Aesthetics is the sense of style that appears in a piece of work used to set a tone the work is conveying. The aesthetic of a piece of art could be conveyed through the various means of the creation of the art work whether it be through linework, the colors used and how they are used or creative interpretation in how the subject of the piece is presented. The tone of the work has a big influence on the aesthetic as it needs to be consistent with what’s happening in the art (unless the work is intended to have a tone that doesn’t go well with the aesthetic, whether it be to go against conventions, for comedic purposes, etc).
Both of these examples are from Kentaro Miura’s Berserk and both show woods, but are both different in aesthetic and tone.
The panel is aesthetically dark through it’s use of dark lighting and the style of trees drawn.
While this panel shows off a more traditionally fantasy aesthetic through it’s lighting and the architecture of the tree house.
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Berserk by Kentaro Miura