Out of this world

I am starting a series that might end up in self portraits where I will have images in monochrome only. It is an attempt to stress solely the feelings evoked in the images through intensity of light. This one is a reflection of my present feelings.

My anxiety levels are starting to increase due to the new XBB.1.5 variant spread and what is going on in China. We certainly will have a foggy 2023 ahead due to the lack of basic public health principles and also of a serious, ethical and honest politicians.

Having a background in Immunology of infectious diseases doesn’t help much! Also, having a teen that just wants to enjoy her life (more than right, relatively) and that attends a school where masks are not obligatory becomes difficult.
My habits have changed a lot since the pandemic, but luckily enough, I like outdoors, so this hasn’t changed. I still haven’t got infected since the pandemic started as far as I am aware.

Therefore, I decided to have a self portrait that would convey my feelings of wanting to be protected. I exaggerated a bit but I won’t lie I wished to be protected at this level. Gloves and a ‘space helmet’!

The helmet is a vector, which was done in Affinity Designer. The portrait per se was simple and I added hand-rendered painted background to support the mood for the subject via its texture.

Patricia dos Santos Paton Patricia dos Santos Paton is a digital artist based in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Patricia is a passionate about human behaviour and is a soul seeker. Being born in a third world country, Brazil, she experienced seeing lots of social inequality and this may have influenced her work. She is always in search for truthful and profound feelings. Patricia is engulfed by the essence of real life but she loves the surreal, the mystical and the mystery of mind and consequently of life. Her work is a visual story book about real life or about the surreal.