The thems that stood out to me were, Acusation vs. Vindication. using the imagery in the Crucible i found the contrast between the acusatory theocracy and freedom that the young women find in the rituals of withchcraft intresting. in my first 2 thumbnails (varions on the same idea) i have the young woman emerging from the hens egg held up by toad like legs. the village in miniture is perched on the back of the fragile egg. she holds a small candle representing a guiding light as she attempts to escape the egg. the second thumbnail is that of a judge holding court mixed with a slowly melting candle, the judge and stand are both made from wax that is slowly melting as primal figures dance in its light.

The scene I chose to illustrate comes from a chapter in Stephen Kings' "Pet Sematary", where the protagonist is taking a bath and the freshly resurrected cat reappears. Dead drunk eyes, the looming woods outside, and the spiral flowing in the bathtub—which symbolizes an inevitable or slowly closing trap—were symbols that appeared throughout the sketching process.

My ugly truth assignment

Heres my studies. i used a still from Ingmar Bergman's Persona, in the second study i went kinda of spooky with a door to the beyond as the new light source

Heres my Thumbnail, i might of crept a bit past 5 on the value scale

Heres my study, looking at other students i realised i should have brought in more dark tones, but ill keep at it.

A really fun exercise ! Im definitely going to keep doing this as practice