Evaluation

Firstly I found it hard to choose a D&AD brief, as not of them jumped out at me, so I was a little late than planned starting this brief. But once I started looking into my music, lyrics and album cover, I knew that I would enjoy it.  As I listen to a very wide variety of music, I found it hard to narrow it down to a couple. As I was unsure if to choose a song with or without lyrics but overall I decided on two song with lyrics, as I thought it would be easier to betray them in illustrations.


So i decided on my favorite band, 30 seconds to mars and the songs were, edge of the earth and hurricane. I decided these when I brainstormed various lyrics and thought that I would be able to get a good variety of images from these.


From my brainstorms and early sketches, I create a series of outline vector drawing. Which I found quite easy, as I used the same techniques on my previous project. I found it slightly difficult when trying to put the different vectors together, as I wanted to create a scene and not just random images dotted around a page.  After I finished both my illustrations in outline, I was unsure what treatment to give them. I experimented with just having coloured outlines, fill in them, using a block of colour and also textures, to give it a screen printed feel.


I originally wanted both illustrations to have the same colour treatment, but I overall I am pleased with my outcomes. The first illustration is simple but very striking with the red band across the centre, personally I think my early ideas, filling in the outlines with a screen print texture, did not betray the images across to the target audience. But I feel the second illustration needed this treatment, as it was abit more complex than the first illustration. And lastly I applied these images to a digital booklet. I used the originally album cover but then applied my art work with the lyrics, overall i feel illustration 1 works better with the overall 30 seconds to mars feel than the second illustration. 

Final 2 illustrations

Final illustration 1

Edge of the earth

You know enough to know the way

Stand out of the edge of the earth

Walk right in the sight of a gun

Look into the new future's face

Final illustration 2

Hurricane

Nights that you lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain

No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget

Fire inside of this heart

The prayers that we have prayed were like a drug

Digital Booklet Ideas

Digital Booklet 1

Edge of the earth

Digital Booklet 2

Hurricane

Layout and colour schemes

Song 1

Idea 1

Double layers

Double layers with red

Introducing type

Applying Colour and texture

Block of colour

Song 2

Bobbles of rain

Line rain

Colour with texture effect

Added another texture layer

Ideas and sketches

Illustration 1


Firstly I sketched out my ideas using my brainstorms from my previous blog. Then from that i created vector images that i could use in my illustration ideas.

For the lyrics-

You know enough to know the way

Stand out of the edge of the earth

Walk right in the sight of a gun

Look into the new future's face

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Sketch 3

Vector images

Sign post 

Edge of the earth

Gun 

Robotic Face

30 seconds to mars symbols

As the images are very different from each other, i will try to recreate  a scene, like in my first sketches.

Illustration 2

I used the same principle, as for illustration 1, looked at my brainstorm, then decided which ones would be best to illustrate the song lyrics.

For the lyrics:

Nights that you lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain

No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget

Fire inside of this heart

The prayers that we have prayed were like a drug

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Vector Images

Tree

Tree with skulls

Person praying with needle

Praying hands with needle

Heart with flames inside

These images are very different and i found these harder to put into a scene. As in my previous sketches for song 1 But a think a wilted tree with skulls, person praying is best to betray the lyrics, I'm just having problems placing the burning heart.  I will hang in from the tree in my further ideas.

Now using my sketch ideas and the vector drawing, i will experiment with layouts and colour treatments. As i am not sure if to just colour the outlines or actually fill them with colour or even add a texture effect. 

Album covers and Digital booklets

Artistic album covers

Grungy Ink and water colour album covers

Vector pattern mainly black and white with little colour

Hand drawn image used throughout cover, inlay, disk etc

Digital Booklets


Now when you download an album from itunes you sometimes receive a Digital Booklet, basically a digital version of the inlay which usually contains images of the band, lyrics and copyright details.


Billy talent III


With this digital booklet they have create an image which illustrates one of the songs lyrics on each page.

Rammstein