A Touch of Red

The stage sets for the Broadway production of Dracula were created by Edward Gorey. Gorey's sets were designed with the typical Gorey shades of black, grey and white with one small nuance; a touch of red was added to each scene to represent Count Dracula's thirst for"blood."

I used this idea to digitally create this image. It started out as a color photo with a red SUV in the background. I chose to eliminate the vehicle (even though it was red) to make this image more goth-like. Something was missing, hence, the "touch of red" factor. I painted some blood red lipstick on this young lady, framed the image and there you have it!