Visual Concept & Artistic Intent
This landscape broadside manuscript serves as a full visual anthology piece for The Monsters Were Never The Point. Designed in the tradition of 19th-century gothic broadsides and illuminated printing, the artwork embeds the complete text of the poem directly within a dark Victorian frame.
Framed on either side by character portraits representing Vanessa Ives, Victor Frankenstein, the Creature, Ethan Chandler, and Dorian Gray, the layout fuses dark literature with visual storytelling.
Key Inscriptions & Side Annotations
- Left Inscriptions: “Some souls are born haunted. Others become it.” and “We are all a little monstrous.”
- Right Inscriptions: “Beauty. Power. Science. Faith. Despair. Love. All walk in the same shadow.” and “Some monsters just want to be loved.”
- Footer Citation: “The deepest horror is not that darkness exists within us. It is believing that darkness is all that we are.” — The Red Pill Poet
Read the companion text entry in the Poetry Realm.
