The Finished Product

So here is the finished product! After many hours of labor, I am pretty proud of this piece. I think I conveyed my original idea of a jazzy, fun composition even without color. Even as my pen began to ran out of ink, I anticipated finishing this project and having something I really liked.

The Middle Step

This next step was the most painstaking and time consuming of all the steps. I chose two fonts, one a thicker, bubblier font, and another thinner, straight font. I wanted the chorus to be the larger letters as I felt that the chorus conveyed the core of the song the best. After I figured out how to have the letters form the shapes of my original sketch, I began tracing each letter from a printout of the fonts.

Once I finished tracing everything, I photocopied the tracing so I could do a ghost transfer. When I had completed the transfer, the inking began.

Gladys Knight Lyrics

Our first project began with listening to a CD of Gladys Knight songs and doodling to one of the songs. I chose the song "End Of Our Road", creating this sketch. I loved the jazzy and upbeat sound to the song, and thought of focusing on the sound of the song rather than the lyrics to create this fun composition.