Narcisos contemporâneos: hibridações entre tradicional e digital como temática artística para Design de Superfície

Abstract

The present research wants to explore the Greek and contemporary aesthetics in the development of a collection of prints for t-shirts. The objective of the research is to develop this collection through processes by traditional illustration and digital art. The methodology is based in the major of the author in Visual Arts, focusing on artistic and creative processes. Also a bibliographic research was carried out in books, magazines, articles and websites on questions actually relevant in this production, in order to provide a greater understanding of the desires and concepts proposed here. They are present as the identities found in social media network, also they are related with the Narcissus Myth. There are here an aesthetic created with traditional process and digital resources. As a result, we have a collection with six distinct prints and four t-shirts. The pieces produced were created from the classic Greek references and the contemporary digital aesthetics. We don’t have an exclusive pretending audience, we look for people who like creativity and artistic prints regardless of gender. Basically it’s for someone who identify yourself with the pieces.