Untitled - Jones

Hi all. Thanks Christie for such an open ended brief! I should give a brief explanation...

Actually sod it, work it out for yourselves!! If you want to, that is...

New month - New song

James tells me it's my turn to shuffle, here goes:

Untitled, by Interpol (from Turn on the Bright Lights)

Knock yourselves out, this one is a free pass ;-)

Tell Me A Lie - Gallusness

Ok as promised here is my attempt from the wee sma hours of a Monday/Tuesday morning. Think it's better to regard this as a work in progress still. Feel it's going in the right direction but it needs finished properly. But in not wanting to hold up IST anymore thought best let you guys (and now gal) see what I've been up to.

My submission has come out of two thoughts. The first one was from one of the most classic film scenes of all time. By this I mean the Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper interrogation in True Romance. The inspiration that came from there is basically Christopher Walkens claim that he is trained in the seventeen (I think) ways in which somebody can lie. In the film we all know what follows… Well I hope anyway!?

So that idea led me to trying to show one of he most obvious forms of telling a lie – reading somebody's eyes. With this decided I then thought if you were going to tell a lie lets go for a biggie. My illustration has taken the form of a possibly make or break time in someones life. There's a passionate arguement happening and the following has been thrown out there

"Look me in the eyes then and tell me a lie. Tell me you love me."

The illustration is meant to try and represent that moment just before a lie might happen. I've hopefully tried to capture an uncertainty and it's open to interpretation if you think a lie or not will follow.

I would just like to point out that despite a less cheery illustration this month life up here is grand. Just where my head went to this month. Also I fancied going back to a purely vector based entry this time (probably with the excepion of the background in my final attempt I'd wager!)

UPDATE



As was promised I've managed to grab a few wee snatches of spare time to revisit my Tell Me A Lie entry. This is at the stage now I'd originally hoped to have gotten for the end of May deadline. The main additions are the textured background and some gentle shading. Certain areas were simplified a little as well. Much happier with this one now.

Tell Me A Lie – Reeko

As soon as I think about the Fratelli's, I automatically conjure up the first video I saw (probably for that do-de-do song) that featured a lavishing of 19th century imagery and as many "burlesque" dancers as they could round up on a wet Wednesday in Shoreditch.

Going down that route I imagined a Moulin Rouge style scene with one... gentleman caller... arriving swiftly after the next, the first sneaking out the back as she says "Why, Sir? What kept you? I have been waiting for you alone all evening..."

Bellow is the process, the main jump being a twist in angle half way through as I thought the image was just a bit static. Also, changing the arm into a silhouette really helps draw the eye rather than using colour as I had originally planned to.

Tell Me A Lie - Christie

An unexpected visitor to the Illustrated Song Titles, I hope that's ok. I am really excited about contributing, thanks for having me! The standard of work is really high, so I'm going to have to keep my game good. This first entry was inspired by the strange notion that pulling petals off a daisy will somehow enlighten us about the love of another... There is always a tiny amount of hope that it might somehow, born of sheer willpower, be true.

Peace, Christie