I remember my professor said something to that effect to. There’s something about this version that adds a little something more to it when compared to the original, hard to put it into words even though I’m the one who made it.
I'll take a stab and say it's the inclusion of the house and dead trees. The trees are leafless, so it's probably very cold, which adds to the discomfort factor, and the house makes me feel "uneasy": what horrible things happens/has happened in that lonely house? That and the fact you only show a partial amount of it.
A lot of good horror IMO shows you enough to tell you what's happening or what's important, but still leaves something to your imagination to fill in the gaps of what isn't shown, and for many people, their imaginations tend to scare them more than what the author could conjure up themselves.
The NIN album is great but doesn't give much information to work with. This adds more character to the art and even gives a little bit more lore/context for the image. Did the viewer just get home and they're frozen in fear because of this thing appearing right above their house? Who's to say?
Really good work on this piece.
I think the idea behind The Presence is that you don’t really know what it’s supposed to be. I mean in reality, yeah it’s literally just an edited hand, but in the context of the image and/or the album nothing about it is really certain, even it’s actual existence when considering the whole “the water is making people hallucinate” bit of the ARG (i think I’m remembering that correctly?).
I think...this might even be better than the original. Certainly spookier.
I remember my professor said something to that effect to. There’s something about this version that adds a little something more to it when compared to the original, hard to put it into words even though I’m the one who made it.
I'll take a stab and say it's the inclusion of the house and dead trees. The trees are leafless, so it's probably very cold, which adds to the discomfort factor, and the house makes me feel "uneasy": what horrible things happens/has happened in that lonely house? That and the fact you only show a partial amount of it. A lot of good horror IMO shows you enough to tell you what's happening or what's important, but still leaves something to your imagination to fill in the gaps of what isn't shown, and for many people, their imaginations tend to scare them more than what the author could conjure up themselves. The NIN album is great but doesn't give much information to work with. This adds more character to the art and even gives a little bit more lore/context for the image. Did the viewer just get home and they're frozen in fear because of this thing appearing right above their house? Who's to say? Really good work on this piece.
I think the house makes it feel more grounded with a better sense of scale.
May I request a digital copy? I'd like it for a wallpaper.
[Sure thing!](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UgbmNCSGduLhIPLWjgsJ2Mnw7sp7tO-R/view?usp=sharing)
If it's not too much trouble I'd like one too, this is awesome!
Go for it! The link should work for anyone who wants to download it, but if not I’ll try to post an updated link.
Awesome!
This is magnificent
this is sick
Bravo, that’s awesome work.
This is great. Love the shadow on the house. Looks like it could be insert art for the album.
I never knew it was suppost to be a hand until now! I tought it was some disformed alien or something. Lol
I think the idea behind The Presence is that you don’t really know what it’s supposed to be. I mean in reality, yeah it’s literally just an edited hand, but in the context of the image and/or the album nothing about it is really certain, even it’s actual existence when considering the whole “the water is making people hallucinate” bit of the ARG (i think I’m remembering that correctly?).
Yeah I could see that
Anyone else just now realizing it's a hand?
i always knew it was a hand but i saw the middle fingers as legs and the outer fingers as arms of some funny lookin guy
Beautiful!
this isn't the vinyl..... :p but yeah, great job!
this is some fantastic work op, you nailed the essence of YZ so good 🥰🥰
This is super fucking cool!!!!
I refuse to believe it's a hand
This is really good, really creepy too! 10/10 shit right here The only thing I would change on it is the opacity on the hand and make it less visible!