Grim Raven (Mark 2)

I didn't like some aspects of my first Grim Raven attempt, so I decided to give it another attempt. I fixed the angle on the head, and added some more texture to the wings, which I quite like.

This piece, as well as a lot of other cut-outs and prints, are for sale in my wife and I's Etsy store - ChuckleTree.

Etsy Shop

Anna and I have recently opened our own Etsy shop. It's called ChuckleTree, and we will be selling papercraft items, and our own art and illustrations. The first item we have for sale is some skull bat magnets. They are handmade from cardstock, they have been covered with two layers of protective polycrylic, and they have a magnet attached the the back.

If you are interested, follow the LINK!

And as an added bonus, here is the new Chuckletree Logo that Anna has been working on for the store.

Grim Raven

Pastel on cardstock.

I have hereby started my yearly barrage of Halloween art.

For this one I was trying to do something different with my cut-out style, using pastels to shade the individual parts, and give it more of a traditional feel.

I attempted this using a few different media, including soft pencils and India ink. The ink was a miserable failure, and I threw away the pieces after only putting together one of the wings. I was relatively pleased with how the pencils turned out though. It didn't have quite enough contrast, but I thought it still looked interesting. I will definitely be trying something else with pencil in the future.

What do you all think?

Rough draft. Pencil on watercolor paper.