Trick-Or-Treat

Well, it's Halloween again and I've been asked by the powers that sign my paycheck to design Halloween party plates for the '05 year. These will be presented to a certain unnameable chain of SUPERSTORES. *hint *hint*
Halloween '05 you may be thinking? But it's not even Halloween '04 yet! That's right folks, major chain stores like to be ahead by at least a year. So, by next year you will have forgotten that you saw these, but maybe if it's picked up and mass produced you'll look on a shelf and remember that you saw it here first, pick them up and enjoy my artwork! Wouldn't that be nice?

This piece was produced entirely in Illustrator. The approach was a pumpkin kid (male or female) out trick or treating with some Halloween pals. I really like the tonal colors and qualities between the houses and the starry night sky. The pumpkin guy was just a joy to sketch out on paper and when I produced it in Illustrator the colors just started popping. Sometimes you've just got to walk that fine line between cartoony and well designed. ENJOY!