Mace Kiss
she/her
Forsaken Sentiments
Inspired by liminal spaces, a phenomenon that many find comfort in despite, or in many cases because of, their lonely nature. This project explores how comfort can stem from isolation: a place where one can be free to be oneself. Free from the expectations of social standards. A place where emotions can be expressed that would otherwise be suppressed.
In these spaces, you are alone with your emotions.
This project is brought to life through character designs representing their respective emotions: Solace, Yearning, Dread, Rage, Delight, and Despair, created through a combination of personal and anecdotal experiences. A drastic spin on one's regular emotions, heightened by previous dismissal. The posters are created using a mix of digital illustrations, photography, and digital collage, and are accompanied by digital sculptures of each character.
You are at peace, are you not? What does it matter if it is real or not?
Solace lives within its own world. Enveloped by a comforting dream. A fragile fantasy which it has built as its escape.
A childlike joy rooted deep down renewed once more. Delight is born of whimsy. It is an enduring thing, built to last.
A ragdoll, worn and damaged through the test of time. Despair is incapable of moving on its own. Perhaps it's given up trying to?
The presence in the back of your mind. The shadow in the corner of your vision. Dread can cram itself into any creaks of doubt.
That which you hope for, forever out of your grasp. Yearning has four sets of arms yet due to its ghostly nature it cannot ever take a hold of that which it oh-so desperately wishes for.
Oh avatar of hatred, are you the reason they steer clear? Rage is the embodiment of burning hatred, a defensive instinct. The self destruction of a once gentle being.