Halloween - smiley

The end result of my Halloween piece - Smiley.

Halloween Idea

Here's my sketch idea for my Halloween piece. I wanted to try and create a monster that is somewhat 'psykotik' and menacing. I image the monster to have a dark navy blue skin that is a little gooey and shiny with eyes that have a milky glow. He'd also always have a tormenting smile on his face, which is why he receives the nickname 'smiley'.

Halloween Moodboard

My mood board for the Halloween brief

Tree

Here's my final piece for the tree brief. I saved 2 versions, one has a character crawling up towards the tree with a torch and the other doesn't. 

Tree Sketches

Here's a quick design of my idea for the tree brief. I wanted to create an old, damaged tree standing by it'self on top of a hill. The tree would have a story to it, such as a legend that if someone managed to make their way to the tree. It could either help them in some way or form such as granting a wish or pass on special powers.

Tree Moodboard

Surreal

Here's my final piece for the surreal brief. After finishing, I felt it was too dark as you can see in the top image, so I altered the brightness & contrast and added a orange gradient map on a low opacity to try and make it look like the glow from the burning planet in the background is lighting up the view. I used vanishing points in the top 2 corners to add perspective to the piece as well as making the mountains getting a little bit fainter as they got further away from the front.