j - death of dr jeykll illustration

During the final chapters of the book, Henry Jeykll commits suicide to prevent Edward Hyde from killing again. The way he kills himself is unexplained to I decided to leave my illustration grim, dark and obvious yet uneplanitory as to how he has actually killed himself. I thought maybe with the red and blue blood/ooze pouring out of his mouth and nose that the audience could initially interpret how he died.

The red and blue blood/liquid also shows all of Edward and Henry's signature colours running out of him, showing his life draining out of him.

His glasses, which are usually blue, are now red, which is the colour I associated with Edward Hyde. His glasses changing colour actually shows that Edward Hyde has committed his last murder.

j and u - street investigation illustration

I wanted to draw another illustration of Dr Jeykll and Utterson so I've drawn them after having a conversation about Edward Hyde's misdeeds and who his true identity could actually be. Utterson has just walked away, explaining that she's going to uncover Mr Hyde's identity and stop him before he kills again, much to the dismay of Henry Jeykll.

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j and h illustration - window

This illustration shows Henry Jekyll at the window of his study as Utterson looks up at him from front of his house. This is before he knows he's being watched and hurriedly closes his curtains. 

The shadow of Edward Hyde appears behind Henry Jekyll. Seeing as this is from the point of view of Utterson, this shows that maybe Henry is starting to find it difficult to hide his evil alter ego and Utterson's suspicions are in fact true. 

I looked at a lot of different art deco stained glass windows for the window's design. The timeline of my interpretation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a mixture of different eras so in some cases like this, things like old art movements will appear in the backgrounds while the characters will be wearing modern day clothing. This actually happened because I wanted to mix the traditional Victorian London setting of the book with some modern day designs as well as some throwbacks to different eras in time.

DEATH OF DR J - WIP

DR J - DIGITAL CONCEPT DRAWING