So I finally got around to scanning in some of my drawings and here is the first.
This my representation of what I hear when I listen to the song 'Handlebars' by the Flobots. If you haven't heard the song yet you can listen to it here.
There is a specific process that I go through to create these drawings.
- The first thing I do is pull out the patterns I hear and sketch them out. When I do this I have to listen to the song over and over again and pick out each individual element. This step usually takes around 20 minutes.
- Since my sound-color synesthesia is musical sounds, each specific voice and instrument will have a certain pattern or color, so to recreate what I see means I have to pull the image in my head apart, then put it back to together on paper.
- The next step is deciding what colors to use. I do this on a separate sheet of paper since I have to experiment to recreate the colors I want. Many times I also have to mix the colors to create the shade that is closest to the colors I want.
- In my drawing of 'Handelbars' the only colors I didn't mix were the black and the jade green line.
- After I know the pattern I want to use and the colors, I have to decide where each color goes. Again it is like putting together a puzzle.
- Most of the time I do have an idea of what colors I am going to use and where they will go but it's never certain until I start coloring them in.
- Once everything is decided on I color in the patterns. I usually listen to the song throughout this entire process.
Since my synesthetic perceptions are very general the drawings tend to be a little more elaborate then what I actually hear. But I'm also trying to show all of the elements that are combined into what I hear/see.
All my drawings are done with colored pencils and I'll put a couple more up soon.
