This project was actually pretty fun to do. Sachiko was my model for this because I think she is pretty enough to be a Dorian Gray. I had her bring in her sister's prom dress and her grandma's old jewelry. First we had her pose for the portrait, which was kind of difficult because I didn't really want her to smile and most of my pictures came out blurry. Then we had her lay on the floor, dead. This was even more difficult because I kept getting the sides cut off, like when the background ended and you get to see the room. I hated that I had to crop it. I found a frame online that I could use as the portraits frame. It's kind of old and Victorian look-ish. I wanted a Victorian frame because the book was made in a Victorian style.
For both pictures I had the saturation go up and make it look warmer. Another affect that I did was added more shadow to it to give it a darker look. For her old look I just put tree bark on her and erased the ends and lowered the opacity to 25%.
This scene I am trying to capture is when Dorian tries to "kill" his portrait but instead, killing him. The portrait actually ages while he remains beautiful but when he tries to ruin it, the "spell" reverses and he ends up being dead.
