“The Red Death” by Joshua Barrera, pen and ink on paper, 9×12, 2020
The final piece of one of my main 2019 art series Vibrant is a portrait that takes inspiration from the Red Death in the Phantom of the Opera. I used hues of red to fill the work’s components from the fancy feathered fedora, coat, and piercing eyes through stippling. I also added skull-like face paint features, a pearl necklace, and a dark gray garment to enhance the man’s deathly aura.
Other points of inspiration I took into creating this artwork are from the Dia De Los Muertos costume designs and the classical Red Mage class from Final Fantasy.
Joshua Carlos Barrera is a visual artist and art manager based in the Philippines. His artistic practice is a play of Pointillism, Cubism, techniques in Chinese and Japanese ink painting, and Philippine ethnic patterns. Drawn from family, travels, and love for video game concepts, his works intersect themes of heritage, fantasy, nature, fashion, and city living – imprinting a unity of fragmented ideas. Aside from creating artwork, he loves to collect art and toys, take snapshots, and travel around the world to see galleries, museums, cultural sites, nature, and great big cities. View all posts by Joshua Carlos Barrera
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