I’m currently writing a paper on fan interpretations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and I’m trying to include a handful of artists who are interested in the monster or have made meaningful art that relates to the project.
I saw your post (Sins of the Father) and I was wondering if I’d be able to include it - fully credited and cited of course ! - and possibly a little bit from you about design aspects of the monster that you enjoyed drawing or changed to fit your own style ?
Even if not, I love your art, so thank you for posting it !! :D
Hey, that sounds really cool, sure you can include it. 😊
Hmm funnily enough since my art style has been influenced by del Toro's films for a long time I feel like the creature design fits pretty well with what I usually draw, and since he's been influenced by Frankenstein all his life, I wonder if you could say I've been indirectly influenced by it all along.
I loved Hellboy II as a kid - the design of Prince Nuada from that film echoes a lot of the creature design in Frankenstein.
I particularly enjoyed painting the creature's skin tone, in the film it's a lovely mix of purplish-yellowish-greenish hues. I'm glad they gave him book-accurate long flowing hair as well! The blond streak really emphasises that he's made from composite parts.
As for things I changed, I didn't fully reference all of the scar placements. For the ones I couldn't find a good reference for, I followed the general idea they went for in the film that they would be placed along anatomy lines and access points.
I also pulled the red wings from the Dark Angel because of how the creature and the angel are associated in the film. That's probably what made me think of the Fallen Angel piece in the first place, with the references to Paradise Lost and the idea of the creature as an angelic or superhuman figure full of rage and grief at being cast out of Heaven by his capital-F Father.