Faculty of Design
Illustration
Dylan Tan
06. Vanity in Vain
Illustration
2024
Adobe Photoshop
16" x 9" in.
A gravely injured warrior reacts to their cliched reality by fully embracing the dispatched make up artists on the field. Vanity in Vain explores the concept of a character that is aware of the presentation of themselves to a greater audience, and how they would react in order to maintain their apperances. Vanity is often over-prioritized in entertainment media, and promotes unrealistic beauty standards.
“Wars are not won by pretty faces, but this battlefield is looking uglier by the minute.”
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Illustration
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