIP

[mattramsey]

@NoWayMe said:

@Will-Terry
Hi Will!
Wow! Thank you so much! I really like it a lot more this way! I'll rework the sketch in this direction and repost it later. You're making me realize that I have a tendency to really spread out my compositions and not overlap things enough. I will have to work on that!

The only thing I am not sure of is the little guy with the pumpkin... I just can't figure out how to make him fit properly in the painting! Does anyone have another idea ?

Thanks again for doing this!

You could just move dracula over (which would get rid of the pile of pumpkins), bring that creature forward with dracula and have him walking off like he is now. It would make more sense that way. You'd have to zoom the group out a bit to fit it all. I may have time tonight to do a mock-up if what I am saying doesn't make sense.

[NoWayMe]

@Kevin-Longueil

Thanks!! I love the idea of him looking with delight at his pumpkin! I'll try that!
I read a lot of your posts recently and you always have excellent comments on people's work, thank you so much!

[NoWayMe]

@mattramsey

Good idea as well! I'll try both that and @Kevin-Longueil's suggestions and see what fits better!
Thanks!

[Kevin Longueil]

@NoWayMe Thank you for the compliment Noemie! Looking forward to your next version!

[NoWayMe]

Hello again!!

So Halloween is over, but I am still working on my illustration! (I would like to put it in my portfolio when it's done)
With all your help, I came up with this (almost) final version for the sketch! Anything I should modify before starting colors ? The background is still very rough, I will probably change it a little.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

[Naroth Kean]

I really like it! this is very cute XD because he is carving his the boy face out of the pumpkin. I think the new composition is great. It's going to be awesome!

[Thrace]

@NoWayMe it looks awesome! One little thing though, I like the old mouth on the boy much better than the new one. The new one just doesn't look right to me. Just my opinion wait and see what others think. Can't wait for you to paint it!!

[Leontine]

Its a really nice piece! Cant wait to see the colors appearing! I agree With @Thrace-Shirley-Mears about the mouth.

[NoWayMe]

Thank you all for the comments! I'll re-modify the mouth, I think it's the tongue... anyway it's true it looked better before!

[Naroth Kean]

one thing I have to point out, it's the candle that shit right in mid of the illustration. I would move it back a bit so it sits behind and between the boy and the monster to the right. Now It divides the page and stops the flow of the composition. Again lovely piece!

[shinjifujioka]

@Naroth-Kean Uh...what exactly is that candle doing?? Not sure it's "stopping the flow", if you know what I mean. Hahahahaha, sorry. I'm still 12 years old.

[Naroth Kean]

@shinjifujioka Shinji I'm only 5 :D. I think Will did that by moving it to the back a bit but I think it's better without the candles since you already have one light source from the table. I'm worried that the candles will looks very hot on the boy hair. Here I removed it, just a thought

[Thrace]

You could move candle to the other side of the chair and then it wouldn't interfere.

[Naroth Kean]

@shinjifujioka yeah i flipped to my own mistake LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL "shit" i'm sorry I mean "sit"

[NoWayMe]

@Thrace-Shirley-Mears Yes! I will definitely do that! Now that @Naroth Kean pointed that out, it's the only thing I am seeing when looking at my drawing!! It couldn't be more "in the middle"! However, I really want to keep it in the illustration because I want it to be my primary light source (since the boy is my focal point).

[NoWayMe]

I think this is better!

[Ace Connell]

@NoWayMe Yup - tons better! I'm looking forward to seeing this finished... even if it is too late for Halloween haha.

Ace

[NoWayMe]

@Ace-Connell Hahaha! It will probably be done it time for Christmas...

[Ace Connell]

@NoWayMe There's always next Halloween

[NoWayMe]

I started the painting phase of my illustration with a value study. I tried to clearly have the boy in focus, and then the carving vampire as a secondary focal point.

I have to disclose that I have never done a fully rendered illustration on photoshop before! I usually work traditionally (mostly in soft pastels) so I'm walking in the dark a little bit here! Hope it is going to turn out good! Critiques are of course more than welcome!