I bought a black sketchbook as I thought that working in white and colour on top of black would give a different vibe. Using a black background gives an impending sense of gloom and darkness and a very gothic vibe to the work. (Somewhat inspired by Emily Carroll's work being against black backgrounds). Plus it really makes the colours pop.
Above are some sketches I did again investigating incorporating a skull into a dress instead of onto the face. I quite like how the one on the left looks as the character is in a relaxed pose, so it's more like she's been marked for death (perhaps with illness) but is not dead. It could still be subtler but it's less upfront than straight up having a skull face.
Some cat skulls. Drawn a lot of human skulls, and a lot of cats, but not any cat skulls. Links to the story The Black Cat and suggests death as a whole.
I liked the idea of working with silhouettes, here a silhouette of Poe writing is illuminated by a light (intended to be candlelight) - I think this could nicely be translated into animation, with the light flickering like a candle.This is metaphorical, nobody's face melts but a lot of beautiful women die in the stories (and in Poe's life). Usually they were loved so I thought imagery of a face being caressed but also melting off into a skull would translate the horror of loved ones dying prematurely. I'm sort of toying with an idea of seeing things in a first person perspective, as if you were a character or Poe himself. So the hands here are meant to be like a POV.
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