Here's a follow-up illustration to "Grave Bedpost." We see this bizarre villain has escaped his grave and is staggering through the darkness, right into a spotlight, possibly being shown from a helicopter overhead.
Yes, I am fully aware of how silly this character is. Yes, that is a frilly collar. Yes, he's wearing sunglasses. Yes, he has a John Leno chin. And of course, that's his bedpost for an arm. My friend Franky and I came up with this maniacal villain back in high school, and he has remained one of my favorite most ridiculous characters ever.
I've always thought that a beam of light shining through fog or smoke looks really cool, so that's what I focused on for this illustration. I just used a broad digital airbrush tool and used sweeping gestures to get the light to draft in from the source, lighting up the fog around the character. For a little extra detail, I added a brick wall off to the right in the background.
I really wanted Bedpost Esta (yes, that is his name; I didn't name him) to look like he had dug his way out of his grave, so I made a point to add lots of brown and green to his coat, darkening it and using another airbrush tool to grunge it up a bit. I'm so used to drawing sleek, clean objects and textures that it was actually refreshing to draw something covered in mud and grass stains.
Very interesting, however, I can't help but feel as though it needs more tatercat. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work! ^_^
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I understand your thought process behind you works, however I do like the way you layer color
ReplyDeleteVery creative. I really don't know what else to say for it, but creative.
ReplyDeleteThe color popping in this is very nice. I would, however, like to see his face. It would make it all come together in my mind :)
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