Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

This digital illustration depicts a little sweet manga ghost enjoying sweets and candy during Halloween night. In the background can be seen an old, haunted house, used by the happy ghost and shared with some bats, out for the night. The large moon lights up the scene. The illustration is designed to be bold and appealing, with the ghost as the main subject, and the sweets and candy adding colour.

It is output at A3 size and is drawn in a vector based art programme, during September 2013.

Manga Sweet Ghost at Halloween

Happy Halloween Witch with graveyard friends

Happy Halloween Witch with graveyard friends

This digital illustration was completed during early October ready for Halloween, in 2012. A young, attractive witch takes centre stage in the scene, riding a broomstick complete with a black cat. She is casting a spell with a magic wand, from which is emanating a bright light producing sweets and candy. The illustration is filled with various icons associated with the Halloween festival. A friendly ghost is situated at each end of the composition, each one of a different design. Pumpkins with cut out faces are on one side of the painting and a vampire like bat and haunted house on the other. A small Goblin is almost hidden away, its presence marked by a set of glowing eyes. The image is aimed at children and hopefully conveys the fun and mysteriousness of the Halloween festival. Despite the dark subject and the fact it is set at night in a graveyard the image is designed to be bright, colourful and exciting. Painted in Photoshop to an A4 size.

ghosts and spirits

ghosts and spirits

mummy awakes
dungeon ghost chasing princess
haunted house couple

The oldest image in this collection is 'The mummy awakes' and was painted in march 2009.'Haunted house couple' was done in june 2010, followed closely by 'dungeon ghost chasing princess' in july 2010. Each one is of course very cheesy. The mummy one was actually a redone version of one done back in the mid1990s. It was then done again in acrylic paint in the late 1990s, so this is the third version,so far. The perspective in the 'house' one is completely cheated!

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mummy awakes
This 'tongue in cheek' horror illustration shows two archaeologists studying an egyptian tomb. One of them has been reading an ancient scroll which was a curse. A mummy has now appeared in the shadows at the back of the tomb.
Most of the ilumination is generated from the lamp that is held in the center of the painting. The light is just starting to fall on to the ancient Egyptian mummy. The design of the characters are slightly stylized. Painted in 2009.