Wednesday 21 May 2014

There is a light that never goes out

Recently I worked with the fascinating mind of Andrew McCormick, it was a short yet sweet shoot and a lot was achieved in a short time. Andrew excels at conceptual imagery, his pictures are the kind of visuals one might see in a dream...


 


He was kind enough to help me create an image I had in my head and this is that image:



'There is a light that never goes out'



Other than my love of the song which (for you people who haven't heard this masterpiece by The Smiths) you can listen to here, I wanted to create this image because its how I feel my brain works, I have a series of lightbulb moments and inspiration strikes me in the side of the head with what feels like a giant mallet or the light remains off and all original thought is gone.

I found this when I was younger- it doesn't work when you're trying to research ideas for a graphic design project, you start searching for relevant imagery and then your head suddenly goes 'Ooh ooh, don't bother with that, I just had the most fabulous idea, you have to do this!' and suddenly you bypass all the research or deliberately find things associated with that one idea. It did make for some really cool pieces but didn't work so much in my favour on the grades front :S

Anyway my mind still pretty much works this way with the bright idea moments but having met so many talented and inspiring artists and having a constant feed to so many wonderful images, my light now remains on, sometimes it dims but it never goes out.


All images copyright of Andrew McCormick