Art is fun! Dig what you see!
Doing a lot of Halloween concepts has always been fun to draw. Ideas can come quickly if there are several prompts from other people but sometimes there just needs to be a glimpse of an idea, sparked by something I saw somewhere. This is from an idea of a haunted house with a family of monsters, ghouls, ghosts and various creatures.
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Many of our fears and anxieties are on display during the Halloween season, like this one... Ichthyophobia, the fear of fish. Never heard of it? Me either but perhaps a bit of it might exist when some of us find that we are repulsed by the texture, smell or eating of fish. Whether it is shellfish or something as good for us to consume, like Salmon.
And it could also show up with those of us who are somewhat allergic to seafood. Whatever the reason, this fishy ghoul is scary.
A belated Sunday version of my normal Saturday Morning Doodle... A bicycling Pumpkin riding home from a bike ride in the Autumn/Halloween night.
Bicycles, unless really thought out, can be hard to draw from memory and figure out where everything goes. This image serves as the last of the bike riding season, which in some years can be as long as 6 or 7 months but up here int he PNW it can sometimes just be about 4 months. Sadly. Then I have to bring my bike inside and put it on a stationary stand and watch movies while cycling till the spring. I guess I'm a fair weather cycler.
If I had to define or explain this drawing I would have to say that it has to do with this creature doing it's best despite all the skulls, ghosts or ghouls, perhaps representing various anxieties that surround it. Such things make their way into our dreams and nightmares. Might we exorcise those anxieties through this Halloween season.
For Inky Friday... Appearances can be deceiving sometimes. With these bigger than usual monsters, they may look menacing but they are friendly and like looking after their neighbors. Be safe this Halloween season.
Today's Halloween season post is about nightmares. We've all had plenty over the course of our lives. Weird dreams and nightmares are usually the result of some stress or anxiety we have during the day. Occasionally nightmares can happen without stress or anxiety. Possibly those are a result from seeing a difficult or imaginative movie, show or story we've read.
