While planning out my scarecrow picture book, I took a lot
of outdoor photos to get ideas for illustrations. Originally I had intended to
use these pictures as direct references, but they ended up being more like
aesthetic inspirations.
There was one place, though, that I did try to draw
directly. Near my house is a road that has this odd tunnel running underneath
it made from a corrugated metal tube. It’s not a long tunnel- only about 20
feet- and it leads right into a pleasant neighborhood. But there’s something
very eerie about it. Even if it’s too
short to hide a monster clown or a slender man, it definitely seems like a
place that would be haunted.
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| Approaching the tunnel. Yep, definitely not haunted. |
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| It's not a very long tunnel. Just long and dark enough to MAYBE hide one boogeyman if he crouched down really small. |
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| Walking through the tunnel. |
I did a few versions of the tunnel for my scarecrow book,
and while I’m not completely satisfied with the end result, I think it fits the
aesthetic of the book.
I definitely want to take another crack at illustrating this
tunnel and evoking that creepy feeling it gives me. Keep a look out for it in
future artwork!
