Chosen Design

I have decided to go with design number 1, where the the gelatine that makes the skin look old, bumpy and cracked like, goes up the neck and up to the sides of the face.

I feel this design will look better for my character, the whole book is about him being swallowed up by the portrait and it taking over his life. The design I have picked looks like the gelatine is coming up from the chest as if it has already taken over the body.

The model will be wearing a shirt too, as he is quite a powerful and wealthy character I think if the shirt was unbuttoned at the top and it looked like he was a little off his game, it would suit the character really well.

The time in the book would be near the end when he feels he wants to leave and end his life, he wants to ruin the portrait because its starting to eat at him and destroy him. There for the dishevelled look would suit the whole look I was going for.