Castle Of Horror – Kitsch Reimagined
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This 1994 vector drawing is a masterclass in kitsch management. Castle Of Horror begins with a cliché—gothic towers, bats, and a moonlit sky—but transforms it into a poetic pastiche. The castle itself resembles a face, and the bats form a second face in the sky, suggesting sentience and intention. The winding path, shaped like a tongue, invites viewers to cross into the image’s world and be consumed by its expressive power. Each tower hints at a dark archetype: vampire, cat, ghost. This piece doesn’t mock kitsch—it elevates it, turning familiar horror tropes into a tribute to the genre’s artistic depth.
This image has entirely been drawn in polygonal lines which have been smoothed node by node, as a faster workflow than drawing directly in curves.
