For this project I proposed to explore the theme of 1960s psychedelic music culture. I wanted to create a 60’s style psychedelic vinyl album cover that was vibrant.
I used a mind map as my proposal. I looked at different types of culture such as video games, food, fashion and religion as a starting point for my ideas.
After this I wrote down all my initial ideas of what I wanted to create as well as ideas that I thought would be interesting. I looked at different artists for some more inspiration.
At the start of the project, I particularly liked Alex Grey`s work using vibrant colours, the eyes used in his imagery and it’s very spiritual effect. The other artist that I was inspired by was Bridget Riley, her use of hypnotic lines to create optical illusions was interesting and eye catching. This was the type of artwork I first wanted to attempt to create.
I then decided for my final piece to use the style of Warren Dayton, putting different images together and to assemble one whole piece of art. I also created my own Alice in wonderland piece like Mark McClouds work. I documented my ideas in my sketch book as they developed and changed.
I think I have succeeded in this project as I believe that the work I have created is of a high standard and I am proud of my work, I feel that I have been successful in developing my ideas. I have had some good inspirational ideas and have also been able to complete my work without any complications and things have worked out the way I have planned.
I do not believe that my kaleidoscope artwork, my spinning ring wheel piece and rabbit hole piece were as successful as I originally believed they would be. They were ideas that did not develop well and turn out as well as I believed they would. The kaleidoscope idea was too complicated to develop, The spinning wheel didn’t inspire me, and the rabbit hole ideas could have been amazing. But it seemed to need too much time to develop it the way I wanted.
I feel I was great at making decisions early on, I lost a bit of my creative energy halfway through but managed to complete my work on time. I used paper to draw my images and ideas, Then I used the computer app Photoshop to adapt my images to how I needed them to appear.
The concept was related to album music and their vinyl covers, specifically inspired by the 60s with vibrant eye catching and strange imagery. Sometimes inspired by drugs taken at the time because of the hippy movement.
I researched Alice in wonderland, listened to music of the 60s for inspiration, I researched the psychedelic movement, the history of LSD and Albert Hofmann, I examined optical illusions and album covers. This gave me a good understanding to help to develop my final piece.
I wish for my final major project to be much simpler but more effective. I would like to try to work on a much more calmer relaxing and barren piece of work.