Take 5: Experimentation Sound 1

For the first part of this brief we were told to create 5 drawings that visually represent the sounds we have chosen to analyse and animate. In order for me to find the most appropriate material to visualise my chosen sounds I have to conduct a lot of experimentation with a range of materials. At first I thought this would be the easy part of the task, as I enjoy experimenting with materials and I feel that I am in good need of some experimenting. However, I couldn't have been more wrong. It is actually really difficult to visualise sound and create shapes and lines that you feel accurately represent what you're listening to, but it's even more difficult to find the colours that match that sound too.

For my first sound it took me quite a while to get started and find the right shapes, lines and colours that I felt would represent the sound well, but I eventually decided to write down words that the sound made me think of such as, bold, colourful, sharp, etc. This really helped me to decide how my lines should look and it gave me an idea of what kinds of colours to experiment with too.

After creating a series of small experiments I'm still unsure about which style goes well with my chosen sound however I do prefer the coloured chalk pieces over the others, as I really like the texture and the vibrancy of the colours. Bold colours and contrast are things that I want to create to create a visual of this sound, but I do feel that the other drawings are lacking something and that the chalk drawings stand out a lot more than the others. 

I will move on for now and see if I can think of anything else for this sound as I work on the others.