I have been obsessed with photo manipulation since I was a kid. And once I had access to a professional software like Photoshop back in High School, my obsession only grew. Through college, as I struggled with depression and anxiety, I used them as fuel and started a project to channel these emotions into art - finding beauty in gloomy times. Digital art allowed me to channel my struggles into creativity, promoting mental health awareness, pushing technical limits, and developing new skills along the way.
I named this project ABSDARK to reflect its exploration of abstract art and the dark, yet poetic and creative, side of the mind. Below is a compilation of some of the results.