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September 30, 2012
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You can also buy this as a laptop skin via Society6 :) (And also some other print sizes) Loves and shares would be very appreciated :love: This of course also goes for the rest of my still tiny store over there ;) :huggle:




I wanted to make a simple Halloween themed CSS. I ended up doing a crazy ass detailed scenery illustration :stare: I don't know how, but that kinda just hapened :meow:

At first there were the hills, then I started doing a castle, this is actually the second castle. The first one sucked. Took me some time to get a style for this, tried several raster effects before ending up with gradients over everything.
GRADIENT ALL THE THINGS :iconallthethingsplz:

After that, I moved on to creating the graveyard and the trees on the right. Added some more tiny thills and fog in front of the castle… actually added in the moat :faint: Crazy lighting inside the castle… trees on the left. Sometime in between things I created the moon, moved it to a different spot later one… last main thing was the pumpkins and the fences around them. SO MANY THINGS! :faint:

I added a lot of detail :stare: Again, that just happened, wasn't planned at all :B

For inspiration I was mainly browsing dA constantly and looked at a whole lot of artworks :la: Can't put my finger on one or a few in special, too much awesome stuff :XD:

Basically everything you see I created from scratch in Illustrator. The only thing I drew on paper beforehand was a rough layout of the castle, how many towers and where etc.. But I didn't trace that sketch, just had it in front of me :D Of course, since I wanted the whole thing to look kinda quirky and not perfect, working without sketches was okay anyway :)

Um, think that's it?

Hope you like it :heart: :peace:

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asdajshdkerksnckansflamf a DD?! :faint:

Thank you ^KasumiCR and ^ChewedKandi for suggesting and featuring this :love: Love and hate you both :giggle:
I had no intention to log in today at all, since I'm 1) on vacation and 2) stuck in New Jersey with a generator :B So chances were really slim I would notice anything :P Only logged into skype to let my mom know I'm okay and was then hinted at the DD :D

So, I may not reply soon to any comments left on this deviation, but I will try :la:

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Given 2012-10-31
Stunning use of gradients to create a wonderfully rendered spooky scene. I like how the gradients almost add a texture to this piece. Happy Scalable Halloween all! Creepy Neighbourhood by ^pica-ae ( Suggested by ^KasumiCR and Featured by `ChewedKandi )
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*Einsilbig Dec 14, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
This looks wonderful,
i bet it´s delightful also in the eyes of a child,
as it looks very playful.
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^pica-ae Dec 15, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Thank you :aww:

Mmh I have no idea… haven't shown it to any child :meow: But I kinda had something in mind like "the eyes of a child" :)
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`Infinite-Heart Dec 11, 2012   General Artist
Beautiful colors!
I love the textures and blending work together.
Just beautiful! :clap:
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^pica-ae Dec 11, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Thank you :aww: :huggle:
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`Infinite-Heart Dec 11, 2012   General Artist
My pleasure!
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^pica-ae Dec 15, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
:huggle:
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^pica-ae Dec 2, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Thank you :hug:
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=Vashtastic Nov 18, 2012   Digital Artist
this is awesome!!!!!
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^pica-ae Nov 18, 2012  Professional Interface Designer
Thank you :huggle:
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