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The Phantom of the Starship
A queer sci-fi horror re-imagining of the Phantom of the Opera, in which the Phantom is an AI trying to take over Christine and Raoul's starship.
Coloured illustration of Christine in a red jumpsuit pushing dangling wires out of the way with one arm, holding a glowing cylindrical fish tank in the other hand against a dark background.
Final render of Christine, lost in the dark of the starship.
Multiple sketches of Christine and Raoul in various poses.
Pose explorations for Christine and Raoul.
Close-up sketches of Christine’s face with different expressions.
Expressions for Christine.
Silhouettes of Christine, Raoul, the Mechanic, and the Phantom lined up next to each other.
Silhouette character lineup.
Four greyscale sketches of Christine wearing a jumpsuit in different value variations.
Value explorations for Christine's space suit.
Three sketches of Christine wearing different jumpsuit variations and holding different fish tank variations.
Development sketches for Christine, the protagonist. She's a young starship pilot who comes aboard the ship as a last-minute addition to the crew after the previous pilot suffers a mysterious injury.
Four sketches of Raoul wearing variations of a military-style uniform.
Development sketches for Raoul, Christine's love interest. She's the starship captain who wishes she could be a pilot, but an injury took her dream career away from her.
Three sketches of the Mechanic, a hunched old man holding a wrench with various outfits.
Development sketches for the Mechanic. He's a mysterious man who has worked on the ship for as long as anyone can remember.
Two sketches of the Phantom, an AI cyborg trailing wires and tubes. The sketch on the left looks more hulking and monstrous, while the version on the right is a smaller more humanoid form.
Development sketches for the Phantom, our villain. An AI that emerged from the old military apparatus of the starship, they have built a home for themself in the bowels of the ship, but yearn to control more than just its forgotten depths.
A third sketch of the Phantom, tubes and wires forming a snake-like body, holding its hands out like it is beckoning someone.
Development sketch for the Phantom.
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