Charcoal

When I was thinking of what to do for my charcoal piece I was trying to think of what could be easily found as black and white. A zebra had crossed my mind but I thought of something more sinister and monster like, The Slenderman.

I had seen various pictures of him. Some had depicted he had Regular arms, some displayed blades, some showed him with regular arms and gooey tendrils and some just displayed him with Tendril arms. I had gone with a mix of both the blade and tendrils for both his arms and legs. I gave him a more defined face for having no face by darkening areas where his cheeks would be. I had used shadow as a way to tell where his brow or eyes would be if he had those. I darkened the trees around him to make it defined with the dark mist i had applied around the Slenderman. I darkened his suit and tendrils to also make him stand out from the rest of the region. I made him a bit hunched to give him a hunting position for movement as if he were hunting for something or someone.

I never really had a story for him as much as trying to make him sisnister and look as if he was lurking within the woods. I would imagine that if his mouth was ripped open he would be agitated and persistent on trying to find his prey who hides amongst his forest.

I would probably add more detail to his mouth or arms to give him a more fierce look that makes him look as if hes going to terrify anybody that sees him. Maybe make a more blended look with the grey background to make it look foggy.