Needed some non-coding time to think about how to approach something, so used that time to take care of today's #hARToween while brainstorming on how to approach the work thing.

Thus here's day 2: Spooky House

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I actually already drew tomorrow's #hARToween image tonight because I don't know how much time I'll have for it tomorrow, with #mrmcd2024 starting.

So here's a somewhat early day 3: Ghost

This was not the original plan, but one thing led to another and I just ran with it. Turned out way cuter than I thought I could pull off 🤭

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Today's #hARToween image is admittedly a rush job as I'm currently at #mrmcd2024 and thus can't focus as well on drawing as on the first three days.

But I took the graphic tablet with me and tried my best to paint Granny Weatherwax in under 30min.

Day 4: Witch.

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Now that I'm feeling better, let's try to get back on top of #hARToween.

I'll try to also catch up on what I missed, but if I don't have the time for more than one drawing per day, I'll focus on the current one.

Today I (so far) did two.

First one is today's, Day 11: From the Depths.

The seconds on is the first one I missed, Day 5: Haunted Doll.

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I'm quite happy with today's #hARToween drawing... Day 12: Full Moon (first). Awooooo! I think working with minimal lining here and just letting everything be backlit worked great!

I'm not that happy with the second one I did for the (missed) Day 6: Closet Monster (second). I like my idea, but I couldn't figure out how to add some details and shading without things looking weird. Ah well. I'm learning :)

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Some more #hARToween drawings...

First of all, today's, Day 13: Mask.

I'm not very happy with that one, didn't help that this was my third try either I guess. At least experimented a bit with lightning, and glowing eyes.

And the second one, Day 7: Bloody Mary.

With that one I'm quite ok, especially happy with the light effects and the lime. And yes, from the get go I planned to draw the cocktail vs. something creepy, sorry 😅

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#hARToween Day 14: Bats

I tried my hand a bit more on dithering (manually, with custom brushes, apart from the gradient in the back), and I might have overdone it a bit maybe, but tbh I kinda like it...

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#hARToween Day 15: Death Wreath

I gotta admit, not my favourite prompt so far, struggled really to be creative with it as it shows IMHO.

But at least I could practice a bit to draw plant stuff. And thankfully I managed to not have it look like a christmas wreath, or at least I hope 😅

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#hARToween Day 16: Black Cat

I think that's the first time I've ever drawn a cat that actually looks like one and not just like a weird dog 😅 Though admittedly, this one looks like it has a black panther somewhere in its family tree 🤔

#hARToween Day 17: Spiderweb

I feel a cold coming up, so I'm kinda happy that today it was an easy prompt. More geometry than anything else 😅 Decided against a spider in the web, because aaaaah! 😬

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#hARToween Day 22: Vintage Vibes

Thanks to some health issues I still have to do days 18-21 and also 8-10, but those will follow when they follow.

Meanwhile, today's prompt made me think of a 102 year old movie I have yet to see, but which I think definitely has vintage vibes. So here's my attempt at turning one of the most well known scenes of Nosferatu into a pixel art drawing - a scene that really scared me as a child I should add. It was kinda therapeutic to draw 😅

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#hARToween Day 18: Skull/Bones (backlog)

I thought about a skull, but in the end decided a Jolly Roger would be more interesting. Especially since I thought about a candle on top of a skull for October 19's prompt "Creepy Candle". We'll see.

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#hARToween Day 23: Trick Or Treat

We are returning to the place of Day 3 here, but this time there's not a child dressed up as a ghost trying to get some candy but... someone else 🤭 Who says that only human children enjoy going trick-or-treating? 😉

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#hARToween Day 24: Nightmare

Yikes, I think that was so far the longest work 😅 First thought was a pixelart version of "The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli, but that didn't work with the aspect ratio. So I decided to try a more modern version. Not happy with the background, feels not detailed enough, but I think I at least managed to rescue it a bit with adding the bookshelf and lamp.

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