Ahhhh, the Victorian Gothic novel...Oh, no, wait. Edwardian. It was published in 1909. Oh-ho.
It feels like it's been a while since I did one of these black and white pieces like this. I had fun with it. I was thinking about some of my favorite B&W artists, while I was working:
Aubrey Beardsley,
Hu Jingxuan,
Kathe Kollwitz, and our own
Hagelstram, as well as
Egon Schiele and
Jinyoung Shin. Inspiration.
(Psst. Let us not speak of Joel Schumacher, okay?
)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
art (c) J. E. Seames 2008
Comments
arcticFOXchic Says:
in sleep he sang to me
in dreams he came
JohnGames Says:
The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom; that is to say, of a spectral shade.
VampireMole Says:
Ohh~ I really like this... I noticed that it was plain black and white (images that I really love, stark contrast gets me happy)..
AWESOME..
Kaeyoh Says:
lol, this is awesome. I loved the book, the original movie, and I actually got to see a performance of the musical on Broadway, NY. I liked it a lot, but I couldn't help but notice that the main melody of the chromatic descension was completely stolen from the Pink Floyd song, "Echoes."
Now you know.
Shadow Dinosaur Says:
SailorPoipoi Says:
I love how the black and white works here.
Lord Welshi Says:
Loved the book (so few people know Phantom was a french novel) and the musical (saw it in London live, WOOOOO). Great pic, really captures the theme of the original medium.
EDWARDIAN ERA
junobean Says:
Friggin BADASS! I always love your B&W comps man - they're amazing.
Sana Says:
Backwards Twin 2 Says:
His knuckles are beautiful
Nicely done