Drawtober 2015

Since I doubt I'm going to do any more for Drawtober (It's november so technically it would be drawvember at this point,) I decided I should post what I did get done, here.

So, here you go! Enjoy!

Day 1: Ghost

The first prompt was "Ghost." I really didn't know what to draw scene-wise and didn't want to do a basic casper-type ghost. I wanted to actually put some effort into it. So, I drew a woman. It's a start. Then I realised, she had to have a scene. No one would know she's a ghost, if she didn't have some transparency. (And you can't have transparency without a background to give the idea)

Originally I was going to have her standing on a cliff like a reference to GTA V's Mt. Chiliad ghost easter egg, but decided I didn't want to (because all of my cliffs are the same.) So, I put a noose around her neck. Then I tried drawing her somewhere (a siloh? I don't even know) but realised she wouldn't be up high about to jump if the rope is already cut. so, I drew a tree. And I put her at the base of it.

I liked this idea, because it could go one of two ways: Suicide, or Murder/Lynching.

Then, I gave it a simple background, and I was satisfied with it enough to let it be.

Day 2: Devil

The second prompt was "Devil." So, naturally, I drew Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino) from Supernatural. I don't think I got his face shape totally right. The background was supposed to be black but at that point, I had already poured two days' worth of work into it and I just wanted it to be done. I tried to get it as close as I could.

Day 3: Goblin

The third prompt was "Goblin." To be honest, I couldn't remember what a goblin looked like. I had to google it, because I had the image of an Orc stuck in my head, and I knew that was an Orc and not a Goblin. After I refreshed my memory, I couldn't shake the idea of a thief. I decided to go with it. So, here we have a goblin smiling at the jewel he snatched!

Day 4: Vampire

The fourth prompt was "Vampire." I wanted something easy, because I was still trying to get caught up (hence why no backgrounds) so I decided to draw my skyrim character as a vampire - because I was already going to draw a skyrim vampire. I'm actually a werewolf in-game, but I was a vampire once upon a time. I took some reference photos after stripping her in the middle of whiterun and terrorising the town trying to brawl whilst holding a torch. Then, I got a reference for the vampire armor, and a pose reference, and got to work!

Originally I was going to have her hold a battleaxe, because if I'm not using my Sanguine Rose/Daedric Sword of Leeching combo, I'm usually wielding an ebony battle axe. That was until I realised I can't draw battleaxes to save my life. So, I started looking at swords. I was just about to settle on the dragonbone sword when I remembered: The Bloodskal blade exists. What better sword for a vampire than a sword themed of blood? I still think I got the angle of the sword wrong, but I'm willing to live with it. 

Day 5: Werewolf

The fifth prompt was "Werewolf." I already knew as soon as I saw that on the list, that I was going to draw the skyrim werewolf. I have way too much fun ripping people to shreds as this creature, I couldn't NOT do it. Plus I like the design, because it matches the idea of a man-dog, without the traditional hollywood lumberjack look. (Which is to be expected since flannel shirts and jeans didn't exist in the time skyrim takes place, but y'know.)

I'm REALLY happy with how this came out.

Day 6: Pumpkin

The sixth prompt was "Pumpkin." I didn't really feel like using a large piece of paper for something so basic, so I didn't. The actual drawing is about the size of a postage stamp.

Day 7: Haunted House

The seventh prompt was "Haunted House." I really liked the idea of drawing a building. It's something I don't do in detail very often, so this was the perfect time to work on that. I googled around for abandoned buildings and came across this house that was found abandoned in the middle of a Russian forest. It was perfect. I worked all night on this because there were so many details I had to put in it that I couldn't rush. I like the result, at least.

Day 8: Zombie

The eighth prompt was "Zombie." This took some thinking. My first thought was, "Let's draw a zombie horse! I've never coloured a zombie horse, so that would be a nice thing to see!" I decided against it. I always draw zombie horses. It's part of my job as a customizer and sculptor who specialises in zombie horses. Everyone knows I can draw an undead equine. When was the last time I drew a proper zombie? (I can tell you. This was.) Then I was thinking, "Well, who can I zombify?" The thought crossed my mind to draw a Walking Dead zombie, but let's be real. Everyone thinks of The Walking Dead when you mention "zombies." Unless, of course, you're a gamer. Left 4 Dead 2 popped into my mind immediately after I dismissed TWD. Perfect. The last time I drew a Hunter was back in 2010/2011, and it was time to see what I could do with my improvements.

I'm not disappointed.

One thing I wanted to do with this rendition, was to make him look more like an undead. Other than the dead skin, they didn't really design him to scream "zombie." (literally. He screams "rye" instead.) He seemed more like a freakishly powerful parkour cannibal. So, I tried to corpse his skin up, and gave him a very basic "no-lip" mouth. Oh, and I also emaciated him, and gave him "natural" dead eyes. Other than that, I left his design alone. (I realised I forgot the blood around his eyes. I'll be adding that later.)

Day 9: Eyeball

The ninth prompt was "Eyeball." I originally had the idea of having a severed eye lying on a medical tray in focus, while having someone (a mad scientist more than likely) extracting the other one from a strapped down victim with the victim screaming in the background out of focus, but I had just spent close to 10 hours on the Hunter, it was 5AM and I just wanted something simple. I googled references for the eye, and one of the search results was of two eyeballs in a red liquid (presumably blood) in a wine glass. The perspective was from the top looking down. This got me thinking: Martini for a Cannibal. The martini came to mind specifically because of the olives. I figured that if I put the eye in the olive's place, it would work. So, then I was searching references for martinis, and up came one of a pomegranate and something or other martini, that looked perfect. So I used it as my reference, along with one of the eyeballs I had picked out earlier.

It's basic. I like my first idea better, but it does the trick.

That's as far as I got, but I hope you enjoyed them anyway! 

That's all I have for today!

Over and Out!