Illustration Friday: Noise

Why hello there.

I'm trying to get back into the habit of producing illustrations for Illustration Friday's weekly theme. Although this week, considering the time it is now (10pm - oops!), I'm only just going to get it posted in time before a new theme is released again tomorrow! I work best on a tight deadline??!

This weeks topic was Noise. Never one to draw the obvious (although I do love a good ole' fashioned Boom Box), I decided to draw on my own experiences and my Psychology Degree (I try to use this in an attempt to justify the debt I have hanging over my head)!

Curious,  you may think. 

Yes, perhaps so.

So, here's the picture and I'll explain my minds workings after. 

This illustration was never meant to be perfect or picture-book-quality. I just wanted to get the idea out in the open, and fast. 

A 'Posh Doodle', if you like(can I coin that term?). 

Although, I feel it has a certain charm about it. 

Hold on, I'm going to get a bit deep about this Posh Doodle now. 

Children often get overlooked when it comes to mental struggles and inner woes. I wanted this illustration, drawn in a style perhaps suited to a children's book, to convey that inner struggle that no doubt we have all felt from time to time throughout our lives. 

Yes, that moment inside your mind where even though your surroundings may be silent, you find that for whatever reason your mind is working overtime and won't shut the hell up. 

Ruminating perhaps on notions which are not made of sunshine, but rather of rain clouds and storms. Our inner thoughts and monologues can prevent us from feeling calm, and take us away from the ability to feel silence. So thus, this is what I have attempted to depict. A frustratingly busy mind which can be saddening, something which people can experience from a fairly young age. 

The wording within the illustration is my own: "It gets so noisy inside my head, I wish that it would shhhh...so I can have some peace and quiet instead." 

Originally, it was without text...but this popped into my head when I started to wonder what the girl in the image was thinking - and I found it rather fitting, and again, I felt it had some charm.

So there you have it. A Posh Doodle, turned into an essay. 

All in an evenings work. 

Thoughts and comments are always greatly appreciated. Genuinely. I have no idea really what I'm doing here - other than sharing with you a little snippet of my mind's cogs and creations!

Til next time,

Em

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