I've previously entered a competition called Secret-7's. This is a charity based competition. You are provided with seven different songs to choose from and you can enter as many times as you want, so you could do more than one piece of artwork for one song or you can enter work for more than one song.
Basically you can create anything you like, inspired by one of the songs and designed to be an album cover, you just can't say what song it is or the title. No-one knows who has created the work, but selected submissions go on display and people can go in and buy the cover for £50 and the proceeds go to a charity. After the exhibition of the covers, the organisers make it known of all the artists who have taken part (this is where the good promotional part comes in!)
So I decided to enter the competition again and chose to do an illustration to go with the song 'Clearest Blue' by Chvrches. I'm a fan of the band anyway so this seemed perfect for me. I listened to the song a few times and jotted down a few ideas that came to my head.
I then took these ideas and refined them to create something that was eye catching and powerful so that it would stand out when put on display.
I went with this design because it stands out and grabs the attention it needs. I wanted the main focus to be the iris and for it to reflect the title of the song 'Clearest Blue'. This is why I have done a mixed media piece of work and I have kept the rest of the eye black and white. I painted the iris using acrylic paint as this is thick and holds the colour really well. I then used ink for the black and white because I wanted some areas to be softer and very diluted and then other parts to be extremely black and I knew I could get this contrast with these two mediums. I also used Photoshop to tidy up a few areas and to make sure all of the colouring was correct. The song itself has quite a long build up and is very powerful throughout so I also wanted to reflect this in the poignant image.
No comments:
Post a Comment