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R E P O T By Karianne Haraldseide The Assignment ”A musician / group / orchestra have contacted you and want a visual re- presentation of one of their songs. You are free to choose the music. You are to produce a photo based illustration with vector elements (Illustrator) based on one of their songs. The client wishes the illustra- tion to add a new dimension to the music. There is no opportunity to use text in the poster. The illustration must be in the format 210 x 300 mm, with a resolution of 300ppi and 3 mm bleed.” I N T R O D U C Poison Poison was formed in 1984 in Pennsylvania. The band originally started in 1983, with the name Paris, but changed it in 1984 to Poison. The hard-rock band had huge sucess in the 1980s and 1990s. There is no doubt that there were a lot of glam going on at that time. They were what we call a ”Glam Rock-Band”. ”Every Rose Has Its Thorn” I chose the song ”Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by the band Poison. The lyrics is inspired by a true event wich happened to the lead singer Bret Michaels, in 1988. Bret Michaels was on tour with his band, when he began to long for his girlfriend at home. He decided to call her, but the conversation ended quickly when he heard another man´s voice in the background. The very next day, the song ”Every Rose Has Its Thorn” where written, inspired by that phone call. L y r i c s We both lie silently still Every rose has its thorn In the dead of the night Just like every night has it’s dawn Although we both lie close together Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song We feel miles apart inside Every rose has its thorn Was it something I said or something I did Did my words not come out right Though it’s been a while now Though I tried not to hurt you I can still feel so much pain Though I tried Like the knife that cuts you the wound heals But I guess that’s why they say But the scar, that scar remains I know I could have saved our love that night Every rose has its thorn If I’d known what to say Just like every night has it’s dawn Instead if making love Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song We both made our separate ways Every rose has its thorn Now he found somebody new And that I never meant that much to you Yeah it does To hear that tears me up inside I listen to your favorite song And to see you cuts me like a knife Playing on the radio Hear the DJ say love’s a game of easy come and easy go I guess every rose has its thorn But I wonder does he know Just like every night has it’s dawn Has it ever felt like this Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song And I know that you’d be here right now Every rose has its thorn If I could have let you know somehow I guess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjKl0z7ZnX4 Inspiration & Interpretation The life on tour has been told to be crazy, with drinking, women and drugs. There are many stories about their life, like the one who ended up in song about a heartbreak. There have been rumors and accusations that the singer, Bret Mic- haels has been unfaithful up to several times to the woman he claimed cheating on him. Illustration ”Why would he then be that heartbroken by the cheating?” I decided to take a photo of a woman with a rose in her hand, fading away. That would present the contents of the text well. Both the wo- ”Is it allowed on tour?” man fading away and the red rose are important elements in the text. The lyrics of the song is heartbreaking, the person He had her, but now she is slipping away. in the song is clearly heartbroken and struggles to get through it. The black and white color on the background, makes the colored rose clearly visible, which I meant was important with this illustration. Inspiration Methods Creative Methods For inspiration I have searched the internet I started out with a huge brain storming. How could I get for photos, stories about the members life the main point as clear as possible out in an illustration and read the lyrics several times. ”Every with no text? I wanted to stay true to the style they alrea- Rose Has Its Thorn” has been on repeat for dy had, but at the same time do something different and hours. make it my own. The song is clearly about a heartbreak. You There were certain elements that I meant was important have it, love it, but the next moment it is to have in the illustration. gone. The person struggles to get through The rose is the most important element, that had to come it. as clearly as possible in the illustration. The other element I meant was important was the woman I have looked at several of their previous who cheated on Bret Michaels. The text reveals that it is albums. What style recur from album to a man who has been unfaithful, and the woman longs for album. the love. I wanted to use the backstory for the lyrics and use a woman in the illiustration. W O R K P C E S M O O D B O A R D Illustrator during the process Pictures I started out with a photo of a woman holding a rose. To make the photo an illustration and not a photograph, I decided to make a polygonal illustrati- on. To make a polygonal illustration you have to use the pen tool and create triangles all over the photo. I wanted to get as much details as I could get from the photo, so I created very small triangles around the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. The next step was to fill all the triangles with colours. The layers ”BLACK” and I carefully chose colors using the eyedropper tool. ”WHITE” were used in order to get more details from the I decided not to use the polygonal effect on the rose, photo when i traced it. I wanted it to be like the origonal photo. This in order to make the rose stand out in the final result. The last thing I did in illustrator was to make the background white. While working in illustrator I really saw the advantage of using ”layers”. Photoshop during the process Pictures Most of the work were already done in illustrator. Altough there were a few steps I had to do in photoshop. The first thing I did was to mark the whole photo, except the rose, with the magic wand tool. The next step was to make the photo black and white. Because I did not mark the rose with the magic wand tool, the rose was still colored. After getting the picture black and white, I went in and changed the con- trast and brightness of the photo. I wanted the effect of that the woman was fading away. I increased the percentage of brightness considerably and reduced the contrast. The rose also faded away in the step above, so I had to mark the rose with the magic wand and increase the contrast, and at the same time lower the brightness. Sketches and Training Style/Genre Colors I have chosen ”Hopelessness”. First I made a colored illustration. I instantly thought that the You crave for a person so bad, but effect of fading away, which i meant the person hurt you, and you know was a really important effect, did not you can never be with that person come through that much that I had ever again. hoped. I liked the rose in this illustration, it popped up and the The fact that the woman is fading brightness and contrast were good. away in the photo can be interpreted in several ways. One of them is that After trying different color editing, I the person sees its love of its life ended up with a black and white fade away, slowly and painfully. All illustration. I wanted the red rose, it that is left is that red rose, the had to stand out, so I kept the colored painfull rose with its thorns. rose. The effect of fading away came very clearly with black and white filter. Composituion, Layout and Grid I also had to edit the brighness and contrast to get the right effect. The I wanted the woman to fill the whole page. This in order to get the wo- brightness was increased and the man in focus. Because of the effect ”Fading away”, it would make the contrast decreased. woman less clear, and therefor I meant that it was important to make the woman fill the hole page. With alot of background, the woman D E S I G N would disappear. I also wanted the photo to be centered. The positioning of the rose was also very important. It could easily disappear. Pictures Research https://www.discogs.com/Poison-Every-Rose- http://www.metrolyrics.com/every-rose-has-its- Has-Its-Thorn/master/94315 thorn-lyrics-poison.html http://www.theglamnationnetwork.com/poison. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6131 html http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/ http://macrophotoz.com/side-of-red-rose-isola- readers-poll-the-10-greatest-hair-metal- ted-on-white-background/ songs-20140205/6-poison-every-rose-has-its- thorn-0806415 http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.

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