Sketchbook Assignment (Spooky)

Spooky



For this month’s sketchbook assignment our theme was “Spooky”. The picture above is my idea of spooky. I named this piece “Time of Death”. The reason why I named it Time of Death, was because it describes the picture. The image shows the reaper holding an hourglass with a Scythe in his arms. The Scythe has blood at the end of it to show that someone has just been killed. The hourglass in his hands represents a human’s life span. Once the sand in the hourglass all falls to the bottom of the hourglass, it would mean that someone has run out of time to live. In my picture, the sand in the hourglass has mostly fallen to the bottom.    

I used pencils to draw and color this piece. The reason for using pencil was because I wanted to tone the image and I wanted a black and white coloring. By toning I would have caused the image to look more 3D and realistic. I did have some difficulties toning because most of the time I wouldn’t be able to get the color to the darkest point. I also had difficulties getting the shape of the reaper’s head right and creating a ripped effect on the clothing that the reaper is wearing.

I had other ideas before I drew “Time of Death”. I thought of drawing an old fashion doll crying red tears, or drawing a tome stone with a rotting hand sticking out of the ground. I decided to do the reaper idea because to me, it’s scary not knowing when your life could end, imagining walking out of your home and getting hit by a car or shot, but to think that a while ago you woke up to a thought of having a wonderful day. Once in a while before I go to sleep I wonder if tomorrow could be my last day, it’s scary because it makes people think more wisely about how to spend every moment of their life.

While drawing this picture, it reminded me of how valuable a human’s life is. People should spend every moment of their life happy and with no regrets.