For the next workshop, we printed a rescaled version of our character that we created in the “Fears” workshop. We were then given a playlist to listen to called “Jukebox Jive” and were asked to listen to a number of songs before selecting one from which we use the words and story being told in the song to develop a narrative. These are examples of some of the songs I listened to: There’s a thin line between love and hate by The Persuaders, Little Bird by Annie Lennox and Big Time by Peter Gabriel. I ended up choosing the song Beautiful People with Beautiful Problems by Lana Del Ray. As I wasn’t pleased with the way my monster turned out I was able to interpret the title of the song so that I wouldn’t literally have to use my monster. The title “Beautiful People with Beautiful Problems” insinuates that no matter how beautiful you may look on the outside, everyone has flaws and issues hiding on the inside.

The song, by Lana Del Ray, explores the value of artists and rejecting consumerism. Beautiful people with beautiful problems is a song about surrounding yourself with people who put their art and love first and they are doing this for the right reasons, not just for money. It’s about being able to rise above your problems and having hope left that will get you through the issues.

I decided to interpret this song through a metaphor of someone drowning in their thought and problems. I’ve illustrated that everyone has dilemmas and troubles that they have to deal with individually, however, through the hold and support of others we are able to overcome them. The title of the song made me illustrate actual characters instead of using my monster as a literal character because this further emphasizes that although everyone has fears or issues these aren’t visible on the outside.

Once we picked our song, we used the 6-box template that was provided to create a storyboard for our narrative using only 3 colours. This was my first attempt.