Haunted Dreams Color Palette

Haunted Dreams Color Palette. Grab the free color palette and use the lettering pieces I created using it to inspire your own hand-lettered artwork!

Haunted Dreams Color Palette

Over the last few months, I’ve worked with the Pink Sky Color Palette, the Quiet Pastels Color Palette, and the Rainbow Falls Color Palette. 

This month I went with a darker, eerie color palette well-suited for Halloween.

On my Instagram, almost all of my posts include a “Swipe to watch the process video,” which shows you how I take things from a sketch to a final piece. And some of them include some animation as well. (Check out this post for a tutorial on Creating Animated GIFs.)

You can check out my iPad Lettering in Procreate tips over on this page on the blog. I used a lot of the tutorials I’ve shared on that page in my lettering pieces below.

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Using the Color Palettes

As per usual with this color palette series, I create a color palette and use it for nine IG posts in a row. After those nine posts, I switch to a fresh color palette.

Once again, I hope that you’ll use the palette and my work to inspire your own. Just remember, there’s a fine line between being inspired by someone else’s work and being a copycat, so be sure to create your own work! ?

• Download the color palette here.
• Learn How to set up Custom Color Palettes in Procreate here.
• Use the Hex Codes in design programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Match your physical art supplies (markers, color pencils, watercolors, etc.) to the palette and work the old school way! 

Lettering with the Haunted Dreams Color Palette

? Halloween is my birthday so was feeling extra inspired while creating the nine pieces using this color palette.

I’ll share a few details on how I created each piece below the photo.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece One

I sketched the calligraphy on paper and then completed the piece on my iPad Pro. Pop over to IG to see how I added some fun animation.

✒️ I used a wide variety of brushes from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Two

This is a slight update on a piece I did last year. It was one of my most liked posts so I thought it would be fun to give it a bit of an update for this color palette.

I snapped this pic of my Ugg Boots while I was walking through a Pumpkin Festival the first Fall we lived in Germany, so it has me reminiscing of Oktoberfest in our Dirndls with friends and all the yummy Kürbis (pumpkin) goodies like the soup and even Pumpkin Champagne (yes, it’s amazing)!⁣

✒️ I used my DND Chalky Brush and Painted Heart Stamp for this piece.⁣ Both are from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Lettering Challenge

Try taking a similar photo of your own shoes while walking outside and adding your own lettering to it right in Procreate.

Paved asphalt or parking lots are ideal so the background is pretty neutral and easy to letter on.⁣

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Three

? Send me all your vampires ?⁣
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I’m back to lettering some 90s lyrics. If you know this band and 1997 song, I’ll be super impressed. They were (and still are) one of my faves!⁣

✒️ I used the DND Celestial Block Brush from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Four

✨ It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus. ✨⁣
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Aaaand a little digital magic. ?⁣
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Get the step-by-step tutorial on how to create a GIF like this one below!⁣
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Any questions on it? Let me know in the comments and I’ll be happy to explain further. ??⁣

✒️ I used the DND Basic Brush and Monoline Brushes brushes and stamps from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Five

I ? ampersands and I had so much fun creating this Halloween inspired one!⁣
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Fun Fact: “The shape of the character (&) predates the word ampersand by more than 1,500 years.” -Dictionary.com⁣

✒️ I used various Brushes from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Six

How many times have you watched the movie “Hocus Pocus”? I watch it at least once every single year!⁣⁣
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Salem, Massachusetts has so many fun events this time of year, including an annual Halloween ball. For my big 4-0 Halloween birthday (in two years) I really want to go!⁣⁣
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Turning 30 didn’t bother me one bit. 40 feels scary. Like I should be a bit more adult-y by then or something. ???‍♀️⁣ ⁣
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Side note: If you want to learn how I take my own style mockup photos for a pic like this, it’s details in the GIF post.
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I show you show I set up my tripod and self timer and overlay my lettering on the photo. (It’s all the same steps except I omitted the final animation step that I did in my Hocus Pocus one.)⁣⁣
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? Free Spellbook Printables via Crows Feet Chic blog.⁣⁣

✒️ I used the DND Basic Brush and Monoline Brushes brushes and stamps from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Seven

Did you know these are thought to be poet Emily Dickinson’s last words? I think that makes them extra eerie! ?⁣⁣
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This was one of those pieces I spent way too many hours on, re-did multiple times, and I’m still not totally happy with it but I have other things to do…like laundry and house chores. ?

✒️ I used the DND Celestial Block Brush and DND Calligraphy Crayon Brush from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece. I also use the grids from The Letter Builder Tool by Ian Barnard and Stefan Kunz.

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Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Eight

This piece is so me. During the day, I’m cool with spooky things. But at night, I am still afraid of the dark.  

I can’t sleep with my feet out of the covers or my closet door open. And I totally run up the stairs after I turn the lights off.

Because the boogie man might get me! ?⁣

✒️ I used the DND Celestial Calligraphy brush from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Haunted Dreams Color Palette Piece Nine

I did this piece for my “taking over” at @surelysimplechallenge on Halloween! 

Head over there to read about this lettering piece, a few of my art tips, and a bit about my journey as a creative lettering artist.

✒️ I used brushes from my Procreate Brush Bundles for this piece.

Share your Haunted Dreams Color Palette Creations

Your turn! I can’t wait to see what you create with this Color Palette.

Use hashtag #DNDlettering when you post your work on Instagram.

I regularly check that hashtag and pick people to feature on my social media (with full credit and a link to your account).

I hope you have fun with the Haunted Dreams Color Palette!

Happy creating!

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