Ninj Tumurkhuyag
“Starry Night” by Peggy Gou
CONCEPT & DESIGN:
For this project, I’ve chosen a house genre of music. “Starry night” has fast beats and also has strong kick-drum parts. For the overall conceptualisation, I’ve illustrated the repetitive four-on-the-floor beat with the letters W, M and V, because it has the image of sound waves.
To portray the sound of the drums, I have created small sparks of letters and to express the chorus where the only part of the song that has lyrics, I’ve also added the capital letter E. I used the ideas I have used in my “One Black Square” assignment as well as the continuation principle to make dimensions to the image by wrapping the letter “E”.
THE PROCESS:
I first started with a sketch I’ve drawn while listening to the song and created the first draft. To have some idea of how to illustrate the music, I listened to the song, “Starry Night”, every day on repeat.
The sketch and the draft:
Then I got feedback during the mid-critique that since the music itself is a bright and powerful song, changing the background colour and adding more elements and details might help to improve the project. Therefore, I’ve changed the background colour to white and added more details and dimensions.
CONCLUSION:
If I had more time, I would’ve worked on adding more details to express every small and important beat of the song. I would’ve also tried to play with more different fonts, and editing techniques.
The finishded image of the project:
