October 2018 challenge - Witches - WIPs

Witches

Brief: We didn't come up with anything better, so Halloweeny style challenge this month. Paint a Witch, multiple Witches, or something Witch related. Magical, mystical, meh... muh... er, terrifying, it's up to you.

Deadline: Entries must be posted by the witching hour on Wednesday the 31st of October.

This is where you post your WIPs (Witches in progress). Your final entry should be posted over here: cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/current-...itches-final-entries

Challenge rules and guidelines:
cgartnexus.com/index.php/forums/challeng...s/39-challenge-rules

Rules in brief:

• All challenge entries must be your own work.
• You should post at least two WIP images that are clearly different from your final entry and each other.
• Your final entry should contain your image (inserted so it shows up full size) and at least two links to your WIP posts on the forum.
• No chatter in the finals thread – if you have questions, post them in the WIP thread or PM an admin.
• Feedback is allowed & encouraged together with the voting and in the WIP thread.
• Deadline is given in UK time (midnight GMT) with a grace period of 5 minutes for getting the post sorted.
• Each member may cast one vote.
• No cheating! Admins may decide to disqualify an entry that does not adhere to the above rules.

Thought i'd drop in a sketch

That's a fantastic start, oaktree!
I love the interaction with their gestures and expressive faces.
It has the foreboding creepiness of Macbeth mixed with the personality of something from an illustrated Terry Pratchett book.
Looking forward to seeing it develop further.

I had a go at doodling an old hag today. Sadly it doesn't even look female so it may need a redo on another day.
And I can't decide what to do with that arm, it keeps moving about by itself.







I did get a bit further and put in a detailed ground but all that may change or be abandoned.

Oooh, a 3D picture!

The stitched eyes look great and that tight skin over the nose is very creepy in a deathly kind of way.

I often think about doing a sculpty thing for a challenge but deep down I know that I can't really do texturing.

Those stitches probably hurt. Which explains the grimace...

Just got back to this I've had a hectic month I thought it was going to be a quiet one, anyway made some adjustments to the sketch and added a little colour just to get some ideas going.
Thanks for the very kind comments Valence.

That's a good colour combination you have there, oaktree.
The red/green with the glowing light from below gives it a spooky, witchy mood.
Can't wait for you to push the values and bring some darkness.