Twin Shadow ft. Haim - Saturdays

• Recommended Listening: Twin Shadow ft. HAIM - Saturdays
  
  Combining hand drawn elements with digital block colour is my preferred way of working at the moment. I think the solid line contrasted with the colours works well to convey a simple and direct message in an illustration like this one.
  The romantic and retro aesthetic of the song communicates a sort of happy naivety, and I thought that approaching this from a perspective of youth was the best way to reflect these feelings visually.
  The idea of making a mixtape for someone is something I would consider a classic romantic gesture, as it's a simple thing but clearly shows that it's taken time and consideration, and I wanted to get that across here. I wanted the cassette to be the only heavily coloured object in the frame, to accentuate it's importance in the narrative of the illustration. The hands I left without colour because the main thing I want the viewer to focus on is the gesture itself of someone giving the tape to someone else, rather than who the people actually are.