A Journey to Concept Art

Prehistoric Theme  1 4 multi-coloured lino-cut prints (2D) and an arrangement of the negatives in order to create a sculpture (3D). These would be inspired in prehistoric cave paintings and made with 3 to 4 colors, a base color, shadow (darker color), details and lineart.  2 4 Prehistoric artifact acrylic paintings (2D) and a clay sculpture of a prehistoric artifact. A4 Paintings with an aim to create realistic depictions of real prehistoric artifacts. And, a clay sculpture of a prehistoric artifact, hand-painted to match the original one. 3 Design 4 prehistoric characters using digital concept art tools (2D) and a digital sculpture of one of the characters (3D). Using Clip Studio Paint i will design 4 characters with the prehistoric theme while trying to explore my style.  4 4 Digital Scientific illustrations of flora and fungi from the Prehistoric Era (2D). A journal with prehistoric plant and fungi species. 5 4 Digital Landscapes of prehistoric scenarios (2D) and a Tra...

 Welcome Post Third Term My name is Tiago Nunes and welcome to my blog for this third term. This small holidays gave me some time to clear my head, go on  bicycle trip, experiment with some lino-printing and other creative experiments.  In this semester i a planing on going in depth about printing, color pallets and some more traditional mediums and themes. 

Goya - Crazy like a Genius   The narrator, Robert Hughes, started appreciating the work of Goya through a near death experience. Being hospitalized from a car crash he realized that the idealization that we create of recovery with peaceful angels and bright lights and beautiful wholesome vibes is no more than just an idealization. The truth is much darker, uncertain, mysterious and cruel, much like Francisco de Goya's art. Madrid was an important place for Goya work wise. It was where he created most of his artwork and where a great amount of it stayed till this day exposed. It was there than he practiced and learned how to create art that would appeal to the commissioner.  In 1792 he felt extremely hill which lead to his loss of hearing. This forever changed the painter which had a very vivid and economically comfortable life to a depressive permanent silence that would withdraw his patience to follow the design orders of his previous commissioners. His work became immed...