On Looking Into the Eyes of a Demon Lover

Looking into a mirror and finding James Harris
looking back

On Looking Into the Eyes of a Demon Lover painting by Maggie Umber

13Pages
PencilCrayon

History

1956 or earlier: Story History

On Looking Into the Eyes of a Demon Lover was composed by Sylvia Plath. It was published posthumously in The Collected Poems. The title and some of the imagery informed this comic.

2018: Comic Production

The storyboards were made one day in September 2018. The 12 page comic was drawn between September and November 2018.

Process

This comic was drawn with water-soluble crayon, watercolor pencil and water brush on polypropylene watercolor paper.

Photo of On Looking Into the Eyes of a Demon Lover storyboards and pencils by Maggie Umber
Storyboards and pencils
Photo of On Looking Into the Eyes of a Demon Lover storyboards and pencils by Maggie Umber
Lightboxing pencils
Photo of Maggie Umber printing The Intoxicated
onto polypropylene watercolor paper
Photo of Maggie Umber printing The Intoxicated
Water brush, water-soluble crayon, watercolor pencil
Photo of The Intoxicated printing set-up by Maggie Umber
rubber gloves
Photo of The Intoxicated printing process by Maggie Umber
Studio

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