The movie "Titanic" is believed that everyone has seen it, the film is set in 1912 when the cruise ship hit the rock iceberg and sank during its first voyage, released in 1997, once staged a box office myth, the following year after the release of the Chinese mainland, this poignant love story that happened on this giant cruise ship is also well-known in China. In 2012, the film was re-released in mainland China in 3D and exploded again.
This real historical shipwreck killed 1,517 people, and 110 years later, decades after the film's premiere, the story of the Titanic lives on everyone's memory. In addition to the romantic and poignant love story, the film also shows shocking scenes, which now make people think about it and feel miserable.
What is unexpected is that in 2022, 110 years after the Titanic sank into the Atlantic, a French artist Elliott Santot once again presented this tragic history to us with a series of expressive digital illustrations, using loose brushstrokes and bold color blocks to paint the interior of the cabin, the magnificent central staircase flooded by water, and the panicked and desperate cruise passengers, bringing visual shock and evoking people's emotions.
In order to depict the Titanic series of paintings, Elliot Santote has read many books related to marine sciences and studied all aspects of seafaring life, and his artistic style also conveys a sense of realism, atmospheric scenes, and it is easy for everyone to feel immersed.
This series of works by Elliot Santot depicts the cruise ship intact and what it looks like after it has been struck, and in the scene before the encounter with the iceberg, in order to emphasize the grandeur of the scene and the scale of the cruise ship, the artist depicts the vista, and the whole ship comes from a distance with great vigour.
In any case, tragedy has already happened, and each of us cannot stand in God's perspective and reverse everything. With this series of fascinating paintings, the artist explores the beauty of the ship and its sad ending. Next, through the artist's digital painting, we may wish to look back at the last moments that took place on the Titanic.