laura_seabrook | Gothic Roots

I've uploaded an undercurrent to my Gothic Roots series: Terror. There's 44 pages in this, and they will be published twice daily until done.

You can also read the original Gothic Roots Mainstream first if you wish.

I was never sure what to call these. They are a collection of images, appropriated and matched to a narrative to produce an effect. Montage? Narrative comic?Anyway, it's a form of art, and it was important at the time I created these that only "found on the internet" artworks and photos were used in them (credit given when known). I guess perhaps one of the things for that was that for the most part, these images are already in our collective consciousnesses.

Part of the process was playing around with the images and using HTML for various effects. Both images above were originally made using HTML with transparent GIFs against a fading background and formatted text. The new version is derived from screenshots of the originals.

Anyway, this is part of my art-play day. Later I hope to do some comics scripting and draw a couple of pages (at least).