Composition

In this workshop, I chose an object (I chose glasses) and whilst listening to a piece of music, had to interpret that item within the work through the mood, atmosphere and theme of the music by means of composition. 

The first song was slow and sombre. From this I imagined the glasses had been left behind or discarded by their owner. I think that the character that owns them is very sad and also probably lonely. To convey this I put the glasses and the forefront and the open door far behind it to show distance and to represent that characters feelings of detachment. I didn't put the glasses front and centre and chose the lines leading to wards the door to lead the eye to that space to want to know more about what's going on behind the story.

This illustration was inspired by a piece of music that was very happy and celebratory. It definitely had a sense of joyfulness and that there was a party with dancing and fun which is why I positioned them in front of a glass and bottle. I put a faint row of lights in the background to give a sense of someone that had left their glasses behind whilst going to dance. The music, especially in contrast to the first, felt like it was a world away and that the character feels like they are away form responsibility and are able to live in this snapshot of celebration.

The last piece of music sounded very hectic and manic with quick trumpet sounds and a fast tempo. The music to me seemed distorted and like there was lots of things going on around it. The tone reminded me of a cartoon movie where everything is flying around in a sort of joyful panic. I distorted the glasses as a reflection of the chaos that I imagined from the music and with the lines and off centre composition, I wanted it to seem like it was in the middle of all the manic-ness.