Instruction
Explore and research possible art styles for your final submission to be in.
Purpose
Understand the fundamentals of the style you’re choosing to represent and be able to properly recreate the style with your personal story.
My Interpretation
I knew with horror being my selected genre that I wanted to learn into the twisted aspect of it all. I explored older dis of art, specifically gothic and Romanesque. Gothic was a nice place to start, but far too plump, flowing, and colorful. The general feel of it was more religious and ethereal than what I aimed to produce, so I moved on. Romanesque style painting was deliberately flat, had confusing and impossible geometry, a lack of proper human anatomy (thin wrists, strange hand forms, unnatural symmetry) and inclusion of words, text, backgrounds. The overall compositions were often more faded, usually only one vivid color, often red or gold. The contrast was extreme and usually the compositions and a whole were relatively dark. These elements combined and slightly twisted could definitely create a horrific scene that I want to pursue.