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© Holly DeWolf- Happy New Year! |
Happy New Year to you and a Lucky 13 too!
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In 2009 I was hired to provide illustrations for a music video for Seattle musician,
Greg Dember. Greg asked for a series of visuals to go along with one of his songs,
How We Met from his new album,
Water Makes Waves released early this year. In total I created 42 illustrations to float along to his song.
The video appears charmingly casual in its simplicity and theme of a man and a bird. However, as the video drifts slowly along it doesn't seem so simple- it displays symbols, moments of transition, thought, emotion, moments of change with deep feeling.
The illustrations are a mix of casual, to more detail in some with moments of different styles of work to different moods and colour for the main instrumental. It was a nice refresher to play around with different ways of working, different colour choices and layout. I think the story board and the instrumental too the longest to do but it was well worth it in the end. I tried to approach it with a creative free spirited outlook in hopes it would seep into my daily life and worldly changes. I'm happy to say it did. Waiting for it to be done and launched on youtube was like waiting for Christmas as a kid! It's truly a great feeling!
I loved working on this little gem for 5 reasons:
• It was a new way of working and a creative breath of fresh air.
• Greg was an awesome open minded client who was open to many creative approaches.
• This is a great promotion piece for both Greg and I.
• It helped me get back into my work again after a long break.
• It was a great distraction along with creative freedom to aid me into my new life.
In many ways I could relate to many aspects to the song and the visuals. 2009 was a big year for many transitions along with many life changes. At the time I was on a somewhat creative sabbatical. This project helped me deal with things on a more creative level in an inspiring way. Now that it is complete I feel I have a new outlook on my work and my career.
I do hope you like it as much as I enjoyed working on it. Cheers!
Part of my illustrated narrative series.
© Holly DeWolf
Creative Fire Bunny-All The creative best to you this year. -Holly
thank you Holly :) and the same to you of course :)