Digital Exploration - Secret7"

 Me and Your Mama - Childish Gambino

Continuing with developing my work in more conceptual, idea driven ways, I have been exploring further with solely digital methods.
I've also been trying to convey elements of the music I'm illustrating in the image itself, so for this image I incorporated the four strings of a bass guitar in the blue streaks dominating the composition. The image of the moon in the top left corner aligns with the explosive first note of the song being struck on that string. My colour choices were mainly driven by the soul-inspired, lamenting nature of the song, reminding me of a deep blue night sky.



Telegraph Ave (Oakland) - Childish Gambino

I've never really utilised photography within my work, so this practice piece was a challenge I tried to set myself to (hopefully) develop some new skills. Working with levels, brightness, shadow and reflection on this image to create an outcome I was happy with was something quite different to what I'm used to. I feel like it appears too simplistic as a final image, so I plan to take the methods I've used here in more complex work in the future to create more successful work.