Fountains of Wayne Illustrations

I have now completed the set of three digital 'collages' illustrating Lyrics from Fountains of Wayne that I set out to achieve to further explore the notion of illustration as opposed to purely work for self. Having completed the third one - 'Stacy'sMom' - I reviewed the earlier two pieces of work and realised that I was not being as 'illustrative' in the earlier two. ie. I had not included sufficient visual links to the lyric narrative. Working in this way, to illustrate a piece of text, brings the additional consideration of conceptual interpretation of the narrative. In my hand built collages and earlier digital collages I was considering imagery, and in particular image/element placement and the overall visual aesthetic. When building this illustrative set I have had to consider, not only whether there is an aesthetic balance, but also is the content sufficient to relate to and illustrate for the reader association with the narrative of the song. This brings an additional creative dimension and begins to control the collage content. ie. I cannot just indulge myself purely with the visual aesthetic as with previous work.

This is now beginning to alert me to the differences between personal work and work that might be considered for commission or once again returning to the old friend... the 'brief'!

'Stacy's Mom'

'Mexican Wine'

'Survival Car'