Exquisite corpses

1- Sweet boy Thompson, the child wrestler
26- D'Artagnan Sinfield, 70's keyboard player
​38- Theodora Pandora Physik, professional mourner
28- Saint Faith of Scunthorpe, medieval martyr 

​I first designed Sweet boy Thompson as a rowdy lil boy but he must have got the name sweet form somewhere. Making his face angelic but his body violent made for a much funnier contrast.

I wanted to make Theodora a Victorian lady. They were pretty big on mourning and I'm always looking for an excuse to research historical clothing. Mourning dresses were made of a non reflective silk or a cheaper alternative called bombazine and were trimmed with crape which was a fabric that couldn't be paired with anything else due to it reacting weirdly to heat. 
Having attended over 1000 funerals, it would be worth it for Theodora would have a high quality dress. She would also have a copy of the most popular book of Victorian mourning etiquette.  
I thought a Tim Burton stop motion style would work well for her.

I was very excited about Faith of Scunthorpe as I spent my summer researching medieval marginalia for my dissertation. I already had many books on the subject of illuminated manuscripts so I didn't even need to do any research. The ultramarine blue of her head dress would've been made by crushing lapis lazuli, a stone only found in what is now Afghanistan, which made it expensive enough to only be used for the most important characters. The rest of the paint would either have been made from plant pigments or highly toxic minerals. 
The skeleton is a copy of marginalia found in the Macclesfield psalter and the decorative boarders are also inspired by what appears in the book.

Making D'Artagnan Sinfield a rocker in his prime would be funny, but making him an old rocker re-living the glory days is much funnier to me.
He needs a handlebar moustache and long frizzy hair. 
Dads assessment: 
- Very good musicians that got carried away and pretentious.

​