The last vinyl that I have chosen for my Secret7" brief, is 'Clearest Blue' by Chvrches. I chose this next track because I loved the beat of the song. I have not heard of Chvrches previously, nor listened to any of their music, but I was entranced by this track and I have already began to listen to more of their latest album.
I would describe their music as more electronic, but it also has quite a summery feel to it, for me personally. This track in particular is quite atmospheric and like Secret7 state, it build and builds before exploding into a more deeper techno beat.
Like the other two vinyl covers, I had a look into more meaning of the lyrics. I picked out words that stood out to me this time, because I had already illustrated two portraits, I wanted to go down a more obscure and unique route. Since 'blue' is in the title and mentioned a good few times in the song, this will be my main colour(s) within the design. I also picked out key words such as 'eye', 'halfway' and 'tied'. There weren't any particularly visually appealing words that I could expand upon, so I tried to pick some that were slightly enticing, but also have two meanings. For example 'tied' could link to waves and tides, especially with the blue connotations within the chorus.
I then looked at their previous album and single covers! They were all very vivid in colour, especially more so when all put together. I noticed that they are all very geometric and simplistic. Though bold in colour palettes, with the exception of a few, there isn't much of a story or a meaning going on in each of the covers. This was quite promising to me, because like I said earlier, since the lyrics were a bit obscure and metaphorical, I decided I wanted to be rather obscure with my design. I have never really done something like this before, as most of the things I create are very literal in their aesthetic meaning, therefore I thought it would be exciting to make something more modern and unique!
The route I wanted to go down however, is also modern and obscure. 3D art is something that has been catching my eye lately, probably because of how vivid and beautiful it can really look. Though the ones that I have put together in this collage are quite simple (and sporadic), something about them really intrigues me, and I find them to truly be charming.
I did some research and a lot of the time, art like this is made in Cinema 4D, but some of the time, it is made in Maya. Though I would love to try C4D, I do not have the software, or the time at this present moment, to learn all the new tools to make something as complex as in these images, therefore I will be using Maya to create my album cover.
I did some brainstorming of each of the lyrics that I could possibly go ahead and expand upon. I chose around six of the lines, and actually came up with a good few ideas! I thought about perhaps making a 3D galaxy (lyric: You, were the perfect star), or perhaps making a whole 3D piece of rope for the line 'tied to the shifting ground'. I also thought about the lyric 'shaped, by the clearest blue' as this was the most vivid of the lines to me and the one that I kept singing over and over. To illustrate this, I could make a series of blue coloured shapes in Maya, and make them glossy and large like in my contextual photos, or I could link this to another lyric, and create some blue wave shapes.
These are my sketches that I drew from my brainstorming. I tried to think of things that I could make three dimensional, but I also just experimented and tried to just draw different concepts. I quite like the galaxy idea, the knots and the random 3D objects, therefore I think I will be experimenting out of these in particular. It will be more of a case of how I will be able to build these objects, because I don't want to be over ambitious for the time that I have to complete this brief, but I want to still be ambitious enough.
Overall, I have a lot of options to choose from, and I am excited to experiment with making something contemporary like this, because it is a chance for me to explore another new area in this module. I feel like I have really tried to expand and explore on all of my skills in this module, trying new things and rekindling skills from others. I am really enjoying how self directed this module is, however it is quite unnerving when you have to submit your work to judges that have specific tastes and interests and are complete strangers!
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