The King in Yellow- The Mask

This story is about a marble sculptor who invents a liquid that turn anything to marble. In the story he uses it on a gold fish and a flower before using it on people. These two objects take on the symbolism of the two characters. The picture is set on the sculptors desk with hints at cloth, tools and rubble. The challenge was making it look like the objects were made of marble without being able to use the obvious colour change. So the only real method was to make them look stiff and shiny. I quite like the triangular composition of this image, it feels more like a classical still life.

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