For Halloween Saint No. 5, how could I not pay homage to Mr. Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud from Ray Bradbury’s “The Halloween Tree”? I’m actually just reading it for the first time (via Gris Grimly’s lovely edition) and I am, so far, a bit surprised at how little text Bradbury devotes to Moundshroud’s physical appearance. So my depiction of him is based more on his attitude and Bradbury’s suggestion that Moundshroud’s face was skull-like and “nearly fleshless”, and that he had “burning” green eyes.
Category: New Artwork
Halloween Saints 4: Sammi Curr #InkTober
For Halloween Saint #4 I had to go with one of my all-time favorites, Sammi Curr from the 1986 rock ‘n’ roll Halloween cautionary tale Trick or Treat. I saw that movie in Los Angeles in a theater full of hair metalheads and have watched it every October since it was released to video a few years later. If you’ve never seen it, seek it out – 80’s metal Halloween cheese of the finest quality! Sammi Curr Lives!!
Halloween Saints 3: Mr. Dark #InkTober
For my 3rd Halloween Saint, I had to go with the leader of the Autumn People himself, Mr. Dark from Ray Bradbury’s classic “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. My version of the Illustrated Man (at least in the sketch phase) inexplicably bears a resemblance to Dave Navarro (according to my wife); I also had in mind Robert DeNiro’s Louis Cypher from Angel Heart, as I’ve always felt he had a touch of Mr. Dark in him.
This is actually the second full version of this drawing I wound up doing – I didn’t like the first one. Not sinister enough. Anyway, enjoy!
Halloween Saints 2: Billy Butcherson, Hocus Pocus #InkTober
For my second Halloween Saint portrait I’ve chosen unsung hero Billy Butcherson from “Hocus Pocus”, a much-beloved character around these parts. Enjoy!
Halloween Saints 1: Sam #InkTober
I had an idea for a series of portraits last August and am just now getting to do them. They’ll be a series of ink drawings that’ll serve as the basis for t-shirts and prints.
The idea is pretty simple: The Saints of Halloween. Basically they’ll be characters from Halloween-related stories that I’m fond of and want to draw, starting with Sam from Trick ‘r Treat.
UPDATE 10/5/2015
This is now available as an (unsigned) art print, t-shirts and more at http://www.redbubble.com/people/chadsavage/works/16727976-halloween-saints-sam
