Chapter 4:
From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardour those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects. (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. 1818)
At first, I thought about illustrating the story of the song literally : a house with someone building a strange machine with the neighbours watching him through their blinds.
But when I drew the neighbour through the blind, I transformed the blind into a ribcage. It lead me to reinterpret the story a different way.
Metaphorically, a house could represent yourself. The song’s theme is the way others look at you, and the way they judge you if you are not like them. I emphasized the eyes and the number of people looking at the subject.
I decided to work with different grey to give a monotonous aspect to the image. Only the TV blue mentioned in the song stands out and differentiate the main character from the others.