Daniele Serra's Illustrations Featured in Stephen King Film Adaptation 'Cell'

Twenty illustrations by Cagliari-born artist Daniele Serra (b. 1977) appear in the set design of the horror-sci-fi film 'Cell', directed by Tod Williams and based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. The works come from Serra's 2013 art book 'Veins and Skulls', published by SST England, featuring watercolors that blend reality and nightmare, depicting the female body with melancholy and sensuality. They decorate the bedroom of the protagonist, played by John Cusack, a former illustrator who survives a devastating phone signal. Serra, a British Fantasy Award (2012) and This Is Horror Awards (2015) winner, has published with US, UK, and Japanese publishers, creating illustrated books, covers, and graphic novels. He has collaborated with Marcello Fois, Clive Barker, and Joe R. Lansdale. Serra describes himself as a romantic decadent and a sophisticated New Gothic illustrator, using glazes and tonal layering to build visionary, often apocalyptic scenes where spectral characters and delicate female silhouettes move in timeless, foggy atmospheres.