Halloween notepad

 

Writing do-do-lists is not something I would consider joyful. I do it because it keeps me from forgetting important things and dates. This cute little notepad with the adorable red-haired witch and the cute pumpkin face however will make you smile everytime you use it.

Cute witch and pumpkin with hat
by ullahennig

Young Witches

Just now I am planning some new designs for my Zazzle shop. Although Halloween seems to be still far away I am thinking about creating some witch illustrations. So I went to Nightcafe Studio and inserted the following prompt, using SDXL 09:

face of a cute happy witch with a big red hat, vector style, 3 D, white background

Here's the image I got:

And then I tried the same prompt with Dreamlike AI:

You can see that there is definitely a difference in the style: Whereas the first image shows a young woman with dark hair and a red hat, the second shows a girl with red hair, a red hat, and even a red star. The eyes are considerably bigger, all in all it is a cartoonish style. 

However I think that both images can be used as designs. I will have the background removed in both images and then upload them to my Zazzle shop.

Young witch

This was a quick sketch which I coloured in with my liquid watercolours. I did the necklace and the chain around the hat with an alcoholbased marker because I liked the contrast between the soft colours of the liquid watercolurs and the strong vivid blue of the marker. 

I am still practising doing very light washes, and not every wash is as light as I wanted it to be. The face is much to reddish-pink, but - as I said - I am still practising.

Winter Witch

Yes, I used a coloring page for this witch, simply because I wanted to focus on working with my liquid watercolour paints. I am using Ecoline watercolour ink made by Royal Talens from the Netherlands, and Colorex, made by Pebeo, a French brand. 

I love the intensity of these liquid paints, and I am still highly surprised what you can get out of a drop of these paints. You get wonderful washes!