Banks' pre-existing logo was a starting point for me in thinking about how to visually represent this song. It's all very geometric and based around symmetry and line form. These aren't aesthetic decisions I'm really comfortable with or experienced with, so I took this opportunity to give it a crack.While I definitely think that this design could do with some extra development, I'm happy with how it exists alongside the song. This Is What It Feels Like illustrates a speaker who has opened up to someone else, only for them to suddenly retract and reject their feelings. I wanted the two circles to act as the two members of the relationship, connected but separated by complex barriers. The sound of the song is subdued and there's a tone of disappointment in Banks voice, I thought the best way to communicate that sense was by using underwater imagery in the background. The song sort of reminds me of someone being submerged, a floaty disregard for what she's even saying permeates the song, like she is so tired of feeling this way that she doesn't even really feel it anymore, and is just tired.
This overarching vibe is what I tried to capture in my illustration, and its why I didn't want to use traditional imagery as I don't feel it would have done justice to the ethereal nature of the song, or the confusion the speaker is feeling. I enjoyed working with more abstract concepts and visuals with this, as it presents the challenge of suggesting an idea without using direct visual metaphors or obvious iconography. This is something I'll be carrying into my practice moving forward, as it forces me to think outside the box and really focus on the strength of my ideas before being able to confidently move forward to illustrating them.
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