The Sound of Silence - Roughing Ideas

Half Page Illustration
My initial ideas around the theme of silence and meditation centred around sound waves. I liked the notion of including a sequential image within a larger scene to describe what it happening.



I wanted to include a single figure in the frame, I think this makes the article more personable. To start with, the roughs I drew out were focus on the face area which described the calmness of the character. However, after a bit of thought I realised that this may be a bit too simple. I also really like working with detail and scenery so I wanted to include that in there somewhere.

Next I considered the placement of my character and what I associate with being calm and serene. I drew a few different options I could have gone with, the first being the ocean and then the setting of a bedroom. Playing around with the idea of an everyday setting was something I thought about in regards to relatability of the image to an audience.

I figured out the exact shape of my central figure. The rest of my roughs I drew around this idea. The sound waves were drawn in the middle of three circles, demonstrating the progression from silence, to quiet sounds, to loud sounds. The silence circle sits within the character design, linking to the effects of meditation.

Thinking about a peaceful setting I thought about nature and human interaction with it. This became the basis for the concept behind the final illustration.

Circle Illustration

After deciding on an idea, I thought about how I could link the circle illustration with the main one. As the figure is sat on the top of a mountain, I thought about using the top part that could not be seen on this image there - I liked this idea a lot as it ties in with the concept, and also the aesthetic.