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Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the first forty-three seconds of Guided by Angels - Amyl and The Sniffers. 00:00 - 00:43
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the first thirty seconds of Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin. 00:00 - 00:30
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the first sixty-four seconds of Det snurrar i min skalle - Familjen. 00:00 - 01:04
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the first sixty seconds of When You Die - MGMT. 00:00 - 00:60
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the entirety of The Vampyre of Time and Memory - Queens of the Stone Age. 00:00 - 03:34
The process: I started doing this type of thing around 20 years ago, just for myself, with pen and paper/cardboard, but the pen would often end up ripping through or running out of ink. Nowadays I use Adobe Illustrator on iPad. I start a timer, usually for 30 or 60 seconds, and start the song, I close my eyes, and I let the pen flow and bounce around the screen to the music; the rhythm, beat, lyrics, or some combination thereof. Fast songs, or high BPM songs, often can’t be drawn for more than 30 seconds, otherwise it crashes Illustrator and/or the image just gets way too crowded. Sometimes I simply stop when it feels right. A slow-tempo song like “The Vampyre of Time and Memory” allowed me to draw for the whole duration.
When I open my eyes, I know immediately if I can or can’t do anything with the results. About 4 of 5 are immediately deleted. Sometimes I’ll try the song (or part of song) again, a couple of weeks or months later, but usually not; it is simply not vibing. If it is workable, the next step is to flip and spin and rotate the image to find the best way to begin positioning elements and colors. I try to use the Pepe palette and elements in a way that at least somewhat reflects the mood or lyrics of the song, and sometimes the music video.
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the first twenty seconds of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine main theme (as aired) - Geek Music. 00:00 - 00:20
Blind-single-line drawing of Pepe, made while inspired by the entirety of Go With the Flow - MF DOOM. 00:00 - 03:36 (final piece of series)
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