Ethan Chavez Merrill, Slow Dancing in the Dark, Joji
Concept and Design
When I first made my sound visualization project I depicted a real image which is not allowed. I then started over completely and used a different song. I wanted to convey the slow rhythm of the song and show the motion of falling. I used the gestalt theories of figure and ground, proximity, and closure in order to convey this. Then during the critique I took the recommendations into consideration and changed my project again this time adding a little bit of symmetry as well. I removed the M and vs because they were taking away from the continuity of the image, and I added more Os to represent the bass in the song.
Process
I worked in phases designing a draft on paper and then making it in illustrator and changing it slightly as I did so, then I would get feedback from my peers and make changes based on that. I made 3-4 drafts that I thought were good and were my “final” drafts, but I ended up changing them after critiques.
Conclusion
If I had more time I would have liked to add more gestalt principles and maybe change the size of a few things, but overall I am pretty happy with my final project.
