music drawings Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:35:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Artist Transforms Song Waves Into Awesome Prints https://playjunkie.com/artist-transforms-song-waves-into-awesome-prints/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:17:53 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=26039 Have you ever wondered what a physical depiction of your favorite song might look like? Even if you haven’t, British artist and designer Alex Szabo-Haslam has developed a method to show you how, and it’s pretty awesome.  Dubbing the project Waveform, Szabo-Haslam was inspired to turn the sounds of music into data after a teacher […]

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Have you ever wondered what a physical depiction of your favorite song might look like?

Even if you haven’t, British artist and designer Alex Szabo-Haslam has developed a method to show you how, and it’s pretty awesome. 

Dubbing the project Waveform, Szabo-Haslam was inspired to turn the sounds of music into data after a teacher noticed him sketching designs based on music. 

“I’d sit drawing different ways to interpret sound whenever I could, sketching various shapes and line styles. One afternoon, a science teacher saw my sketches, and encouraged me to develop them further,” Szabo-Haslam told Billboard.

The artist began plotting out his favorite tracks, turning the electronic crunch of rave musicians like Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk into minimalist yet staggering designs. Using the sound waves, Szabo-Haslam reimagines the graphic as a series of thin bars and carefully draws each of them by hand. 

He now offers the unique process for all music lovers through the website Kickstarter. As no two sound waves are the same, each piece of artwork is unique to the song it is based on, creating a one of a kind musical souvenir. He accepts requests for every song ever recorded and prints them on the background color of your choice. 

Check out his cool music creations on his Instagram below or visit his Kickstarter to purchase your print. 

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Artist Suffering from Synesthesia Draws the Music She Hears https://playjunkie.com/artist-suffering-synesthesia-draws-music-hears/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:09:15 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=6045 Artists usually paint the things they see or imagine. But Melissa McCracken took a different path, painting the things she hears. This Kansas City-based artist suffers from Synesthesia, which is a condition that causes her to see the colors when she hears musical tones. For example, when jazz music is playing she see’s blue, white, […]

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Artists usually paint the things they see or imagine. But Melissa McCracken took a different path, painting the things she hears. This Kansas City-based artist suffers from Synesthesia, which is a condition that causes her to see the colors when she hears musical tones. For example, when jazz music is playing she see’s blue, white, or golds, and when pop song is on the radio, it is in colors of pink and purple for her.

If you are curious how Melissa McCracken sees the songs and music genres, check out some of her works below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-K9nKHYJT/?hl=en&taken-by=melissamccrack

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Little softy Fly Too High 12” x 12” Sold

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If I Was a Bird 24” x 24” sold

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The In-Between 96” x 74” oil on canvas sold

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Have you ever wondered what a physical depiction of your favorite song might look like?

Even if you haven’t, British artist and designer Alex Szabo-Haslam has developed a method to show you how, and it’s pretty awesome. 

Dubbing the project Waveform, Szabo-Haslam was inspired to turn the sounds of music into data after a teacher noticed him sketching designs based on music. 

“I’d sit drawing different ways to interpret sound whenever I could, sketching various shapes and line styles. One afternoon, a science teacher saw my sketches, and encouraged me to develop them further,” Szabo-Haslam told Billboard.

The artist began plotting out his favorite tracks, turning the electronic crunch of rave musicians like Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk into minimalist yet staggering designs. Using the sound waves, Szabo-Haslam reimagines the graphic as a series of thin bars and carefully draws each of them by hand. 

He now offers the unique process for all music lovers through the website Kickstarter. As no two sound waves are the same, each piece of artwork is unique to the song it is based on, creating a one of a kind musical souvenir. He accepts requests for every song ever recorded and prints them on the background color of your choice. 

Check out his cool music creations on his Instagram below or visit his Kickstarter to purchase your print. 

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Artist Suffering from Synesthesia Draws the Music She Hears https://playjunkie.com/artist-suffering-synesthesia-draws-music-hears/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:09:15 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=6045 Artists usually paint the things they see or imagine. But Melissa McCracken took a different path, painting the things she hears. This Kansas City-based artist suffers from Synesthesia, which is a condition that causes her to see the colors when she hears musical tones. For example, when jazz music is playing she see’s blue, white, […]

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Artists usually paint the things they see or imagine. But Melissa McCracken took a different path, painting the things she hears. This Kansas City-based artist suffers from Synesthesia, which is a condition that causes her to see the colors when she hears musical tones. For example, when jazz music is playing she see’s blue, white, or golds, and when pop song is on the radio, it is in colors of pink and purple for her.

If you are curious how Melissa McCracken sees the songs and music genres, check out some of her works below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj-K9nKHYJT/?hl=en&taken-by=melissamccrack

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Little softy Fly Too High 12” x 12” Sold

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🚀

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If I Was a Bird 24” x 24” sold

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The In-Between 96” x 74” oil on canvas sold

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