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An art manifesto is a public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or artistic movement. Manifestos are sometimes in their rhetoric intended for shock value, to achieve a revolutionary effect. For this project I wrote my very own manifesto expressing my love for gothic art. I represented this style in the form of a triptych of typographic posters with custom illustrations and a heavy influence of gothic aesthetics. Each poster has a unique title. The three parts are: Plague of Normality, Love & Emotion, and Perpetual Rebellion.
POSTER TRIPTYCH
Illustration
Passion
Typography
Manifesto
![Plague of Normality](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcf0_56f80f043747472b862ec7b1384c4ad7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/33dcf0_56f80f043747472b862ec7b1384c4ad7~mv2.png)
Crying Virgin Mary illustration with warped blackletter typography.
![Love & Emotion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcf0_fe2e963fa26c451eb069c6f18c1e6e04~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_946,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/33dcf0_fe2e963fa26c451eb069c6f18c1e6e04~mv2.jpg)
Cupid illustration with modified demon wings and a cross pattern strip. Blackletter and sans serif font combination.
![Perpetual Rebellion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcf0_1ce82fdc7d7f4d09af4aa45d0fcc4007~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_946,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/33dcf0_1ce82fdc7d7f4d09af4aa45d0fcc4007~mv2.jpg)
Modified Mickey Mouse illustration with studded leather jacket, ripped skinny jeans and cigarette.
![Plague of Normality](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcf0_56f80f043747472b862ec7b1384c4ad7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/33dcf0_56f80f043747472b862ec7b1384c4ad7~mv2.png)
Crying Virgin Mary illustration with warped blackletter typography.
![Emo Patch(Black).png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcf0_85f4abd0fcec463098249bd39f9e9c63~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_469,h_481,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Emo%20Patch(Black).png)
Process
I started out by sketching a patch design and religious figures. I chose religious icons because gothic art has such a strong relationship with religion. In order to reference the content I’m taking a religious icon and changing something about it to make it gothic in some way. For example, I drew a Virgin Mary and then added gushing tears raining down her face to make it angsty and less typical. In art this technique is referred to as appropriation. I did the same thing with Cupid and gave him demon wings instead of the traditional small angel wings. Finally, I chose to appropriate Mickey Mouse in honor of the character entering into the public domain this year.