Monsters
I have 2 younger sisters with 1 year difference in our ages. We were always together and we like to play with my 3 younger cousins(2 girls and 1 boy) in their big house. It was just across the street so, my mother allowed us because she didn't want us to play with boys in the neighborhood and she could also see us from the window while we were playing. Our three cousins have adjacent beds in a very big and long room. Usually, they would invite us for dinner so we can play longer until 8 pm. One favorite game we like to play was creating stories about them going to sleep and later on, the three of us bigger than them would play as monsters and would haunt them in their sleep. When we are already near the beds with our monster faces(sometimes with masks) and claws and monster voices-they will be awaken and get up from the bed and run while we followed them around. We enjoyed it a lot because there was a long way to run and it was easy to catch them. We only skipped some days when one of my cousin had lost her voice because of too much shouting and then we were back with both our parents permission. Night after night for as long as I can remember-we never get tired playing that game.
I enjoyed doing this illustration-It brings back the good times when I was little.
I have done some digital sketches using the brush tool in photoshop cs2, colored it and later used the artistic filter and here you can find the monsters I have created.
28 Comments:
I like the nightmarish quality to your rendering process. Very stark and full of kid fears. It sounds like you had a wonderfully fun and active childhood, Isay.
I'll bet there are a lotta people out there who are slightly jealous of you !
Do you ever do that with your children ? Do they scream in delight ? I'm sure Halloween is awesome at your house !
:-)
stevePoisonPencil
steve-aside from the memories of crying so much as a child-i had a wonderful time playing and running because there were lots of kids our age during that time in our neighborhood.
we didn't had the same tradition during halloween.it is more of eating and eating....
Isay, love your monsters and your memories!
thank you teri-i should see your monsters in a little while.
Nice art!
thanks bossmack!
Why were you crying, Isay ?
If I may ask...
Really well done. The cast of the light on the figures really makes the picture extra special!
ohh steve-so many reasons -i guess it's a natural thing for me-i easily cry....i felt so ashamed in the past esp. in the most incovenient and unexpected circumstances. i can have a job in the phils as a crying lady(LOL)-you know hired by relatives to cry for their dead loveone. there was a filipino movie made about that and was released in USA-you can look for it if your interested.
i agree with you catraven. it was something that i was trying to achieve since i began the drawing
thanks brock-i hope i did not scare some kids out there!
I really like the point of view here. These monsters are really making a scary statement. Good work!
many thanks ginger. that's what most monsters do(?).
have a nice weekend.
Thankyou for the story and image - I can imagine some nightmares, there could be.. nice illo.
great illsutration… loved to story as well…
to georg and michael-thousand thanks.
i like your story, sounds like you and your sisters had a great time with your cousins. Your painting really brings your words to lifeI can hear the giggles.
thnaks hardwax-one good thing is that we were not so much afraid if anyone tried telling us ghost or vampires or monster stories. there's a story behind this story. the youngest of my cousin decided to take my youngest sister on their side because he said it was too much to have three monsters and it would be fair to have 2 for 2. he was funny.
What amazing memories to have - fabulous and a great way to ilustrate them too.
A great story and a fine illo to go with it. I could almost hear and see that monster rap. Great work!
Sounds like fun! Great illo. Great story. Grat post. I love it.
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That reminds me of my childhood too. I also enjoyed scaring my little brothers:-). It's hard to imagine that you three girls could look so much like monsters:-).
nicely done-i especially like the one on the far right
Hello Isay,
J'aime beaucoup tes...Sorry!I love verry much your monsters...This picture to me remember my childhood,when I played has to make fear to my brothers and sisters...
Well done!
Good day
I always love reading your stories about things you did as a child. This illo has such an eerie look - the distorted shapes coming out of the blackness and leering at us... The effects you used really work so well for this subject:>
This is actually a really scary pic - you have captured your vivid imaginings very effectively!
Scary monsters!!! great work!
The jagged edges and shadows are very effective in this illustration. The perspective also gives it an added element of spookiness!
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