I read this article before tackling the artwork since the composer of Sleep talks about the piece and his ideas behind it.
I thumb nailed some ideas which I felt represented the song - I liked the idea of the song carrying you into slumber so tried to go for a very relaxed composition of the floating man, keeping in mind Loomis' theories of line in composition:
I ended up with a really weird gouache painting which I like aesthetically but I don't feel like it fits the calmness of the song that well.
I went to another composition because of the what the composer said in the article above:
-'At heart its about engaging with fewer objects in a more extended and deliberate way'.
-'That's what I've sought to do with Sleep: make a single object that can function like a landscape for the listener to inhabit while sleeping'.
I liked this idea of a more minimal composition that incorporates his idea of the song being a landscape:
The concept of the song taking you to slumber still holds true in a much more effective and successful way. I also think the image is much more 'me'
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