"Nightmares" by Christina Joy Sanders

About the picture itelf; I sketched it out in pencil, then redid it over in monochromatic colored pencil in a sort of red color, then scanned it in. I was going to leave it, but I started fiddling with it in photoshop and before I knew it... well, I'd done a complete coloring job, and I'm glad I did because it looks so much better this way. The skin is smooth and the pillow looks silky and the folds in the blanket are so much cleaner and I swear when I look just right I can practically feel him writhing and twisting around... in fact, the only thing I have against this pic is that there's something odd about his face... his nose, I think. And I admit he's a bit muscular, I was trying to make him look like all his muscles were tight and tense but it went too far, but it doesn't ruin things too much.

And the shirtlessness--which I'm sure someone will bring up sooner or later--I like drawing skin, so sue me. I can only just tolerate fabric when it's loose and draping, I shudder at the very idea of drawing some nightshirt wrapped around him, sticking with sweat. Bare is so much easier.