The original brief was a dark and convoluted one borne out of the mind of our first tutor - formerly a Creative Director of an advertising agency.
The brief was simple - Choose the lyrics of a song and interpret them as a digital illustration.
The brief was simple - Choose the lyrics of a song and interpret them as a digital illustration.
But certain criteria had to be met:
One element had to have been downloaded;
At least one element had to have been scanned in;
One element had to have been downloaded;
At least one element had to have been scanned in;
A photograph had to be used;
and lastly the lyrics were to form an integral part of the design.
and lastly the lyrics were to form an integral part of the design.
It's safe to say I went for it.
One of my all time top bands is Orange Goblin, and their 'Time Travelling Blues' is a phenomenal tune. So I used that.
The top frame is the second concept sketch I drew, to which the tutor saw it and said, "You'll never be able to do that..."
Challenge accepted.
One of my all time top bands is Orange Goblin, and their 'Time Travelling Blues' is a phenomenal tune. So I used that.
The top frame is the second concept sketch I drew, to which the tutor saw it and said, "You'll never be able to do that..."
Challenge accepted.
The initial concept was of two spacemen coming straight out of a wormhole and being attacked , with the lyrics playing out on the helmet's HUD. So, there's a tongue licking the visor, with sharp teeth impaling the helmet...
The first scanned element was the sea - which was, in fact, one of my favourite shirts.
The photograph I used found its way to being the falling spacemen's helmet - it's a photo of a grotty outdoor flip-top bin lid. And the downloaded content is the fractal generator I used to create the wormhole (enhanced with a lot of Photoshop trickery)
It wasn't really working for me, though, so I added a real menace to proceedings, and took away the visor. I also changed tack to present it like a parody of a vintage horror poster. Also, the skin of the kraken was captured using marbling ink and scanning in the results.
