ARTIST STATEMENT
An apocalypse is any cataclysmic or catastrophic event; usually one that greatly changes a world or its people. In my capstone project, I sought to understand why humanity finds so much fascination with apocalyptic stories, but I learned that we don’t find fascination in those apocalypses, we find comfort. To illustrate my findings, I have digitally designed my own apocalyptic character that respects the common tropes of the media they belong in. I’ve also built the cornerstone garment from their outfit in a digital sewing platform, to see it through to its theoretical production. This character and their clothing are reminiscent of the dreary beauty we recognize in apocalyptic media, injected with technical knowledge in an attempt to marry the worlds of character design and fashion design.
