A lot of my sketchbooks over the summer were just odd doodles, with few connecting themes. The one 'project' that I did begin and start to get excited about was the animal band name puns. After working on the Author/ Murakami brief it's nice to work on something small and light hearted. I suppose in a way it's fan art, though maybe not in the sense that Thoughtbubble is used to. Maybe this makes it less suited to a comics convention, though Thoughtbubble also showcases less traditional things too
I coloured a couple of the initial album sketches, and they were received well on social media, which suggests that they may be sellable. However the zine will be monochrome, so I'm not sure how well they'll work out in greyscale
I think it's also important if I go ahead with this project to carefully consider which album arts to appropriate- they need to be recognisable/ iconic to a wider audience whilst I would like them to maintain to my interests. I also think it would be nice to not just copy the album art but showcase the band members as their animal counterparts in different scenarios
But I am a bit concerned that this is an easy way through this brief, and whether ideas that were wholly original to me would be more appropriate. I started contemplating a small comic idea based on the girl and crocodile character sketches, but am wondering if I would have the time to do this well.
Maybe something as simple as a book of faces or crocodiles done very nicely would be ok. I have a zine of Jon Boam's that has no narrative and is simply just a collection of images with a theme that I think works successfully.
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