We Made a Band
Made by Kristen Smith
Made by Kristen Smith
After much discussion, we determined that each one of us has a musical history. Jeremy has played the trombone since high school, Raymond played the saxophone and clarinet prior to coming to CMU, and Kristen has played the piano for fifteen years. We also learned that Jeremy and Raymond thoroughly love playing video games-- Super Smash Bros. and Pokemon respectively. Kristen, on the other hand, likes to draw in her free time, and is fascinated with paradox illusions. We decided that the best way to combine these traits was to make an album cover for a hypothetical band-- should we choose to make one. Jeremy’s video game character of choice, Ness, is rockin' out on the trombone. Similarly, Raymond’s chosen character, Squirtle, is jammin' on the saxophone. Kristen’s love of art and paradoxes are depicted as well by a drawing of a hand drawing a hand drawing the album cover. Naturally, if we decided to take our band on the road, we would instantly become internationally famous. However, we reluctantly decided to put our rock star dreams aside in order to continue being overly-stressed students at Carnegie Mellon.
Created: September 3rd, 2014
After much discussion, we determined that each one of us has a musical history. Jeremy has played the trombone since high school, Raymond played the saxophone and clarinet prior to coming to CMU, and Kristen has played the piano for fifteen years. We also learned that Jeremy and Raymond thoroughly love playing video games-- Super Smash Bros. and Pokemon respectively. Kristen, on the other hand, likes to draw in her free time, and is fascinated with paradox illusions. We decided that the best way to combine these traits was to make an album cover for a hypothetical band-- should we choose to make one. Jeremy’s video game character of choice, Ness, is rockin' out on the trombone. Similarly, Raymond’s chosen character, Squirtle, is jammin' on the saxophone. Kristen’s love of art and paradoxes are depicted as well by a drawing of a hand drawing a hand drawing the album cover.
Naturally, if we decided to take our band on the road, we would instantly become internationally famous. However, we reluctantly decided to put our rock star dreams aside in order to continue being overly-stressed students at Carnegie Mellon.
I like the use of drawing to represent Kristen, but the subpar compositing of the video game characters into the image is quite jarring and it feels quite lopsided in favor of representing Kristen.
I think the idea of making an album cover to represent your group self is excellent. It allowed you to show your individual representations while also managing to fit them into a cohesive whole that made sense together.
I am not quite sure what the "Mayne Dia..." thing is. It kind of sticks out and makes me wonder what that is about, and distracts from the rest of the piece.
The idea is very cool, but there is a pretty sharp contrast between the drawing and the other side. I wonder if it would feel more cohesive if the hands were drawing the characters, or the characters were at least drawn in the same style?
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