The House of Secrets.

This is a commision for a friend. The piece is a very dark, macabre take on The Adams Family, a bunch of ghoulish character's posed in a creepy old drawing room.

For inspiration I referenced the old Universal Dracula and Frankenstein film's as well as silent movie's and old faded photographs.

I decided to scan in the initial rough pencils instead of inking it so as to keep that dirty scratchy  feel.

The characters clothing was very important. I wanted to create a timeless feel with clothing from different era's, Victorian, Napoleonic up to early 20th century and contemporary.

When laying the flats, shades and shadows I thought that this particular  group of people would have a major love of black leather and p.v.c.

The piece needed to have the final  look of an old fashioned scene painting you might walk by in a haunted house, you know the one's were the eyes follow you!

 Finito!