Mask She Hides Behind: Similarities And Differences In Visual Art

Between the two artworks: Claustrophobia by Valp Maciej Hajnrich, Rolf A. Jensen & Good Morning (digital) and The Mask She Hides Behind by Sara Riches (painting), there are many similarities and differences that one can identify from the first look and a longer view. One similarity between these two images is the colours that are used within them. Each artwork uses dark and gloomy colours (such as black and grey) to give off a mysterious and relaxing mood to the artworks. Their colour choices have their own vibrations within them (the dark, cooling colours). Also within these artworks, they have a small pop of colour to distinguish between the images/typography. For example, in the digital artwork Claustrophobia, there is a small
In the visual artwork The Mask She Hides Behind, there is more focus on the two dominant images of the mask and the girl. The artist placed these two images in the center of the page allowing negative space to be available around it so that the main focus could be on the girl and her mask. Also, there is a good balance of images in a formal way that assists with the feeling of it being complete and not missing anything (unity). In the digital artwork Claustrophobia, the artist uses the space they are given by entangling the outside /background with vines that are almost keeping the girl tied up in her thoughts. It also has a 3D box that looks like it is closing in on the girl which could also act as a barrier. There are also metric shapes, two identical in size and one that's slightly bigger, which overlap each other and give off a connection in the artwork. The artists focused more of their negative space near the top rather than the bottom so that the viewer could see the vines dwindling/getting smaller as you travelled up the page. There is a sense of unity in this, in which the picture is not too cluttered yet it takes up more positive space than the first