Halloween Artwork in Progress

Here are some of the Halloween themed artwork have been working on. These few pieces are based on the photographs I took of my jack-o-lantern. They still need some work on them.

I wanted to combine the dark and the light in the pictures, yet make it appear as if it is a transition. I am wondering if I should have the transition reversed.

 I can't decide between leaving the photographs as they are, or place them through some sort of filter. I am thinking about putting a group of these pieces together into one combined image, but I am afraid of loosing the details on the face.

Here the colors are inverted. It reminds me of the X-Files. I am wondering if I should submit these images to the Anime Boston Art contest as well as the one below.

Here is the piece of the Futakuchi-onna I have been working on for the Anime Boston contest. I am almost done, but there are certain areas that need more details. I love how creepy these images are.

Jack-o-lantern

I have carved a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween this year. I know it is usually for children, but there are actually professional artists who carve pumpkins. Usually they carve famous peoples faces with more 3D carved features, but since I wanted to incorporate the Halloween spirit, I decided to make it scary.

This was the drawing I made for the Jack-o-lantern. I had to edit it in Photoshop because the eyes and nose were too small and low compared to the mouth.

This was the finished product. As you can see, it is a little bit difficult to transfer a flat image to a three dimensional shape, but I believe this is a success.


Last year I carved a Snoopy Jack-o-lantern, but I didn't take any pictures of it in time. It seemed to rot quicker due to the strange weather. Luckily this Jack-o-lantern is lasting quite well. I did take pictures after it was freshly carved, but I couldn't get them off of the memory card they were on. I like these pictures more anyways.

I am thinking of doing something interesting with these photographs in Photoshop...