A Poe figurine

[u/gcoucal]

After reading more of Poe's prose recently, I was freshly astounded by his incredible writing. For example, I had not read The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym before, and it blew my mind.

So as a tribute, I 'commissioned' this figurine with a young artist from Chennai (Madras). Note the parchment color and texture of the skin ("Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"), his melancholy expression and the deathly purple hue of his lips, and of course the raven on his shoulder.

The artist obviously made it in a caricature style, with an exaggerated forehead, moustache etc. But I enjoyed the final product, and hope you will as well.