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Illustrations and sketch processes of "The Signal Man"

"The Signal-Man" is a first-person horror/mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting him.

These illustrations and sketches are inspired by the story of "The Signal Man." They depict of a perspective that the Signal Man has inside the cabin next to the railroad, while looming through the glass. The viewer is the Signal Man in this case.

Final version 1, with color and no train

Final version 1, with color and no train

Final version 2, with color and train

Final version 2, with color and train

Lighting perspective 6

Lighting perspective 6

Lighting perspective 5

Lighting perspective 5

Lighting perspective 4

Lighting perspective 4

Lighting perspective 3

Lighting perspective 3

Lighting perspective 2

Lighting perspective 2

Lighting perspective 1

Lighting perspective 1

Scene without train sketch

Scene without train sketch

Scene with train sketch

Scene with train sketch

Thumbnail sketches 20-40

Thumbnail sketches 20-40

Thumbnail sketches 1-20

Thumbnail sketches 1-20