Art of Forbidden Brides

Forbidden Brides of the
known throughout the world for his works such as; The
Sandman, Stardust, Coraline and Good Omens,
Forbidden Brides Faceless is a short story Slaves about a young man
known only as "The Master" who strives to create his
magnum opus as an author but he constantly finds
himself in conflicted the Secret between House what he wants of the to write and
what he is actually interested in writing.
Night of Dread Desire
The story is a great piece of satire that lightly pokes at
the type of authors
- Introduction
who strive to write stories that "reflect
reality as it is" rather than writing about something that
genuinely interests them, which is what inspired me to
adapt the short story. This book will guide you and
demonstrate the pipeline of concept designing and how
those designs changed and evolved over time.

ething oodboard to help ground and all the Initial designs Designs
I created, to help keep everything
fied, so I created a moodboard by gathering reference images.
ply looking for images was enough for me to start generating ideas on
the main character should look, what they would wear, how they would
d themselves and present themselves to others and how they would act
ne and from there I began designing.
first designs for the main character came out rough, but they held
ments within them that stood out, such as the sunken eyes and gaunt/
ular face. From here I took inspiration from the character designs of Tim
ton who starts by building his characters from very basic shapes and
lding upon them, leading me to a character design that felt solid,
ropriate and unique.

wing elia Earnshawe Amelia from and extreme final
sion. les quicker and easier.

the Older Brother (His design
was influenced by the Young
Master I.e. The head and body
shape are opposite to the
Young Master.

rence vironment images were Art needed in order to build the
t atmosphere, though a limit on detail had to be
lied due to the vast amount of detail these
ldings can hold.
ce the initial designs were down, and the
l versions decided upon, it was time to
our.

before being dropped

aracter Turnarounds
ate the turnaround references for the main characters to help
p character designs consistent throughout the graphic novel.

nel Roughs

nels Completed

omotional Art

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