The Countess Báthory stands before her stained glass window, in the private chamber of the eight-sided tower…
Mood board #1 – the color palette for the Countess’ chambers.
Bátjhory looks down on the charred corpse of the witch Darvulia.
The iron-nosed witch Darvulia is led to her death.
Mood board #2 – interior Cachtice Castle
Preliminary character sketch, Count Drugeth
Mood board #3 – interior Cachtice Castle. Only of course, no gramophone. This is a color guide. Look what follows.
Night of the Beast… a successful collaboration between our artists
Herewith more work-in-progress on Countess Báthory, the Graphic Novel. This slide show/picture gallery combines some of Tamás Vari’s exquisite draft compositions: including the Countess in her octagonal tower, looking down on the scene of an execution; with photographs of interiors meant as a tonal guideline, for our colorist, Máté Vadas.
And the final image, well it’s one of Tamás and Máté’s ‘poster images’. The Countess stalks her castle, alone at night, while a frightened innocent cowers in the shadows…
Heady stuff, and there’s a lot more where that came from, as things are heating up, and not only on funeral pyres…
The Scarlet Countess 