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Grumpy-Old-Snake β€” Halloween Art Exchange -- Yal

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Published: 2014-11-01 02:41:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1304; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 5
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Description acidshadow 's character Yal (and a young trick-or-treater) for AlienAlliance 's Halloween art exchange.

I had a lot of fun with this one! It wasn't hard to decide what to draw, either; as soon as I read Yal's character sheet I liked the thought of him handing out candy and interacting with kids.

A couple of notes:

>I've done every other exchange for this group in watercolors, but since I got one of acidshadow's characters for the last exchange too I figured I should change styles so it didn't feel repetitive to them. xD

>The winged vampire costume is in no small part inspired by Dean Hardscrabble from Monsters University. Whose design I remembered mostly because of its similarities to one of my designs (Skitter).

> I actually did a background and it doesn't look too odd and--

((This was drawn and uploaded from an ipad; I don't know how different then color balance and lightning will ill look look from from a computer, so I might tweak things tomorrow))
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Comments: 7

RS-Burghardt [2017-01-24 00:42:47 +0000 UTC]

Crazy how the kid reminds me of a grub, yet still manages to be cute
Awesome artwork!

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Grumpy-Old-Snake In reply to RS-Burghardt [2017-06-21 01:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thank you! I'm glad the kid's cute, they were a lot of fun to draw. I think the fluffy goat face helps. (Though... personally I can find a lot of bug things cute if they're done right, even grubs, so. xD I'm never the right person to ask.)

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my-sword-is-bigger [2014-11-09 00:20:50 +0000 UTC]

Woah, this is awesome I'm liking the atmosphere and the lighting, it makes for such a great scene. (And the pumpkins in the background are really glowily awesome.)
The shadows do look a bit undefined though but of course I'm also lazy when it comes to shadow. XD Otherwise, great job

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Grumpy-Old-Snake In reply to my-sword-is-bigger [2014-12-14 07:12:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun with the pumpkins.

Which shadows? The ones on the ground, or the ones on their bodies? Or both, I'll admit they're both fairly rushed.

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acidshadow [2014-11-01 14:23:32 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh! I'm genuinely please I go t you again, you do my characters such justice!

This is insanely adorable. it's so perfect for Yal and I love the little one dressed up as death. Love the inspiration too. Dean Hardscrabble is like a Gothic Yal. Love th epumpkins too. Would love to cave one like that Cyclops one next year!

Thank you so much for this, it's really enjoyable. <3

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Grumpy-Old-Snake In reply to acidshadow [2014-11-01 17:42:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you're pleased with it! Like I said, I had a lot of fun with it. I did briefly debate doing somethingΒ more like the first few exchange pieces, 'creepier' I guess, but in the end this really seemed to fit Yal better. (I think the comment on one of the references about hugs got stuck in my head. )

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acidshadow In reply to Grumpy-Old-Snake [2014-11-04 10:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah you hit it just right. yal is a friendly character. Although if you had done something creepy,it would have still been cool to see a duel side to his personality. I do love this very sweet touch to Halloween you've done. <3

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