I love the book so much... POOR ERIK... REJECTED BY ALL EVEN HIS OWN MOTHER AND HAD A SHITTY LIFE WITHOUT ANY KISS OR HUG OR LOVE BECAUSE OF DIFORMITY FROM BIRTH MAKING HIM LOOK LIKE A ZOMBIE FORCING HIM TO HIDE AND WEAR A MASK AND HAVING MADE HIM CRAZY, SOUR AND MURDEROUS... SOCIETY IS SO CRUEL WAAAAH I SWEAR TO GOD IF I EVER GET TO USE HIM FOR A STORY I WILL GIVE HIM A GOOD LIFE
So originally I hesitated between making him menacing, or dark and edgy, or mysterious, or annoyed, or bored... but I ultimately decided to show him with his main trait displaying : sadness. We could say he is despair incarnate...

Le Fantôme de l'Opéra and Erik © Gaston Leroux
Drawing and design © me