Make way for the queen

I ♥ Halloween! And I ♥ Tudor history. So there you have it :)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE !!!

Hibernate

We've been having a bit of an indian summer here in Belgium this past week, so autumn hasn't really arrived in earnest yet (no complaints here! :)) But when it does, I often go in a sort of hibernation myself and can often be found in a similar position as in this drawing. My much beloved bed becomes a comfortable little nest from which I watch some tv, check some e-mails, do some drawing or read a book. I have been known to draw the covers up so high that I'm barely visible underneath the wealth of fabric :D

Ferocious

I bought some markers the other day. I'd never ever worked with them before so I bought just a select few and decided this weeks Illustration Friday prompt would be the ideal occasion to try them out. Conclusion: I like markers, they're fun new playthings BUT I seriously need to buy me some appropriate paper! The paper I did this on was not quite resistent and started to crease and then do all sorts of fugly things and so the drawing did not exactly turn out the way I wanted it too.

Since "ferocious" brings seventies-type girls with huge afro-hair to mind for me, I decided to stick with the theme and went on to heavily photoshop this piece in an attempt to make it 'groovy' again. All in all not an overwhelming succes, this one, but I'm not displeased with it either. They can't all be winners, right? ;)

Suggestions for kinds of paper that work really well with markers are more than welcome!