Welcome

 This is a welcome post to mark the beginning of my third and last term at DMUIC using this blog. For the next months, I will continue to use this address for my Art Portfolio class, where I will be developing new projects.

In my last welcome post, I talked about Bosch as it was an inspiration for me at the time since I had recently visited the Prado museum, where I saw Bosch's Garden of  Earthly Delights paintings. During these past few weeks, I have not visited any museum, since I came back to the UK from Spain and I have been self-isolating. But I have been painting and playing video games. I have been particularly inspired by a game that my friend Sergio and I have been playing. It is called Dark Souls III and I feel especially attracted to the aesthetic and visuals of the game.

Fig. 1

It has a very dark and lugubrious appearance, with shadows and mist everywhere. This, along with one of my currently favourite songs, inspired me to make a painting. The song is called Aunque digan que yo by Recycled J, and the phrase that marked me the most was " Si no hay nada dime a que rezo" which translates to " If there is nothing, what do I pray to", referring to the uncertainty of agnosticism. 

Combining the videogame and the song lyric I created an inspiration board with a quick sketch as well to organise my ideas and have a clear view of the style I was looking to use:

 

And here is how the painting is going so far:

Reflecting on my work from last term, I believe that I did not do enough research or work on my blog, so that is what I am looking forward to improving.

References

Fig. 1, Ars Technica, 2016. Dark Souls III in-game screenshot. [image] Available at: <https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/dark-souls-3-review-marching-towards-masochism/> [Accessed 7 April 2021].