Wednesday, December 28, 2011

From the Sketchbook Archives: Face of Darkness

This is from one of my sketchbooks. It was inspired by an image of Randall Flagg from the television miniseries for The Stand. There is a scene where Stu is dreaming of Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg is standing in the corn.  Flagg opens his eyes and they are all red and glowing - VERY Creepy!  I was trying to capture that same feeling that the image from the show gave me - Creepy half light with demon fire within.  Once again I must apologize for the glare.   Heavy sharpie just does not photograph well at all.  :-(

{Sharpie}

UPDATE:

Another update from the Rescans.  This is one that benefits greatly from the rescan.  When photographing the original post, I discovered to my chagrin, that heavy sharpie reflects a flash like polished silver.  No matter what position I placed the image in, I couldn't get a shot without some kind of glare.  Here that issue is completely resolved.  Also, the color on this one is just fantastic.  It looks exactly like the page.  Have I mentioned that I love my scanner?!?

2 comments:

Eddie said...

I think the face photographed well enough to see the fiery glow and sinister smile. The thick neck and muscles also remind me of the creature in The Keep.

Campbell3555 said...

I never thought of that when I was drawing and posting this, but this image is very similar to the monster from The Keep. I need to find myself a copy of that. I've only seen that once when I was very young, but that monster gives me the heebie jeebies.

The lit up eyes also gives me the feeling of Mike Mignola's work. There is something unnerving about a dark creature lit up from within.

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