Throughout this portfolio there have been a few references to the 1964 movie ‘Masque of the Red Death’. As soon as I saw it I kind of fell in love, it was my first Vincent Price movie and as cheesy as it can be in places I think it deals with horror in a way that seems lost now. Every character has an incredible amount of presence and the visuals have kept me busy sketching for a while.
This character is the eponymous Red Death and his quotes throughout the movie have been an endless source of inspiration for drawings in this book.
“Sic transit gloria mundi”