1. "Naked" — Not quite sure from the thumbnail how this would look in the end, but the symmetrical composition might be a downside. Symmetry tends to be static & boring unless you can bring some variety to shake it up. If you want to develop this one, I would explore some variations on this concept or different concepts for it.
2. "Marvelous" — Great song and some lush imagery in the lyrics. The "bat with butterfly wings" is really just the beginning. You also have "horses growing out the lawn" and "everyday feeling all of the magic and might find the wonder," a phrase that practically explodes with shape and color. You also have the benefit of beautiful people in this band, so another direction might be to include one or more of them as visual devices (stylized in a fitting way). Also, check the spelling before you go to comp sketches. I think you're missing an "e" before the "y."
3. "Milkshake" — A visual metaphor for what is basically a song about sex. (If there's any doubt, one need only watch the video!) I'm not sure if there's much else you can do with this as far as a visual device, but it does feel a bit deceptively innocent given the erotic nature of the song. But that brings up an interesting professional/ethical question: As an LDS illustrator, what do you do when the subject matter is a little outside your standards, or your moral comfort zone? How do you collaborate with that client? Or do you decline the commission altogether?
4. "Toxic" — Similar comments to #3, but I'm not sure if the hands quite communicate the idea. The video is more of a campy, sexualized sendup of a James Bond movie. (Of course the artwork need not have anything to do with the video, but it provides one idea about how the singer & producers were thinking of it.) Maybe a hand stretched out to offer a bubbly green drink? The clawed hands seem a little on the morbid side, but the song seems to be more about the allure and danger of infatuation.
1. "Naked" — Not quite sure from the thumbnail how this would look in the end, but the symmetrical composition might be a downside. Symmetry tends to be static & boring unless you can bring some variety to shake it up. If you want to develop this one, I would explore some variations on this concept or different concepts for it.
ReplyDelete2. "Marvelous" — Great song and some lush imagery in the lyrics. The "bat with butterfly wings" is really just the beginning. You also have "horses growing out the lawn" and "everyday feeling all of the magic and might find the wonder," a phrase that practically explodes with shape and color. You also have the benefit of beautiful people in this band, so another direction might be to include one or more of them as visual devices (stylized in a fitting way). Also, check the spelling before you go to comp sketches. I think you're missing an "e" before the "y."
3. "Milkshake" — A visual metaphor for what is basically a song about sex. (If there's any doubt, one need only watch the video!) I'm not sure if there's much else you can do with this as far as a visual device, but it does feel a bit deceptively innocent given the erotic nature of the song. But that brings up an interesting professional/ethical question: As an LDS illustrator, what do you do when the subject matter is a little outside your standards, or your moral comfort zone? How do you collaborate with that client? Or do you decline the commission altogether?
4. "Toxic" — Similar comments to #3, but I'm not sure if the hands quite communicate the idea. The video is more of a campy, sexualized sendup of a James Bond movie. (Of course the artwork need not have anything to do with the video, but it provides one idea about how the singer & producers were thinking of it.) Maybe a hand stretched out to offer a bubbly green drink? The clawed hands seem a little on the morbid side, but the song seems to be more about the allure and danger of infatuation.