I finally got around to finishing up my Halloween drawing for the year. I decided to go with a classic...well, not a classic classic, but a reasonably-modern-classic: Eric Draven of "The Crow." For those unfortunate souls unfamiliar with "The Crow," below is a short blurb and video.
Shelly and Eric were very much in love. But no one gets married on Halloween, not in Detroit. The two are brutally murdered on Devil's Night, a night when the henchmen of crime-boss Top Dollar traditionally indulge in wanton acts of violence and arson. A year later death is no longer what it was as Eric Draven, accompanied by a Crow and gifted with new powers and a world of grief and pain, is brought back to life to avenge his love's death. After all, love is forever. And some of us Believe in Angels. (This description is an accumulation of written summaries listed at IMDb.com)
The movie is fantastic and has some amazing lines. And, of course, who doesn't love a movie with a leather-wearing guitarist with super powers out to avenge the love of his life and save some others in the process?
Without further ado, here is my rendition:
Unfortunately, it does not do the character or movie justice. It's a fairly common pose; in fact, I believe the pose was one of the original movie posters. I was mainly playing with the white on black shading here and am not all-together pleased with the outcome. I was working with a sketchpad that is about half the size of a standard paper and using General's White Charcoal (which comes in square sticks with blunt edges), so details were difficult and I didn't achieve the overall effect I wanted. Oh well, it was good practice with mid tones and highlights, at least.
Buzz it!
