ILLUSTRATION TO MUSIC
Winnie Dong
For my final project, I’m planning to create an illustration with inspirations from the song “Continues Stories”. I chose this song because I feel like the mood this song sets and the lyrics really fits well with the current Coronavirus outbreak. Lyrics like “Let’s try and live through a day like today, / People who are sad are in pain,/ But even then, they will continue to go on living”, “The wind will carry along /A melody that opens up tomorrow.”, and “Someday, let’s meet again,/ So long as we’re alive” really makes me feel like there’s really not any need to be depressed even though things look bad right now but they get better and there will always be people supporting you through hard times.
So my plan is to create this illustration while listening to this song on repeat. I wanted to create an image that conveys this hopefulness in a depressing situation. As a result I decided to cut down on the colors in the image and really focus on light and darkness to show that both can exist in a less vibrant time like now. So far I got the draft plan out and I’m starting the coloring process. I choose an angle figure because I feel like a lot of people are looking for support, protection, and hope in this situation, and that is what I believe angels do.
Link to Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8LPK6nh0rU
[Lyrics at end of page]
Winnie Dong
Continued Story
2020
Canvas & Paint
LYRICS FOR CONTINUED STORY
Using just a drop of water,
I may be able to protect the flowers.
By just seeing your smiling face,
I’ll grow to be able to extend my hand.
If I gather those trembling voices,
I may be able to wake the wind.
Ignite that fleeting light we call life,
And move forward.
Lalalalalalalalala~
Someday, let’s meet again,
Lalalalalalalalala~
So long as we’re alive.
What is this overflowing emotion,
that transcends time and grasps me?
Where are those people now,
with gentleness in their eyes?
There is a new seat beside me,
For the sake of the future, let’s meet again.
I can do it even while unadorned,
Let’s try and live through a day like today,
People who are sad are in pain,
But even then, they will continue to go on living
Lalalalalalalalala~
Someday, let’s meet again,
Lalalalalalalalala~
So long as we’re alive.
Lalalalalalalalala~
The wind will carry along
Lalalalalalalalala~
A melody that opens up tomorrow.
Lalalalalalalalala~
Someday, let’s meet again,
Lalalalalalalalala~
So long as we’re alive.
Lalalalalalalalala~
The wind will carry along
Lalalalalalalalala~
A melody that opens up tomorrow.