Well kids, Halloween is now upon us, and Halloween Countdown 2008 is dead.
It was a blast posting a Halloween themed illustration every day this month, and I am rather proud of myself for being able to do so without missing a single day! I've also had a blast looking at all the fellow participating bloggers' entries. A lot of people put forth a lot of effort and they all deserve a round of applause!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by, if it was for one day or for all thirty one, and a special thanks to all who took the time to leave such nice comments. It's good to know that my drawings are appreciated.
So without further ado, as the Countdown strikes zero, here's my final Halloween themed illustration for 2008:
Hard to believe there was actually a time when a sunken-faced zombified Michael Jackson wasn't a redundancy.
Day 28 of Halloween Countdown 2008 is searching for the most sincere pumpkin patch!
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has been a holiday staple for over forty years. It just aired again tonight, so I watched it for at least the thirty third time in my life (that's all the Halloweens I've lived through so far.)
Snoopy's rise from the pumpkins, being mistaken by Linus for The Great Pumpkin himself, is probably my favorite moment.
Halloween Countdown 2008 shakes it's moneymaker on day 26!
When I was a kid my parents and other assorted adults would warn me to watch out for the "Boogie Man."
I don't know if this "warning" was meant to scare me or save me. One thing is for sure, it was never followed up with any sort of explanation.
So in my little head, with my limited worldly knowledge and experience, I envisioned the "Boogie Man" to be some hippie dude walking around in a perpetual state of "boogie."
In my mind's eye he came out as a cross between Jesus and Tommy Chong, complete with robe, bandanna, sandals, and long hair and scraggly beard. Shaking his ass.
He didn't really seem all that threatening. You would probably spot him coming a mile away, and you could darn sure outrun a guy shaking his ass while he came after you.
Can you believe it's already day 24 of Halloween Countdown 2008!
Only one more week until Halloween! Unbelievable!
Equally unbelievable is the fact that I've been able to draw and post a Halloween themed image every single day this month. Let's see if I can keep the momentum up for seven more days.
Whew.
Today I bring you the greatest monster hunter of all time, Simon Belmont, from the classic Nintendo video game Castlevania!
Day 21 of Halloween Countdown 2008 nearly didn't make it!
I've been feeling artistically uninspired the past few days, and have had some pretty heavy things to attend to. When October began I had a backlog of Halloween illustrations in case of such a situation arising...but I've now used them all up!
So I had to come up with something new today. I nearly forgot and went to bed instead, and even when I remembered I had that moment of "blah."
But I then remembered, it isn't just about me. I've got those twelve followers over there on the right to consider as well! ;)
So at first, still feeling "blah" about the whole thing I figured I'd just draw a couple eye holes on a white piece of paper and call it a ghost.
Funny, but not very inspired.
I knew I needed to bring something better. I threw down some sketches...then literally threw them down, towards the trash can, before I fell back on my original ghost idea...with a twist.
Just an unassuming ghost you say? No big deal you say? All that blabbering about your life and this is all you can do for us you say?
Maybe...but wait...there's more!
Hold this card up to the light, and voila...
I drew a skeleton on the back so it'd shine through! Neat!
So even when I'm uninspired I'm still pretty clever.
Day 20 of Halloween Countdown is heeeerrrrrreeeee!
Having had a similar experience as a child (true story) this scene from Poltergeist has always been my favorite.
I used to get up very early in the morning and sit in front of the TV, very close to the screen. I did not turn the TV on. It was off, but in the reflection of the screen I could see myself, the room and furniture behind me, and people moving about the living room. If I turned around there was no one there, just an empty room.
So I would sit staring for an hour or two at the TV screen and the people in my living room until my Mom woke up and told me to turn it on.
I told her I could see people. I was probably four or five.
