drawesome: prompt 47 (squiggle swap)

I almost didn't post this one because it didn't really come out right at all.

This was supposed to be whimsical. I had the vague idea of a children's storybook type of illustration. And instead it turned into ... this. I'm gonna call it "Nightmare Fuel".

Here are the squiggles it is based on for the purposes of the drawesome "Squiggle Swap":





I also colored it in, but that was even less successful. Pilot pens don't mix well with watercolor so everything ended up muddy instead of vibrant. And I did a lot with metallic pens and glitter paint that just doesn't show up on camera at all. So just use your imagination; I promise it's sparkly. I also started a half-hearted attempt at a digital edit, but got lazy and never finished it. I may or may not come back to it later. (Probably not.) The weird thing is that the black-n-white version just screams "coloring book" to me (terrifying nightmare-fuel coloring book, but still coloring book), but as soon as I colored it in ... meh.

( color version )