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.
Collaboration is the combined efforts of various people in order to come up with an idea, evolve an idea or to create something. Collaboration is done in order to either get ideas to improve whatever is being worked on or to get the work done faster due to multiple people working several elements of the work. A majority of creative endeavors requires collaboration such as movies, TV shows or videogames, due to the many roles that need to be filled in the production of the work, though there can be some that can only require person such as literary works like novels or comics, which if the creator wants, can be done through traditional means or through a computer software.
In art, an example of collaboration on pieces would be the work of Baroque artist, Anthony van Dyck, who was credited as the main artist of his work and had painted his subjects’ faces and hands, but the rest of the painting such as clothes and backgrounds were done by his factory of assistants.
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Aesthetics:
Berserk by Kentaro Miura
Collaborations:
Family portrait by Anthony van Dyck, Anthony van Dyck – Wikipedia