Duality Series

Released 2022-

Parts one and two of my four part visualization into the concept of people and duality. Duality as a concept has always fascinated me and this has been a fun way to explore it. Parts three and four have yet to be completed.

Pt I: 2 Sides

Released 2022 / Digital Art

Pt. I of IV. Everyone's got two sides; Their worst that they keep locked in the dark and their best that they thrust into the light.

2 Sides is mainly focused on juxtaposing darkness and light inside of people. It's honestly something I'd been thinking about for a while. The notion that everyone has an inner... "darkness" for lack of better words. We've all got stuff we don't want other people to see. Be it a hidden struggle, a hidden agenda, or just plain old hidden darkness, everyone's got something they want to keep to themselves. Keep hidden. Keep dark.

But on the flip side of that everyone wants to show off their best points. Whether it be for other people or just for ourselves, we all directly express the image of what we consider the best of ourselves. Even at the lowest points they go through many people still show off the highs, however few and however trivial they may be.

Pt. II: Masking

Released 2023 / Digital Art

Part II of IV. Everyone's got a mask they put on for one reason or another, be it a literal mask to hide our identities or a figurative one to put their best face forward.

Masking is about, well masking, obviously. I think we've all got masks we put on for one reason or another, whether it be a literal mask to protect our identity, or a figurative mask of our emotions or part of our personalities we don't think someone else would like. Sometimes those masks are intentionally deceptive to cover up some malicious intentions. I've got quite a few masks of my own. Not the malicious ones I don't think.

This idea literally came to me in the middle of an art history class of all places. I was barely listening to a literal lecture about masks and the lightbulb just went off. I had to borrow someone else's notes for that lecture.