Songs of Water - Bread and Circus

I was going to listen to another song and draw another picture... but then my brother sent me this and I couldn't stop listening.... Anyhow, two drawings today! Once is an actual drawing from a picture i took on my phone. The picture I like... the drawing I do not. But it was good practice. :) The other one.... was just what I felt like doodling.

Songs of Water - Bread and Circus

Horse Feathers - Belly of June (I'm back!)

I've been having a lot of trouble finding inspiration lately. Maybe it's summer or maybe I've just got too much on my mind... or maybe I've just been lazy. Whatever the reason, I thought a good way to break out of this art block of sorts was to start drawing a picture a day once again. This time, however, I'm changing it up a little. (I decided this just now) Anyhow, the plan is to continue to be inspired by a certain song each day, but also to kind of capture a moment of the day as well. An experience, or feeling... Almost like a journal in songs and imagery. Should be fun?

Today's drawing:

Summer is all about laying in the grass for me. :)

Song: Horse Feathers - Belly of June (Ok, so June's over... but just barely so it's ok)

50 days of drawings complete! On to something new...?

So after 50 days worth of songs and drawings, I think it's time to do something else. Recently, I've been putting a lot of thought into my painting, and wondering if I wanted to start a new series. I have a few concepts, but I'm still not sure which one I'll go with yet... Pretty much most of my ideas involve music in some way. I'm thinking I'm going to go down to once or twice a week, though. It's been a great exercise for me, making myself draw daily, but I think I need a rest... :)

Matisyahu - King Without a Crown

It's hard to capture this song's energy in an image...

Holy hands, batman!

Matisyahu - King Without a Crown

Animal Collective - Leaf House

Again with the brains and profiles... I always think I'll really enjoy Animal Collective if I can find the right time and mood for them. So far, that has yet to happen... but I definitely don't dislike them. I just randomly picked one of their songs... This is possibly my first time hearing it.

Animal Collective - Leaf House

Wilco - You and I

My sculpture class is giving me a new appreciation for feet...

Wilco - You and I

Okkervil River - For Real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlB2XLmA4Ec

My brother's really into these guys. I haven't really listened to them much.

Brown Bird - My Mind is an Altar

http://brownbird.net/

I'll start linking to the artists and/or songs.

Nick Drake - Cello Song

Ok, image-wise... I'm boring myself to death here... but this song is lovely! Anyhow, I figure after 50 days of this, maybe I'll take a break or something... We'll see.

Peter, Bjorn, & John - Second Chance

Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely

Mixed feelings towards this band... Also look! A girl and her giant cat!

Adele - Hometown Glory

Múm - They Make Frogs Smoke Till They Explode

I'm very tired. Profiles are probably the easiest thing for me to draw.... This song really does deserve a more interesting image... but I'm too sleepy.

Mumm-ra - She's Got You High

She's.... literally got this guy "high" I guess...

Feist - Mushaboom

A friend just send me a lovely list of a lot of her favorite artists. I think tonight was my first time hearing this song...

I guess this goes with yesterday's drawing. I'm always hesitant to draw guys when I doodle, because in the past they would either end up looking like a man version of myself, my brother (who actually kind of DOES look like a man version of me...), any crushes I had, or a creepy combination of all three... awkward. Fortunately, I don't think he looks like anyone I know...

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

This song immediately made me think of the pale green my room used to be before I painted it.

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

I heard this song on the trailer for Where the Wild Things are, and I remember liking it. Then I found it again recently and discovered it was Arcade Fire, which surprised me for some reason. None of their other songs had really held my attention so far, but I think I'll have to give them another try...

Danielson - "Did I Step on Your Trumpet?"

They said something about a parrot in the song. And I was like "hey, I like parrots". Then I was like "Hey, I also like hats..."

Zoe Keating - Tetrishead

Just stumbled upon this awesome cellist today... Also, this is turning into an art nouveau series apparently.

Dyad - Early Early in the Spring

I think one thing I've learned so far is... that some songs just can't be turned into imagery. (See the past few days drawings for examples....) However, folk songs always inspire me to do illustrative works.... Which I really think is my favorite. :)

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

HATS HATS HATS

The Zombies - She's Not There

I'm still quite ill....

Battles - Atlas

Right now I am quite ill and semi-delerious..... Hence the very trippy picture...

Coldplay - Life in Technicolor

I think the only thing I took from this song was... "color"... I got distracted by anatomy practice and weirdness. Then I just filtered it a million times. Multicolored barf picture! OH YEAH. Tomorrow I'm moving on to my favorite albums... [edit: ...or not]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile

Once again, paying more attention to the image than the song.... (though I love this song dearly...)

Tomorrow it will have been 30 days of posts. I think after that I'll revisit some previous artists again. Maybe go through whole CDs.

Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

I don't know if I was really paying much attention to the song at all... but it was playing in the background.

Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

Valentines Day tomorrow.

Underoath - Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear

"we're forgetting our forgiveness"

MGMT - Electric Feel

I don't really like MGMT too much (I don't dislike them... it's complicated) ... but I couldn't think of who else to do tonight. And I thought maybe drawing to a song I didn't love might be an ok idea. Instead I drew something I didn't really like that much as well....

Pinback - Fortress

I'm apparently obsessed with deer people...

Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

Royksopp - Remind Me

MMYeahhh..... Creepy? Maybe just a little?

Kings of Convenience - Mrs. Cold

Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

Mumford and Sons - White Blank Page

I saw a lot of birds today.

Seabear - I Sing I Swim

So many profiles....

Mewithoutyou - The Fox, The Crow, And The Cookie

Dark Dark Dark - Colors

Love this band.

Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin

Johnny Cash - Hurt (cover)

I love Johnny Cash's version of this song so much. This picture is too dark for the song. Actually I don't think it fits at all. Except for the color. Otherwise, it's an old man and a crow.... because I like drawing old people and birds.

Shiny Toy Guns - You Are The One

You're more than in my head...

Forgot how much I loved these guys.

Fleet Foxes - White Water Hymnal

Yes, it's a horrible picture of a fox because the bands name has fox in it. I'm not really........awake right now..... so.... sorry goodnight.

Muse - Uprising

An original character looking much more evil than he is.

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

I'm sure the music video for this song influenced me. I tried to get it out of my head, but I couldn't, it fits the song so perfectly. I'm also trying to get away from just.... pretty faces. So here's a not so pretty... face?

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

I need to start drawing things other than faces. But I love faces. I also love this song.

Jónsi - Tornado

You grow from the inside

Gah. This song makes me want to weep. It's beautiful.

Regina Spektor - Hero

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

Just because I love Regina Spektor.

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

The bitterness of one who's left alone...

Lately I've been revisiting some music from the 90s.... Which is interesting since I have an emotional response to the music whether I like it or not, since it's nostalgic for me. I remember listening to this song on my little walkman radio thing when I was like 12. Not that this picture really reflects any of that. It's late and it was hastily drawn.

The Decemberists - Won't Want for Love

Gentle leaves, gentle leaves, please array a path for me...

It's late. It was hard to pick a song. I love The Decemberists. I'm half a sleep. I can't draw and listen to The Decemberists without their lyrics influencing a story behind my art. Her face looks a little like a face in a nightmare I had. I need sleep now.