Masquerade Photos

Using members of my class as models, I took some reference photos for my Masque of the Red Death comic in a similar way to how Vitaly Alexius begins his work.

 

I had a rough sketch of each panel of the comic that gave me a general reminder of the perspectives, room space and poses that I wanted. I then asked my models to assume these poses. In some circumstances I directed them as I had a clear idea of what I needed, for other scenes I told them the scenario and let them react to it in whatever way they deemed fit.

 

Here are some examples of the 40 photos I took. They include full-body poses and headshots for facial expressions.

 

 

Getting these photos was often difficult, as there was no studio space available to me like that which Alexius would use. Also, I needed certain features like staircases and corridors for perspective references which meant that photos were often interrupted by other students and I had to take into account health and saftey issues such as not blocking doorways whilst taking the photographs.

Despite this, I got all of the photos I needed and feel that they will be excellent to work from.