Manic Musical Concept Visualization

Hey guys, got something a little bit different for you today. I've always been interested in channeling music into visual art, so I decided to just listen to an album I liked and see what I could get out of it. The following drawings were all completed while listened to the amazing David Bowie album "Blackstar." Many of them were completed within the bounds of a song or two. The idea was to really shut off my mind and just channel the music onto the page. The whole album clocks in at about 40 mins so the drawings are all pretty loose, unrefined, and visceral.

This last one is my favorite. It's largely inspired by this song:

Love,

-Joseph Smolin