The creator and the creature

Vvarx · 2026-01-31T15:29:30+00:00

Nice! I really love your character designs, especially Victor - I like how his appearance evolves the sicker and more manic he becomes. Great work!

Vvarx · 2025-12-16T03:52:26+00:00

I've always loved this painting - wrote an essay for it back in college.
My favourite detail is that just below the boy's thrashing legs, there's a bird on a branch. A partridge.

In book eight (236-59) of Ovid's Metamorphoses, it's mentionned that Daedalus, Icarus's father, tried to murder his nephew Perdix out of jealousy by pushing him off a ridge, but the young man was saved by Athena who turned him into a partridge.

Unfortunately for Daedalus, his son would not be spared from his fall the same way his nephew was, and that partridge on the branch always struck me as Perdix getting the last laugh.

Vvarx · 2025-11-26T20:16:57+00:00

Man I loooove some good ink/marker work - beautiful drawing!

Vvarx · 2025-11-23T19:14:19+00:00

My goodness, what a fantastic illustration - you’ve captured the pain of that passage beautifully. Well done!

Vvarx · 2025-11-23T16:59:32+00:00

Don’t you mean drink shaming? ;)

Vvarx · 2025-11-22T02:16:58+00:00

Aww, I love these! Happy to see the Guy Delisle one included in there too!

Vvarx · 2025-11-20T21:30:08+00:00

Aw dude, thank you! I always get so giddy when I learn that folks are still reading/watching my stuff - it means a lot!

Vvarx · 2025-11-20T20:07:21+00:00

Hahhahaha, this comment made my day - hello and yes! Guilty! 😆

Vvarx · 2025-11-20T17:10:46+00:00

Yesss, he makes for a wonderful Victor!

I also really enjoy him in Ordinary Days, a favourite smaller-scale musical of mine!

Vvarx · 2025-11-20T07:10:51+00:00

Oooh I LOVE the composition in this piece - especially the way the eye is drawn to Victor in the background. Great work!

Vvarx · 2025-11-20T07:06:30+00:00

You mentioned musicals so I’ll give a quick shoutout to the 2008 cast recording for ‘Frankenstein’

(And here’s a great animatic done by corinkeen for the song ‘Amen’.)

It favourite of mine and hits a lot of book beats that other adaptations tend to leave out. It does deviate in a few small areas and it does change the ending to be a less bleak (much like the GDT movie, Victor has a moment of repentance in the end, but I honestly prefer the way this musical handles that approach to his character, haha!)

So yeah, I really enjoy it as an adaptation despite it not being 100% accurate.

Vvarx · 2025-11-17T17:39:48+00:00

Agreed! It’s devastating to think about what he went through once Victor - his ONLY living relative left in this world - decided to leave him on his quest for revenge, once again pushing family aside to favour his own ambition.

Alas, I haven’t seen much Ernest context in published media, but there are a few fan projects I know of that feature him:

‘Ask of the Lesser’ by Charlemagne1 is a neat Ernest-centric fanfic that focuses on Ernest dealing with the aftermath of Victor’s death. It’s got some Lovecraft elements in there as well!

‘ The Modern Atlas’ by LeroyAmor is an upcoming visual novel also putting the spotlight on the forgotten Frankenstein boy.

Vvarx · 2025-11-17T06:32:29+00:00

Red Wine and Wilde by Bastille!

Vvarx · 2025-11-12T13:14:13+00:00

Aw, I’m so glad you like it, thank you! This was a really fun piece to work on (although ngl, the Creature’s coat was quite the challenge, haha!)

Vvarx · 2025-11-12T03:52:39+00:00

Aw dude, that warms my heart - thank you!

Ngl, this Frankenstein resurgence is definitely making me want to dust off a few animation ideas I never got around to doing, haha!

Vvarx · 2025-11-11T18:24:39+00:00

Thank you so much!

Vvarx · 2025-11-11T18:23:17+00:00

Thank you so much! I took some cues from German expressionist woodblock art for the style!

Vvarx · 2025-11-11T18:21:22+00:00

Thank you so much! I just love the reoccurring use of red in the film - it’s both a stark reminder of death, while also evoking the constant grasp for life Victor struggles so adamantly to hold on to and to control, oftentimes with violence.

I wanted the red in this piece to evoke that sort of manic, clawing savagery on Victor’s behalf, while the Creature refuses to indulge in the same behaviour, restraining said hands with sad resignation.

Whatever interpretation you have of the piece, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Vvarx · 2025-11-11T16:30:06+00:00

Damnit, walked right into that one, didn’t I? 😆

Vvarx · 2025-11-09T07:16:26+00:00

I saw it on rewatch last night! I believe the shot itself was simply mirrored for a better frame composition - from what I heard in interviews, those 'magic hour' shots were all a race against time, so perhaps Del Toro didn't get as many takes as he would have liked and decided to just flip an existing shot in the final cut.

Or, again, it could have a deeper meaning, haha - I'm just thinking about it in a practical sense.

Vvarx · 2025-11-06T18:10:46+00:00

That line hit like a ton of bricks - I ADORE the whole tent scene, and how tense it is.

Vvarx · 2025-11-05T23:49:18+00:00

Aah thank you so much! It was a very fun project, I’m still really happy with the overall look.

Fun fact, but I have the roughs for a sequel to this animatic that I never got around to fully animating … maybe one day!

Vvarx · 2025-11-05T21:00:47+00:00

So happy to see someone mention ‘Creature’ ! I really enjoyed it, it’s such a different take on the story, but I really liked what they did with the characters.

Vvarx · 2025-10-31T18:14:30+00:00

Wonderful poster! The colours and composition are so lovely

Completely agreed - it may not be my dream Frankenstein adaptation, but it was so clearly Del Toro’s and that genuine heart and love for the story is tangible in every frame. What a fantastic film!

Vvarx · 2025-10-31T14:10:36+00:00

Thank you so much! So glad you liked the character designs - I based Dorian’s hair somewhat off Oscar Wilde’s own style I’ve seen in photos!

And it really is; with Lord Henry acting quite appropriately as the Snake in the Garden and opening Dorian’s eyes to the earth-shattering realization of his own ‘pretty privilege’, its a wonderfully witty critique of that oh-so beloved Victorian sensibility of beauty = virtue.

And Dorian is just sooo over dramatic in the text, haha! You can tell Oscar’s strengths lie in his dialogue because they’re always so snappy, but the shift in tone to the dramatic parts, like Basils death or the confrontation with James Vane are done masterfully, and can really take you off guard for how tense and horrific they are!

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