For this project, I decided to base it off of Jasper’s Song by Flume. This song starts out quite mild, then starts getting distorted yet simultaneously flows as it progresses. Due to the multiple layers in the song, I was inspired to create a piece that reflected the flow and layers of it.
With the One Black Square assignment, I really struggled to make full usage of the entire canvas. With this project, I wanted the symbols to reach out towards and even past the shown pages, as this song gave me the feeling of extension and a continuous flow. I decided to use the similarity and figure/ground concepts to fully express the feel of the song to me.
In all honesty, I wasn’t quite sure where to start as I was pretty new to Illustrator. As I was listening to the song, it sounded like a flower that bloomed into something angry, mysterious, and passionate. Thus, I decided to create a sort of piece that had tendrils flowing out and extending through the entire page. To represent the growth of the song, I decided to make the piece from bottom up, as if it’s a sheet of music but rather another form of visualising the sound and almost watching it progress along with the music.
If I had more time to do this project, I would pay attention to the details more. I wanted all parts to interconnect, but unfortunately, some parts of it were very slightly disconnected or not following the flow.
