A conceptual bookmark exploring identity through the lens of Frankenstein, where each fingerprint marks a defining moment in the Creature’s search for belonging and self-understanding.

A conceptual bookmark exploring identity through the lens of Frankenstein, where each fingerprint marks a defining moment in the Creature’s search for belonging and self-understanding.

print 1.
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN


  • Victor's profile

  • skull

  • unraveling mind

print 1.
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN


  • Victor's profile

  • skull

  • unraveling mind

print 2.
FIRE


  • Modern Prometheus

  • fire's use for warmth vs. damage

print 2.
FIRE


  • Modern Prometheus

  • fire's use for warmth vs. damage

print 3.
VISION


  • The blind old man
    = compassion without sight

  • The rest of
    the world = judgment
    by appearance

print 3.
VISION


  • The blind old man
    = compassion without sight

  • The rest of
    the world = judgment
    by appearance

print 4.
REFLECTION


  • The creature saves a little girl from nearly drowning

  • a moment of kindess met with fear and rejection

print 4.
REFLECTION


  • The creature saves a little girl from nearly drowning

  • a moment of kindess met with fear and rejection

print 5.
CREATURE


  • Creature's profile

  • his creator Victor

  • his seeking mind

print 5.
CREATURE


  • Creature's profile

  • his creator Victor

  • his seeking mind

Concept

Fingerprints are often seen as markers of individual identity. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, however, the Creature is assembled from many bodies and exists without a singular origin. This piece explores how identity can be shaped through experience rather than inherited at birth. The bookmark draws from the visual language of a police fingerprint card and reimagines it as a narrative object. Using symbolic imagery, it reframes a familiar literary figure through themes of empathy, perception, and identity. Designed to live within the pages of a book, it functions as both reading companion and interpretive artifact, inviting readers to engage with the story through a tactile format that blends literary reflection with physical interaction.

Skills

Concept development, editorial object design, visual storytelling, symbolic illustration, print production.

© 2026 Kaitlyn Nee

© 2026 Kaitlyn Nee

© 2026 Kaitlyn Nee