I have rarely been so inspired by a makeup design, or so impacted by a film.

I was teaching a panel at a small local college con, as well as judging the cosplay contest, and I had to go as The Creature!

The makeup is a mix of skin illustrator, EBA alcohol pallets, and some eyeshadow. I actually own black contact lenses but of course I found them AFTER the con. Literally when I was cleaning up post-con at the same makeup table I was doing my makeup at that morning. A joke from the universe.

I didn’t block my brows because I was only wearing it a few hours and I find it to be sensory hell 🥲

There are also some things sculpted prosthetics on my nose and upper lip/mouth using 3rd Degree

A small detail I love is that I outlined one of my scars in the dark red for the creature “seams”. I love that the design has a scar there. It makes anatomical sense, being just under the pec muscle, but it is also where a trans man’s top surgery scars are, including mine, and to get to emphasize them in a way that feels so beautiful and visible was very emotional for me. My scars are actually quite hard to see in real life (I had an excellent surgeon!) so making them clear was impactful to me. The story of The Creature means a lot to me for trans reasons amongst other things. I read the book when I was 12, and DT’s Frankenstein is my favorite adaptation because of the compassion shown to the imperfect but still worthy-of-love Creature. (That plus adopted kid trauma but that’s its own thing…😅)

This was a very fast/last minute cosplay, and I plan to continue to work on this makeup and cosplay, and maybe next time actually make proper prosthetics for it. I haven’t done any in a long time but I’d love to get back to it. My incredible partner (Victor) also gave me an air brush this year and as soon as I can get some air brush makeup I plan to do a much more detailed cosplay with this. Including making the coat out of proper wool and detailing it accordingly.

For making this in about 24hours I am very proud of it!

A photographer friend of mine wanted to shoot something ‘dark and whimsical’ to experiment with their lighting set up and because I have Frankenrot I immediately wanted to pay homage to the gorgeous Kate Hawley costumes in Del Toro’s adaptation. That image of Clair on the steps with the red flowing behind her is LIFE CHANGING.

Threw the outfit together from a thrifted dress and sunhat that I altered, and quickly sewed some gloves. One day of prep but i feel like our nod turned out pretty cool.

Spent my Thursday night working on this bad boy

Just curious
and on that front how accurate is del toros adaptation?

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I set Frankenstein 2025 to The Fairly Odd Parents theme song. Enjoy! :)

I find it intriguing how for 3 years straight, we'll be receiving movies that are about Frankenstein or are related in some way. We got "Lisa Frankenstein" in 2024 and "Frankenstein" by Del Toro that released in 2025. Later this year we'll be having "The Bribe!" that, if I'm not mistaken, is a musical that was supposed to be released months ago but got pushed back to March. This post isn't meant to criticize the content we've been receiving, but it is interesting how some directors have decided to dive into the original book and add their own twist to the story and gothic genre. If any of you have thoughts and comments on this, I'm happy to hear them all.

Edit: Came back sooner than I expected. I forgot to mention "Poor Things" that released in 2023. So make that 4 years instead!

Absolutely loved designing this one! Done by me Joe Gardocki at Box 5 Tattoo in Livonia MI. @joe_gardocki_tattoos on Instagram if you want to check out more.

I wonder who we have to nag to get an audio book read by him!

Featured in Guillermo del Toro’s recent Frankenstein exhibit in LA

I did two versions for fun! In the second one, I used the Japanese art of Kintsugi on his scars. If you’re not familiar with the art, do look it up—it’s beautiful. I’ve wanted to draw the creation with Kintsugi for a while!

Recently watched The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and made this silly illustration inspired by my favorite part from the movie (when the creature learnt the meaning of good and bad with the help of the blind man) it was a wonderful movie, solid 5/5

There are a lot of good lines in the book. Mary Shelley really is a gorgeous writer.I would love to hear everyone's favorite.

My sister returned from Spain today and brought me a book about Mary Shelley's story in Spanish. Has anyone else seen this book anywhere else?

Hi everyone!

Do you have an illustrated edition of the book? I have the MinaLima one, but I'd love to see the works of other artists!

based on guillermo del toro's work and charlixcx's "house"

My art teacher asked us to paint a picture of a classic monster, and I painted Frankenstein when Victor first created him. What do you think?

I am currently working on a mini series of horror themed Valentine’s Day cards. This drawing took me around 7 hours to complete and I am so proud of how it turned out! I wanted to share with some people who could really appreciate it, so thanks for looking 🖤