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illustrating PJ lyrics

boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
edited July 2006 in The Art Wall
I started thinking about it...and there are actually a lot of pearl jam lyrics that just would make really incredible illustrations in the hands of some great atists/photographers like I have seen there are in here.

I thought maybe we could make a list of lyrics that lend themselves to illustration. Who knows...we get a good list...and enough people decide to do a drawing or two..could become quite an interesting collaboration.

Here are a couple of lyrics off the top of my head and I would appreciate any you have to offer:

"thoughts arrive like butterflies"

"she dreams in color, she dreams in red"

"big man stands behind and open door, says leave your lady on the cement floor"
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I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    please let me know if anybody knows of any websites of people who actually have done illustrations spefically about PJ lyrics.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    I decided to go ahead and try illustrating the first line I could think of

    "thoughts arrive like butterflies"

    you can see it under PJ illustrations at
    http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blueplaidpolkadots/my_photos

    more to come...
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    That's cool. And you're right, lots of their lyrics would make great pictures. Hope you do some more. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
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    kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    very awesome. thanks for sharing.
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    Just thought of some more drawable lyrics and don't want to forget them.

    "all five horizons revolve around the sun"

    and something really abstract for "spin the black circle"
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    Here is another drawing:

    "she dreams in color she dreams in red"

    under PJ illustrations at
    http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blueplaidpolkadots/my_photos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    jamjamjamjam Posts: 491
    boxerorabag wrote:
    Here is another drawing:

    "she dreams in color she dreams in red"

    under PJ illustrations at
    http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blueplaidpolkadots/my_photos

    pretty cool!
    kind of reminds me of me trying to get some sleep.
    :D
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    pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    I looked through your stuff and I really liked clouds and the two pics after that, sunrise, wintersunrise, bluegrass and stormrollsin. good work.
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    mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    nice work on the "thoughts arrive" illustration! :)

    i also enjoy taking song lyrics and interpreting them...turning them into visual images of the songs and their meanings...

    continue to post your work! i'm liking it :)

    here's one i did based on "jeremy"...have another photo i have yet to get (been waiting for months!!! - based on "crazy mary")...and a few other sketches in the works...



    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=149076
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    nice work on the "thoughts arrive" illustration! :)

    i also enjoy taking song lyrics and interpreting them...turning them into visual images of the songs and their meanings...

    continue to post your work! i'm liking it :)

    here's one i did based on "jeremy"...have another photo i have yet to get (been waiting for months!!! - based on "crazy mary")...and a few other sketches in the works...



    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=149076

    I actually found your painting when I searched threads for lyrics and art. I love it. I love the colors and the paint strokes.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    jamjam wrote:
    pretty cool!
    kind of reminds me of me trying to get some sleep.
    :D


    you can't quite see because the pic isn't big enough, but she has one eye slit open..her hand is in the space for the second pillow because shes pretending to be just asleep as he looks her over, but she still wants him to be there.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    Here is: "I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm"

    under PJ lyrics at
    http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blueplaidpolkadots/my_photos
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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    Jam-fanJam-fan Posts: 70
    that is some impressive stuff, first time i've seen an artist's interpretation of lyrics. It'd be interesting to see if there are any other artists out there with drawings of the same lyrics/ songs, see what similarities/differences there are.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    I agree it would be cool to see other artists do some stuff.

    A computer based graphic would be really impressive for a lot of stuff and some oild that take awhile to do might be neat. I'm just whipping out pastels in a couple of hours.

    What I really want to see is a comic book art black and white line drawing version of big man stands behind an open door with a large black outline and ligght streaming in showing a woman slumped on the floor and maybe a guy from the back in one corner that is being talked to.

    Wouldn't it be cool if PJ put out a call to some really amazing artists and put together a graphic novel of select lyrics from their songbook. I'd love to buy something like that.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    eggyoda has posted their work on here a number of times.... http://www.eggyoda.com/

    Eggyoda makes pictures from lyrics, some are pj lyrics, some are from other bands. Have a look. it's pretty cool.
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    jamjamjamjam Posts: 491
    boxerorabag wrote:
    you can't quite see because the pic isn't big enough, but she has one eye slit open..her hand is in the space for the second pillow because shes pretending to be just asleep as he looks her over, but she still wants him to be there.

    yep, i totally get it.
    You depict it really well imo.
    i like the butterflies one a lot too.
    Thanks for sharing, and keep 'em coming.
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    civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    hey!
    great job!! i like the "thoughts arrive like butterflies" and "hold the candle"... they're beautiful!

    what did you use? looks like oil pastels?
    if so, they're very good... i can never use oil pastels without making a big smudgy mess! ;):D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    I use rembrandt chalk pastels and compressed charcoal on pastel paper.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    boxerorabag wrote:
    I use rembrandt chalk pastels and compressed charcoal on pastel paper.

    wow! good for you!

    i'd be covered in the stuff from head to toe! :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    civ_eng_girl wrote:

    i'd be covered in the stuff from head to toe! :p


    I usually am!
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    ruderude Posts: 14
    http://www.serotta.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16102
    http://www.youtube.com/lofisounds
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    rude wrote:
    http://www.serotta.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16102

    The link doesn't work for me
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    actually the link works but you have to sign in and register to view. Could you post a direct link to your work?
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    ruderude Posts: 14
    This summer I'll probably get a site up and running. -R-
    http://www.youtube.com/lofisounds
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    URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,642
    Here is a sign I made to hold up at the E. Rutherford shows. I was behind stage all night 6/3 and got the thumbs up from Mike and Ed reflected his guitar light off it for a few seconds. It's an illustration of WWS. "Tells us to pray while the Devil's on his shoulder..."
    wws.jpg
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    civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    ooooh!! very clever! :D

    i like it! great flames... especially the ones right around their hands...
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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    Jam-fanJam-fan Posts: 70
    URthekey wrote:
    Here is a sign I made to hold up at the E. Rutherford shows. I was behind stage all night 6/3 and got the thumbs up from Mike and Ed reflected his guitar light off it for a few seconds. It's an illustration of WWS. "Tells us to pray while the Devil's on his shoulder..."
    wws.jpg
    very cool, clever, and courageous stuff
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    Jam-fanJam-fan Posts: 70
    as far as illustrating PJ lyrics goes, i'm working on one of given to fly to the words "wind rose up set him down on his knees", inspiration just struck today as i was listening to the live recording of it at Puerto Alegre. I'll try and scan and post once it's done :)
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    boxerorabagboxerorabag Posts: 47
    That poster rocks. that's so cool they acknowledged it at the show. its almost like you got to talk to them or something.
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    I escaped it...a life wasted...and I'm never going back again.
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    URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,642
    boxerorabag wrote:
    That poster rocks. that's so cool they acknowledged it at the show. its almost like you got to talk to them or something.

    The first night it Ed thought I was holding up the sign to request Bushleager, he asked the crowd if they would BOO that song and the indicated yea (WTF!). Anyway the second night I gave up my 10c seats to get prime exposure behind the stage and it was so worth it. I did feel like I got to be part of the show. Mike looked right at me and put his hands together as if he was praying then gave me the thumbs up. Thats all I needed I fuckin rocked so hard after that!
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