Putting things together
As I get older, the sense I have of my own interests is becoming more simple. I think that I like simply putting things together.
Recently, I started putting images together to make collages, so I could put the collages together with music, which was itself put together from samples.
Workflow and tools
- Find images (public domain images, artvee)
- Cut them up and piece them together (Inkscape)
- Colourise and filter (Pixelover)
Leisure Sick
The first collage was for Leisure Sick.
This album has definite muzak vibes that evoke shopping malls and your-doctor-recommends-these-cigarettes advertisements.
Search terms: sixties; americana; lino; utopia; motel.
Initial components:
The collage:
After applying some colour and filters:
Trash heat
The second collage was for Trash Heat.
This sounds like a soundtrack to a lost eighties action movie, with corrupt cops and over-the-top criminality.
Search terms: cops; crime; sirens; mystery; lurk; curtain.
I also used the flamingo that didn't fit in the previous collage.
Initial components:
The collage:
After applying some colour and filters:
Formal garden
The last collage was for Formal Garden, which I consider to be "Zelda-like" in its sound, with the caveat that I have barely played any Zelda.
Search terms: grass; gardens; formal garden; expanse; walls; underwater.
Initial components:
The collage:
After applying some colour and filters:
