Illustration Friday ~ Atmosphere

So you thought that all the Halloween candy and those plastic goblins that scream just as your three year shouts “trick or treat” came from the store? Oh no my friends, these fine ladies are in the business of conjuring up a darn spooky atmosphere!

“Fillet of a marsh snake, In the cauldron boil and bake:
Eye of newt and toes of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.”

“Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble!”

21 Responses to “Illustration Friday ~ Atmosphere”

  1. sketched out says:

    Their gorgeous, in a very scary, witchy, halloweeny way, but gorgeous all the same!

  2. Amalia K says:

    Goodness, goodness!!! I can’t very well say much about this, except that it’s AWESOME! All the purple fluorescent lights, the ‘charming’ faces, crooked teeth and a floating eyeball! LOVE IT, ROberta! (^O^)

    PS: I like the suspicious looking witch with the orange polka dot collar…she looks like my plumber!! Hahahaha….

  3. Tracey says:

    Wonderful. Beautiful and ghoulish at the same time!

  4. R M Smith says:

    Just brilliant!

  5. studio lolo says:

    You do the bestest witches!!

  6. theartofpuro says:

    The atmoshere illo is fantastic,love the colours and the characters!
    Your sketchbook project is amazing,full of great illustration,love it!

  7. Diana Evans says:

    oh wow This is so so cool Roberta!!! I loveeeeeee it!!!!

  8. roberto says:

    Very good, roberta!
    Those faces tonight will not let me sleep!
    (So laugh when I remember them … ha ha. Very funny!

  9. khwhitaker says:

    very nice, I really love the one stirring the pot

  10. Sophia says:

    Dear sir,
    I left you a comment on your August 13th sketchbook post.

    Thank you!

  11. Linda says:

    They make me smile. Thanks!

  12. Emila says:

    this is awesome, roberta!

  13. Heh, now they remind me of my aunties …. Great all the things bubbling in the cauldron. And those disparate faces – so individual aand scary funny

  14. That’s some kinda atmosphere you got going on there!

  15. bobo says:

    Good faces, especially for today! In Chinese tradition, today is the “hungry ghost day”!

  16. anil ks says:

    ..awesome!!great illo..brilliant idea..love it..

  17. Really love this, the whole illustration seems to glow.

  18. marion glennon says:

    Love your witches! One of my fave subjects.

  19. jack foster says:

    mmmmmm! Making me hungry! :o) Great one Roberta! No one can whip up a witch like you can… and five witches? Never! Love it!! Oh and I loved the illos in the July/August SCBWI mag. Especially the kid with the skull shirt and the spider lunchbox!

  20. Curious Art says:

    Fabulously creepy atmosphere, Roberta! Love the colors & detail!

  21. Eric Barclay says:

    Wonderful details– almost looks as if it’s glowing. Brilliant color choices.

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