#there are so many bangers on this album i’m exicted for the rereleases

[elleroodles]

hiiiii el! i have a strange doodle request, which is as such: draw what maps by the yeah yeah yeahs feels like to you! idk i think i remember you like that song (if you don't whoops lol, please feel free to draw a song of your choice) and i feel like it's such an emotion-provoking song

celie i hope you know you sent me the most wonderful art request ever and when i saw it i like. started vibrating. but anyways i had the time of my life doing this and it has evolved from a doodle into a full on thing that i posted separately (tw for bright colors) that i did research for and in that research i discovered that this song has several layers of lore so this post exists to educate those about the history and impact of maps on modern society (ft. beyonce) as well as my thumb ailing process because i love talking about that kind of think and i feel like it fulfills the request more than the actual piece does so! it’s Maps Time

so there isn’t really as much lore as i let on but there are several layers of it so i think i’ll start with the music video which i only learned one (1) fun fact about: the tears were real because karen o’s boyfriend at the time was supposed to show up to filming but didn’t. that made me sad. i love karen o. that is the extent of the music video lore.

OKAY BEYONCÉ. beyoncé has a song you may have heard of called lemonade, and in this song she credits none other than ezra koenig (of vampire weekend) and people were wondering why on Earth ezra koenig is credited in a beyoncé song so mr. koenig took to twitter in 2016:

so essentially: maps by the yeah yeah yeahs + a tweet by ezra koenig = part of beyoncé’s lemonade. this fascinates me.

THIS IS WHERE THE ART TALK BEGINS AND THE MAPS TALK ENDS (KIND OF NOT REALLY)

so here’s the thumbnailing canvas where i kept the request in mind and put actual thought into it vs. the final piece where i just. did what i wanted to. that’s kind of why i wanted to explain this part so i could prove that at one point i was indeed thinking about this

actual thumbnails (four squares at the top): these were the first things i did with the sole thought of “hey! this was one of the first songs i fully learned on guitar!” in mind which i ended up dropping because it’s not really an emotion per se? just something that would show up in the elleroodles category on jeopardy. the only other thing i want to mention about these is that the far right is my school because i liked the vibes of the “my kind’s your kind” lyric and associate school dances with hanging out with my friends outside these giant garage doors in the middle of the main hall. the rest of these were drawn with the chorus in mind

palettes (left): so i went into this with the eyestrainy colors of fever to tell in mind (the first three thumbnails) before remembering that the single exists and then i pulled a palette from that- the sketchy school paper doodle vibes were what i had in mind for that last thumbnail. i ended up using both of these for the final piece and i think that may be why it seems so !,!);!;!(!!;!(&?&@393 but Hey it is what it is. also here’s the full palettes because i what procreate make them for me (hoping anthony fantano doesn’t see this)

the imagery (bottom right hand corner stuff): i drew imagery from three main sources (and then ended up using none of it): the lyrical content, music video, and my own personal ties to the song. lyrical content was kind of hard for me, i’m notorious for having no relationship experience and have been pining after the same girl for three years so i’m not all that knowledgeable on the concept presented in the song so there aren’t a whole lot of strong points in that area, but what i do have a lot of experience in is school dances! i originally wanted to do a whole lot with that setting but when i started drawing the final i used None of my ideas and just did whatever popped into my brain so unfortunately none of this made it past the final cut (i would like to do something along these lines again one day, i cannot stress how fun this request was for me!!). there’s also personal experience, which is mostly just my ties to this song being that i learned to play it on the guitar early on. that’s kind of the extent of it.

i think that might be all i have to say? idk there’s a Lot and i’m not sure how many people will read this essay but if you do I HOPE YOU ENJOYED and if you’re celie then i love you and tysm for sending me this request because i had so much fun with all this planning and research :-)

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#see since it’s an art ask from celie i feel like i need to ramble in the tags #but i’ve rambled in the post #there’s not a whole lot more to say #i am sitting on my bedroom floor listening to fearless #i just fixed up my mom’s old CD player so now i can finally listen to my collection of taylor swift albums predating 2015 #i was going through all my old cds the other day and found it with a price tag from hastings of all places #there are so many bangers on this album i’m exicted for the rereleases #i miss hastings #i also bought so many 1d albums there #now i need to post the post #post this #then go play undertale #i’m stuck on the final mtt bit #i also need to shovel the driveway before my mom gets home #hmmm #maybe undertale can wait #okay i think i’ve done enough talking now so that these tags look filled up? #ily celie #💖💘💗💘💞💘💞💗💘💘💖💗💖💞 #celie tag #el answers asks #the wip tag