"I Am the Doorway"

[Grillslinger]

From the short story, "I Am the Doorway" in Night Shift.

[Letti]

Frightening. But I guess it was the goal.
Great job.

[Mike Beck]

this is the one i really dig from DA. awesome illustration. and it's very creepy.

[sarah]

impressive




all those eyes are freaking me out, in a good way.

[Darkthoughts]

That is AWESOME Grill!! Definately my favourite piece of yours so far. I love the shading, its spot on - and the eyes are so lifelike - did you use paint to make the points of light in the eyes stand out so much? Is that all in pencil otherwise?
Great job

[Letti]

I wouldn't like to meet this guy in the street late in the evening...

[Grillslinger]

Thanks so much for the feedback, everyone!

Did you use paint to make the points of light in the eyes stand out so much? Is that all in pencil otherwise?
Great job

I drew entirely with a mechanical pencil. Smudged it a bit, the scanned it into photoshop. There, I used the eraser tool with a tiny diameter and 0 hardness and clicked just once over each eye where I had drawn the reflection...this really accented it and the 0 hardness made the erased area blend seamlessly into the eye.

[Darkthoughts]

Its a fantastic effect - the eyes on the right hand (looking at the picture) are especially lifelike. Again - good job!

[Patrick]

Great, now I'm not going to sleep tonight. Thanks, Grill.