Sunday, August 29, 2010

The first poster made me think of a black and white movie poster. The first black and white movie that pops into my head is always Dracula. The figures in this poster are also handled similarly to the figures in the poster above with the exception of one has color. I see it mainly in how the artist of each poster treats the faces of his/her characters.
  Dracula lead kept my mind in a horror streak and brought this Goya painting, Saturn devouring his children, back into my mind. When it comes to creepy paintings this gets one of the top ranks from what I've seen. Stylistically this is very different from the 2 previous works. Although the more I look the more I think the Dracula poster and this have similar color pallets, mostly black and neutrals.

Next my mind went to a game I've been wanting to try, Dante's Inferno. It's based on the classic novel that's all about the different circles of hell. Where better to find a monster like the one Goya depicted than in hell was my train of thought. Again this is another very dark image pallet wise though it does through in more more red and yellow than the others do (not that makes it any more cheery when it's the fires of hell).

Saying "the fire's of hell" brings my mind right here to Mokoto Shisho. He's the best villain in my all time favorite anime, Rourouni Kenshin. He was burned alive but he didn't die and in one episode he says how the fires of hell are burning inside him (so you can see how I got here). This image however is much different from the previous ones because it's not a dark image at all.

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