3. Mr. Self Destruct

 Materials: Drawn on a large drawing pad with colored pencils with paint splattered on top.

Process: After drawing the mouth, I scribbled the background with colored pencils and drew the insects flying out. After that we covered the mouth by taping paper over it and splattered red paint over the piece by flicking a brush dipped in the paint.

Ideas: This piece corresponds to the first track on the album, which is written as the voice in the main character’s head speaking to him. The mouth in the piece represents this voice, with the insects representing the negative emotions and desires the voice inspires (these insects recur in my art and are inspired by some tracks at the end of the album which sonically and once lyrically reference insects). This piece attempts to reflect the song sonically by conveying chaotic movement.


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