I chose to initially explore traditional black-metal imagery in order to have a baseline of where to take the project. Usually, album covers and logos usually rely on symbolism, however I chose not to include any as I did not want to condemn nor trivialise symbols that could be important to a group of people.
I created two paintings, both centered around death and anatomy. Both artworks have dark backgrounds, as I wanted the viewer to focus on the subject at hand, and I was inspired by Francis Bacon's approach to a few of his selected portraiture works.
The first painting is on an A3 canvas, which was primed using Gesso. From my personal experience with my own black metal music, listeners are more inclined towards albums that feature faces, and heavy contrast, which is why I chose to include the expressive corpse-like subject.
The second painting again draws inspiration from Francis Bacon, however I was also influenced by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittleson's work titled 'Fattigmannen'. This artwork was infamously used for the 1994 Burzum album 'Hvis Lyset Tar Oss', which is why I thought it would be appropriate. The corpse in the painting is posed similarly to the body depicted in 'Fattigmannen'. This was painted on an A4 canvas that was primed with Gesso.
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