For an artists copy I chose to look towards artists that share the same creepy style I'm aiming for in my own work.
I already knew of the film maker and director Tim Burton, who is well known in the film industry for his eerie style and creepy stories such as Corps Bride, Sweeney Todd, Sleepy Hollow and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
I did some research on his work and found out that Tim Burton's work and unsettling style is inspired by the work of the late Edward Gorey.
Edward Gorey created many different pieces of work all in this style, so I searched for his work on Pinterest, and pinned as many pieces as I could find that I liked onto my inspirations board.
This photo below was the piece that stood out to me the most, so I decided that this was going to be the piece of art I would copy and develop the style myself.
To begin with I started by drawing the basic shapes of the image such as the head, hand and body shape of the creature, and the hill, trees, rocks and man in the rest of the image.
The were the main elements of the photo that I could work around when it came to using the ink.
The next step was using ink and a dip pen on a light pad to create the quick black lines that Edward Gorey's style revolved around. This would give the impression of hair, grass and the curved scratchy lines that emulated dark clouds in the sky.
This was the Image once I had finished inking. This was then taken into Photoshop in order to add some finishing touches.
In Photoshop, I cropped the image to fit better, introduced a photo filter in order to get a yellowed paper effect, altered the levels and also added a black border to the edge of the image to make the whole piece pop out t you.
Original Edward Gorey. My Finished Copy.
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