Last night when I got home from work I decided to sit down and have a go with some experimental drawing. I know what idea I want for my final cover and can visualise in my head how I wish it to look but I actually have to try and make that a reality!

I want a potion bottle with a skull sitting at the bottom of it and the flowers coming out of the skulls eye socket straight out the top of the vase. The water in the bottle I want to look murky and dirty as it represents the Morlochs underground. I decided to give it a go drawing a skull in ink and then go from there!..

I have Pinterest (link below!) so I decided to have a look at different skull drawings and try to copy one off there!

This is what I ended up with! The first one being the drawing at the beginning before I added shading etc.. I think I have made the skull too dark with the shading and on the final piece I shall make it a lot lighter. I like the tea staining that I added though, I like how it has ran with the ink and gives a very murky effect.. (I still feel though it could have ran some more!) I could even try this with different colours using watercolours instead of the tea staining.

Overall I am pleased with my first attempt.. I have not sat down and drawn for a while and when I do draw it is never anything as dark as this! 😀

I shall have a go at repeating the drawing with different ways and techniques until I am happy with what I have achieved!