While looking through the artists for inspiration, I was drawn to the work of Jarek Kubicki. I was particularly drawn to his portraiture work that looks as if he is “painting” over the portrait. It looks as if the subject’s face is getting painted over which creates a kind of distressed aesthetic. The look of the subject’s also creates a kind of sad or melancholy mood/tone, and together with the splotches and drips, the works kind of can be seen as creepy or disturbing.
The color of the compositions also plays into that idea of sadness or melancholy, because they are just black and white. The absence of color is often connected to sadness; the addition of color would significantly impact these pieces. Even the slight addition of color could give these pieces an entirely differently meaning.
With this particular Photoshop work, I will have to do some research on how to exactly create this look. I could use brushes to create the splotches and drips, and will probably have to create a texture in order for it to look like actual paint or a canvas.
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