Drawlloween 2015
Day 11: Raven
"Rave-n"

Yeah, this whole thing is just one bad pun on the word rave.

If it makes you feel better, I did spend quite a lot of time looking at reference photos for ravens and crows, so the wings, feet, and beak are as accurate as I can make them.

I spent almost zero time looking at reference photos for the rave gear, though, so let's all pretend that's what cool kids were rocking three years ago.

This is also the last of the Drawlloween drawings because I never finished the rest of the challenges.

[digitally-colored pencil drawing of a raven wearing a yellow wig, pink sunglasses, an assortment of glowstick necklaces, a teal tutu with a pompom overlay and pink fringe, and a set of pink furry legwarmers. He is carrying a glowstick in each hand, and is singing "oon-tz-oon-tz-oon-tz-woop-woop"]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 10: Alien
"Cosmic Pizza"

I Liefelded the proportions on this one, but here is Erio from Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl.

[digitally-colored line art of Erio desperately trying to reach the pizza boxes while wrapped up in a futon. Her muffled voice says "*Piiii...zaaa...*"]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 9: Eyeball
"Eyebat"

Sure, sure, a beholder would have been a more appropriate D&D-inspired enemy for this challenge, but I like the weird and weepy abomination that is the eyewing (the original inspiration for almost every TV and video game eyebat enemy that exists today).

From the AD&D 2nd Ed. "Monstrous Manual":
"Eyewings are loathsome inhabitants of the Abyss. They are obedient, loyal, and dumb - perfect servitors for the dark gods and their more powerful minions.

An eyewing's body is a fat, egg-shaped ball covered with matted black fur. The 5-foot-wide body is supported by a pair of five-foot-long leathery bat wings. Each wing is tipped with a set of three razor-sharp talons. An 8-foot-long rat's tail dangles from the back of the body. The tail ends in a small, sharp spur. It has no feet, and has never been known to land.

The body is dominated by the single, bulging, 4-foot-wide eyeball. The eyeball is black with a blood-red pupil. A vile blue fluid continuously leaks from the eye, soiling its fur. Great leathery eyelids squeeze this fluid out and away from the creature. The stench is unbelievable..."

Other fun facts:
1. Their special attack is crying on people.
2. They have no mouth or lungs, and are sustained only by magic and evil thoughts.
3. They have been known to live on the moon.

[inked pencil drawing of an eyewing with a red pupil]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 8: Zombie
"Pure cone-tentment"

I present my take on a Conehead Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies. It's my personal fave of all the Drawlloween doodles because he turned out so gosh darn happy! You just can't help but love him. <3

[digitally-colored pencil drawing of a wide-grinning zombie hugging his traffic cone close while a heart floats overhead]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 7: Haunted House
"House's Head"

Instead of drawing an architectural house, I chose to draw Dr. House, since at the time I was in the process of binging the series on Netflix.

In the cliffhanger titled "House's Head" (season 4, episode 15), he is haunted by hallucinations as he desperately tries to remember something that could have life or death implications. The text in the drawing is the repeated question nagging at him across the entire episode.

I would like to point out that this is probably the highest caliber piece of artwork that has ever graced this blog, and was drawn in 30 minutes while loosely eyeballing a reference photo on my monitor. (Proof I can actually art if I put in the effort.)

[pencil drawing of Dr. House's head, with ghostly text "What is my necklace made from?" above]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 6: Pumpkin
"Jackie O' "

I was playing around with the idea of doing a female anthropomorphic "jackie-o'-lantern," and my mind immediately jumped to Jacqueline "Jackie O" Kennedy Onassis and her legacy as a fashion icon.

I attempted a faithful version with the gloves and pillbox hat.

It was scrapped for looking too much like a flight attendant.

Thus I ultimately created a modern fantasy dress design instead of copying her signature style, but I at least kept the hair Jacqueline-reminiscent.

[digitally-colored inked pencil drawing of a female anthropomorphic jack-o'-lantern with a carved face, green 60's-inspired hair, and a poofy-skirted pumpkin dress that uses the stem as a sculpted bodice and vines as sleeve details.]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 5: Werewolf
"Where wolf?"

This image was directly inspired by a quote from Young Frankenstein:
Inga: "Werewolf!"
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Werewolf?"
Igor: "There."
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "What?"
Igor: "There, wolf. There, castle."

[inked pencil drawing of "There" pointing to a wolf next to "There" pointing to a castle]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 4: Vampire
"Vampire Queen of All Cosmos"

The mashup no one wanted: Countess Carmilla from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, drawn in the style of The Queen of All Cosmos from the Katamari franchise.

I couldn't help myself. They both have tube-shaped heads.

[colored pencil drawing as described above]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 3: Goblin
"Snob-lin"

Nathaniel helped me come up with the idea for this one. Goblins are usually portrayed as dumb and/or reckless dime-a-dozen monsters, so we wanted to show a posh and pretentious variant - a goblin who drinks tea with his pinky out, wears a monocle, and looks down his elongated nose at you.

[line drawing of a snobby goblin drinking tea and thinking "Uncultured swine..."]

Drawlloween 2015
Day 2: Devil
"Cruella de Vil"

I wanted to do something different than expected for this one, so I went with a Disney devil instead of the more typical religious kind. Still evil, though.

[colored pencil drawing of Cruella De Vil's sassy face, with a "Heh, heh, heh..." thought bubble]