richardmurray

Dark Academia

The following is a question and answer I gave concerning the Dark Academia artistic theme.

Do you have any favorite pieces of media that fit the dark academia theme?

I can't say the following film is most beloved or most favorited by me, but I like the films: "the covenant" ... I recall an old legend, I do not know where it is cited online, I read it offline. The old legend, told my way,  says that in spain, under a mound somewhere, is a gateway to a classroom. In this classroom, a negative spirit teaches all the students spells pertaining to shadows. The students live there and at the end of the course, the student with the worst grades must stay , their soul locked their forever.

How do you feel about dark academia as an aesthetic? Would you incorporate elements of it into your art or everyday life?

In my mind dark academia and the modern goth artistic movements are similar. I am an open minded artist so I don't have any biases to any aesthetic. I am not one to dress in it, but it is fine if someone else does. I know people offline who are goth or have a similar taste.  In terms of my own work, I can't recall anything that is dark academia. But I have written quite a bit. I have written work that deals with people learning magic and doing negative things but I don't see that as dark academia. Just learning negative magic or powers doesn't equate to dark academia for me. IF so, then every sith student in star wards is an example of dark academia and I don't see it that way. I think the larger environment has to bound to the darkness. Having house slytherin doesn't make harry potter dark academia.  Now,  a story about Durmstrang, the rival school to hogwarts, that teaches the full spectrum of dark magic <if you want me to write something, message me>

Share dark academia art in your comment, whether you made it yourself or a favorite artist did!

I realized I have little to nothing in my deviantart galleries that fits dark academia... here is what I think fits, I am open to read your thoughts on whether you think it does or does not:) 

the following is some art of mine I think is Dark Academia, what say you?

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Promptpot2022Day10-932661347

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Glasses-22-Witchtember-2022-930487371

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https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Art-Feature-A-Guided-Tour-of-Dark-Academia-985975538