ended up going with this image, as it felt the most tied in to the original concept (with marilyn being a film icon, it felt appropriate to utilize my scanogram of a reel of expired film)
I have tried to narrow down my concept to a recent experience; for my birthday, my girlfriend & I spent the day in asheville, wandering without any real purpose from one coffee shop to the next. Later that night, we went to an electronic show at the orange peel. I wanted to try to capture the narrative of two people interacting over the course of a day, and somehow condense that into one image. I would still like to incorporate a more defined image amongst the atmosphere I've managed to create thus far, and likely will incorporate a cup of coffee in some way, as that seemingly mundane routine is in fact a vehicle for people to come together. The nature of memories, especially my own, seems to be shrouded in a fog of ambiguity, particularly as I forget various specifics about an event in favor of holding onto the essence of what made it so important. As such, I want to find the balance between recognizable forms and ambiguous textures in my image. ...
below are a series of iterations that this album artwork went through; although none of the changes may seem too radical; trying to balance the light sources across the different blending layers proved to be a difficult process, although it was very rewarding to experiment with it. I created a streak of light and played with layering it over the first image I had come up with, and it ended up being very interesting, although potentially overpowering. However, that seemed to work with my concept, as I feel that the way light is generated and perceived is very reflective of human activity. the final image was not notably different from the earlier drafts, but I found that in this case subtlety was more effective, and that I didn't want to stray too far from the original composition I had created. I also adopted the aspect ratio from the original square composition of an album art to something with a little more interest.
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