Color and Emotion: CD Insert Illustration
“Pure colors have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.”
Henri Matisse
Objective
As demonstrated in class, by way of association and analogy, colors can communicate emotions and abstract concepts. In this assignment, you will create a cd insert illustration based on one of the songs provided, using color to convey a mood that is appropriate for each.
Specs
Size: either square format or proportionate to 5” x 10”, depending whether your illustration will cover a single or double spread. Do not worry about leaving space for the text, unless text will be an integral part of the illustration. In that case, your final should include the text as you envision it.
Deadlines
1. March 26: three color sketches due for one song
2. March 26: color sketches be competed in class
3. April 2: final illustration due
Lyrics
1.Fish and Bird (Album: Alice, Tom Waits)
They bought a round for the sailor
And they heard his tale
Of a world that was so far away
And a song that we'd never heard
A song of a little bird
That fell in love with a whale
He said, 'You cannot live in the ocean'
And she said to him
'You never can live in the sky'
But the ocean is filled with tears
And the sea turns into a mirror
There's a whale in the moon when it's clear
And a bird on the tide
Please don't cry
Let me dry your eyes
So tell me that you will wait for me
Hold me in your arms
I promise we never will part
I'll never sail back to the time
But I'll always pretend you're mine
Though I know that we both must part
You can live in my heart
Please don't cry
Let me dry your eyes
And tell me that you will wait for me
Hold me in your arms
I promise we never will part
I'll never sail back to the time
But I'll always pretend that you're mine
I know that we both must part
You can live in my heart
2.Octopus’s Garden (Album: Abbey Road, The Beatles)
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade
I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)
We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.
