'Here it Goes'

The final picture from the 'music' series...for now, at least.
One of my favourite bands of all time is Jimmy Eat World, and there's an amazing song on their 'Chase This Light' album called 'Here It Goes', so that's what this is for!
The song's about being alienated by fame, but there's a line in the song that goes 'Robots might say your name, they only light the stage, nothing there to prove'- so this picture shows one of those robots admiring a band, hoping to aspire to be them.

'Girls'

Following on with the music pictures, this is based on a Kids in Glass Houses song called 'Girls', which is my favourite of theirs, although i despise the fact it was used as the theme tune for 'Totally Calum Best.
Anyway, the song doesn't favour women too well, so this picture shows 2 of them domineering a poor man!

'The Sharpest Lives'

It's been a really long time since I painted a whole picture on one page, but even so, i had to make some alterations in Photoshop when i realised i missed a whole lot of stuff!

A few months ago, I came up with some ideas to take my favourite songs and turn them into pictures. This is the only one i've done so far 'cos i had my internship to deal with!
It's based on a My Chemical Romance song called 'The Sharpest Lives', where a mid-twenties female is looking back at her childhood with lament.

Basia Bulat

Back in February, I was shortlisted for a competition called The Ffres Awards. It's a student design contest held in Wales (i studied at the University of Wales, Newport) and my class was given a brief to complete in order to submit it to the Awards.

The brief was to redesign album artwork for a singer/songwriter called Basia Bulat, and produce 2 pieces of merchandise.

Because the lyrics were very deep, I chose to create a surrealist scene, with items made up of objects found in the lyrics, turning metaphors into a scene.
Her music was also described as a breath of fresh air, so i made the front cover bleak and depressing so that you'd open up the inside to reveal a happy, sunny scene!