[By Suhita Shirodkar in San Jose, California] Nothing is more out-of-date than Halloween the day after Halloween. Funny how witches and green zombies, all the rage in October suddenly turn passé on November 1st. Still, I thought I'd risk it and post some sketches from yesterday.
I drove by Louise’s yard this weekend and got a quick glimpse of the awesome decorations. So I went back to see it while he put his final touches to it yesterday. It’s a work of art, and like many works of art, a labor of love. Louise does this really elaborate setup, adding motors and sound and all sorts of effects the zillions of things in his yard. All just for the fun of it, every year. Sadly, I didn't return in the night to see it in it's full glory, sound effects and all. I sketched a bunch of vignettes, like the one on the top of this page and the two below.
I started to sketch at my kids' school halloween parade but quickly got distracted. It was mostly just the usual halloween staples: witches and pokemons, minecrafts characters and robots. But the one that really caught my eye was the One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater.
I love Halloween, it's one of my favorite festivities: non-denominational (because it's origins are pagan), great fun for everyone across all ages, and it really seems to bring out the best of what's creative in so many people. Best of all, your kids go trick-or-treating and come home with awesome candy and have to go to school the next day, and you work from home and there's all this candy you can (discreetly) choose from...