This reminds me of an image I made of nested balloons that was supposed to depict how feedback on a guitar amp worked. http://bp2.blogger.com/_Tis4lQ8R9e8/Rrc7LuUH0qI/AAAAAAAAASs/ySEsetS1B6M/s1600-h/feedback2.jpg
the full post is here: http://blog.grantthomasonline.com/2007/08/experiments-with-depicting-music-in.html
Somehow, that makes me think of one of those 80s guitar synthesizers. But instead of making sounds, it would function like a drawing tablet in Photoshop.
You could use any guitar along with software that converts audio data into image data or vice versa (like those 'musical abstract comics' you posted last month), so it's definitely possible.
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The artists assembled by Andrei Molotiu for his anthology ABSTRACT COMICS (Fantagraphics, $39.99) push “cartooning” to its limits... It’s a fascinating book to stare at, and as with other kinds of abstract art, half the fun is observing your own reactions: anyone who’s used to reading more conventional sorts of comics is likely to reflexively impose narrative on these abstractions, to figure out just what each panel has to do with the next.
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Wow!!!! Is that new? That's great!
ReplyDeleteI hope Mathieu/Ibn comes here to comment on it. I also hope he posts the last pages of his own balloon piece...
This reminds me of an image I made of nested balloons that was supposed to depict how feedback on a guitar amp worked.
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the full post is here:
http://blog.grantthomasonline.com/2007/08/experiments-with-depicting-music-in.html
Thanks! I made it a few days ago.
ReplyDeleteSomeday I will make comics with my guitar.
"Someday I will make comics with my guitar."
ReplyDeleteSomehow, that makes me think of one of those 80s guitar synthesizers. But instead of making sounds, it would function like a drawing tablet in Photoshop.
You could use any guitar along with software that converts audio data into image data or vice versa (like those 'musical abstract comics' you posted last month), so it's definitely possible.
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ReplyDeleteI have been very busy this last month so I did not find the time to comment.
I like this piece, which, I don´t know why, reminds me of Chris Ware (maybe the colors, or the thick lines, I don´t know...).
I'll try to post the rest of my balloon story soon.