The Dark Night of the Soul

Daniel Berroteran

Completed work

3D Renderer

3D Modeler

Render Artist

Arnold Rendering

Autodesk 3ds Max

Zbrush

Printing & Fabrication

This project required a 3d rendering of a nun wearing a cornette. The client also needed two versions: one for apparel print and the other for digital and poster use. The image destined for clothing needed to be layered with very bold graphic elements evoking triangular faces polygons and also highlight the wireframe of the 3D model also to demonstrate it wasn't done using A.I. Both versions needed to have an emotional touch, but with a hint of darkness, especially the one to be used for apparel being surrealism and gothic a staple of the brand.

In the profound stillness of the night, the familiar comforts of faith had abandoned me, leaving only an abyss of darkness and doubt. The light of God's presence, once so near, seemed unreachable, hidden behind an impenetrable veil. My prayers felt empty, my heart heavy with a loneliness that words could not capture. Yet, amidst the shadows, there was a faint, unyielding hope that this trial was not in vain—that through the darkest of nights, a dawn would eventually break, bringing with it a deeper, more profound union with the divine.

"I remained, lost in oblivion; My face I reclined on the Beloved. All ceased and I abandoned myself, Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies."