2013 was the year I fell head over heels in love with Bastille. I love music and a lot of bands, but Bastille's albums Bad Blood and All This Bad Blood blew my socks off. I adore lead singer Dan Smith's vocals and the alternative-indie-synthpop music is beautiful. Music that sends shivers down my spine and gives me goosebumps is always good. These albums do both. :)
I have seriously thought of giving it the number 2 position in my favorites list after American Idiot by Green Day, an album that is deeply connected to my high school / teenage years. I'm sure a lot of 90's kids can relate.
So, as this [past] week's project, I composed a sort of lyrics artwork. I'm no artist and the best I could come up with is combining the two albums' cover art. I overlapped the letter art of All This Bad Blood with the album art of Bad Blood and voilà, I had a sort of mini-poster. The catch is that everything is "painted" in letters - the lyrics of all 24 songs. It was quite the task, but I think it was worth it. (No doubt, I have a huge margin for improvement. But these activities were devised to make me make art!)
The Final Piece:
The Inspiration:
Rough Sketch:
Work in Progress:
Materials Used:
So what do you think? It didn't turn out the way I had imagined it, but I still think it's cool. I may get it laminated. What's your current fave band?
I also think it's worth mentioning that this band does amazing covers. Give them a go if you haven't already. (In case you haven't, where have you been?)
Playing Bastille on loop,
Ekta
I have seriously thought of giving it the number 2 position in my favorites list after American Idiot by Green Day, an album that is deeply connected to my high school / teenage years. I'm sure a lot of 90's kids can relate.
So, as this [past] week's project, I composed a sort of lyrics artwork. I'm no artist and the best I could come up with is combining the two albums' cover art. I overlapped the letter art of All This Bad Blood with the album art of Bad Blood and voilà, I had a sort of mini-poster. The catch is that everything is "painted" in letters - the lyrics of all 24 songs. It was quite the task, but I think it was worth it. (No doubt, I have a huge margin for improvement. But these activities were devised to make me make art!)
The Final Piece:
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| All This Bad Blood - Bastille |
The Inspiration:
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| Bastille - Original Cover Art |
Rough Sketch:
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| Pencil Sketch and Design Scheme |
Work in Progress:
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| All Lettered Out |
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| Looks cool under flash... |
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| White Royal Executive Bond Paper 0.5 red and black gel pens water-based gold paint Ujala paintbrush in number 1 |
So what do you think? It didn't turn out the way I had imagined it, but I still think it's cool. I may get it laminated. What's your current fave band?
I also think it's worth mentioning that this band does amazing covers. Give them a go if you haven't already. (In case you haven't, where have you been?)
Playing Bastille on loop,
Ekta
One custom cover for RHCP's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, please! Here's the hug, paid in full. **XOXO** :P
ReplyDeleteHoly heck this is beautiful
ReplyDeletemerci beaucoup
DeleteThank you! Very sweet words. Also, listen to this album, Bastille. Just all of it. So good!
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