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diff --git a/album/beforus.yaml b/album/beforus.yaml index 22838b5e..d9d6c9fe 100644 --- a/album/beforus.yaml +++ b/album/beforus.yaml @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Group: Disc 1 --- Track: ♪ Disc 1 ♪ Directory: disc1-beforus -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: 0:30 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1 @@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ Commentary: |- This is the third artwork I completed for the project, and once again it ended up being a broup shot-- this time at the mod's request. Since it was the introductory artwork for Disc 1, it felt appropriate to me to depect them on the place where it all started, where Meenah claimed to have found the game after running away from her duties: the Pink Moon. And where the game is, so there must be a Frog Temple. Right? --- Track: ♈ - Fatalism -Artist: Neon Zenith +Artists: +- Neon Zenith Duration: '4:28' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fatalism-2 @@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ Commentary: |- Drawing this piece and listening to Neon Zenith's song really made me look at Damara differently. I wanted to highlight the inner turmoil that people tend to look over, adding the Handmaiden to show those feelings that she hides. Damara is an incredibly interesting character, and I was just telling someone that I don't draw enough Megidos. --- Track: ♉ - Breathtak1ng -Artist: Rhyselinn +Artists: +- Rhyselinn Duration: '5:30' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/breathtak1ng @@ -122,7 +125,8 @@ Commentary: |- The idea for this art was to have Rufioh flying away from the ones who have made his life hard. The papers flying about are meant to be seen as him finally pursuing what he loves. Ideally I would have loved to have him fly into the sun, but as I imagined him as being alive rather than dead, this was not ideal. --- Track: ♊ - The Mituna Method -Artist: psithurist +Artists: +- psithurist Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mituna-method @@ -138,7 +142,8 @@ Commentary: |- for the track art i decided that i should depict mituna looking almost as if hes using his psiionics! in the design iwanted to use a pixelly pattern which i thought went along with the chiptune sound of the song, also i listened to the song on repeat while making it!! i apologize the whole picture itself is really eye strain-y but i thought it would fit! --- Track: ♋ - Civil Discussi9n -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: '4:29' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/civil-discussi9n @@ -155,7 +160,8 @@ Commentary: |- For this piece, I was thinking particularly about how the track is meant to be how Kankri views himself within the greater context of Beforan society. I thought that the classical Baroque influences in the music really reflected the rigid pseudo-benevolent social strucutre and pretensions within Beforan society that Kankri seeks to criticize and improve upon, albeit in his own flawed way. Visually, I drew influences from various religious artworks, including Medieval iconography as well as the Baroque paintings of Caravaggio, referencing both Kankri and the Sufferer's roles as a play on traditional literary Christ figures. Overall, Kankri takes himself extremely seriously, and the track art reflects that self-image in the form of a somber, messianic martyr heroically withstanding the persection of people triggering and encroaching upon his personal space. --- Track: ♌ - MOG^3 -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks +Artists: +- Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '7:01' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mog-3 @@ -174,7 +180,8 @@ Commentary: |- I've always found Meulin slightly unsettling, so I was pleased to be assigned art duty on a track that explores all facets of the character, rather than just "she's cute and likes cats!". Meulin happily ships and memes her way through a surprisingly tragic life; she's fine that Kurloz deafened her, she's oblivious that he's mind-controlling her. I wanted to reflect that with a smiling mouth and eyes full of stars and the beauty of it all, but a sense of emptiness and loss as the Vast Honk obliterates her hearing and she's left with a meaningless future. Sorry, that's pretty nihilistic, but so is Meulin! --- Track: ♍ - Let Me Dance, Let Me Glisten -Artist: Flutterwhat +Artists: +- Flutterwhat Duration: '3:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/let-me-dance-let-me-glisten @@ -198,7 +205,8 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to capture the feel of the music, which felt to me as though it's Porrim completely aware of how fabulous she is, but not caring if others see her that way. Tumblr user black-quadrant's cosplay inspired the song, so I used it as a reference, especially with the tattoos. The theater is empty, representing how she is focused on her own approval, and no one else's. --- Track: ♎ - R4d1c4l! -Artist: SerialSymphony +Artists: +- SerialSymphony Duration: '2:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/r4d1c4l @@ -214,7 +222,8 @@ Commentary: |- This piece was inspired by the RADICAL and cheerful tone of its sister song, and aims to show how fun it is to be Latula Pyrope. With her killer body suit, sick moves, and contagious smile, you'll be jamming out with her. --- Track: ♏ - Salv8tion -Artist: Charles Neudorf +Artists: +- Charles Neudorf Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/salv8tion @@ -236,7 +245,8 @@ Commentary: |- I intended to stay faithful to Aranaea's arc and showed her nature through the clothes and facial expressions she wears in "Homestuck". The whole piece was inspired by the theme of spider - how it spins a web through the story, trapping and ensnaring others in the plot, but, if lost, might end up trapping itself in the cobweb. The string figure made from the necklace she wears is called "The Hangman's Trick." It was heavily inspired by the bouncy theme of the music. It shows how she has trapped others (portrayed by paper dolls, a callback to wooden dolls of regeneration and French Pantins, otherwise known as jumping jacks), and herself in it: one wrong move and she'll be left hanging! Of course, one cannot forget about the visualization of the Light aspect, the immortal sun - both holding and being trapped by the web, just like Aranea herself. --- Track: ♐ - Creeping Blue -Artist: smear +Artists: +- smear Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creeping-blue @@ -252,7 +262,8 @@ Commentary: |- This track has a strongly energetic feel to it, combining powerful mechanical sounds with a beat like a hammer drop. I tried to reflect that with sharp, violent lines and an angular, sinister atmosphere. --- Track: ♑ - Pious Noise -Artist: ndividedbyzero +Artists: +- ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:11' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pious-noise @@ -271,7 +282,8 @@ Commentary: |- I really liked the idea of Kurloz and puppets, and obviously, you need strings to move puppets. From the thought of puppets, to strings, to the red string of faith. And yknow, a string for each finger equals to five strings. It reminded me of piano and such, so from that I just put on some notes onto the bloody strings. Pun intended. --- Track: ♒ - Aquasex Renegade -Artist: theh0nestman +Artists: +- theh0nestman Duration: '2:49' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aquasex-renegade @@ -297,7 +309,8 @@ Commentary: |- You cannot convince me that the track's singer is not Cronus himself. When I heard it, I immediately envisioned a sleek monochrome graphic of a John Travolta-looking Cronus leaning on a car with a cigarette between his teeth. The Instagram-esque filter gives it a sort of retro look that goes with the spirit of the track. The violet tones are an obvious reference to his blood colour. --- Track: ♓ - Killer Beach -Artist: Veritas Unae +Artists: +- Veritas Unae Duration: '3:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/killer-beach @@ -323,7 +336,8 @@ Group: Disc 2 --- Track: ♫ Disc 2 ♫ Directory: disc2-beforus -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: 0:30 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2 @@ -352,7 +366,8 @@ Commentary: |- The tracks on Disc 2 follow a narrative approach to the story of the Beforus trolls and I wanted to show that by using dream bubbles, which contain the memories of the dead. And I got to draw a horrorterror, so there's that too. I like horrorterrors. --- Track: Memories from Before -Artist: Elanor Pam +Artists: +- Elanor Pam Duration: '2:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/memories-from-before @@ -375,7 +390,8 @@ Commentary: |- I chose the three trolls that I did because they had the biggest impacts on the sufferer's life, so adding their less violent and warmer counterparts was the comparison, but I added the whole gang in another version because I wasn't quite sure you woulda ccept it with only 3 beforus characters. I listened to the song you sent quite a few times and the background was based on it. (I got the general barren but soft vibe from it?) It was a lot of fun, though a bit difficult and stressful as midnight approached, and figuring out placement and what I wanted to do with everything was a bit hard. The background is based on what we have seen fo beforus/alternia, and I wanted to make its ofter to fit a bit better with the music. (I love the composer's work by the way!) --- Track: Pink Moon Escape -Artist: Daedalus Dog +Artists: +- Daedalus Dog Duration: '3:58' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pink-moon-escape @@ -391,7 +407,8 @@ Commentary: |- I've actually never drawn Meenah before and at first I was a little nervous but as soon as I heard the song I got very inspired and came up with a bunch of concept sketches. I decided to go with this image because I think it stayed true to that feeling the song gives you of being free and letting go. Hope you enjoy! --- Track: Radiant Imperatrix -Artist: Lyza K. +Artists: +- Lyza K. Duration: '2:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radiant-imperatrix @@ -407,7 +424,8 @@ Commentary: |- My inspiration for this piece was old paintings of mermaids and sirens. I wanted to make the serene, ethereal feeling created by the track, making Feferi look regal while also friendly and playful, as if you caught her outside of her queenly duties. The colours are meant to evoke an underwater feeling, but also a sense of her being supernatural. This image is made completely with watercolours on printer paper; a choice I made to get the convex texture. Ths was honestly such a fun piecea nd I'm so glad I got to make the track art for the lovely track Radiant Imperatrix. --- Track: Speak No Evil. Hear No Evil. -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin +Artists: +- Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '2:16' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/speak-no-evil-hear-no-evil @@ -427,7 +445,8 @@ Commentary: |- On a lighter side I spend too much time on the hair, floof is a dangerous addition to have, but also very relaxing to do so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --- Track: The Boy Who Lived (Unfortunately) -Artist: Nate Tronerud +Artists: +- Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-boy-who-lived-unfortunately @@ -444,7 +463,8 @@ Commentary: |- I love the build up in this track! It's a lot of fun to listen to and this was a lot of fun to draw ahaha I'm not sure what else to say but the vwizard aesthetic is obvious// --- Track: The Weeaboo's Battle Cry -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '2:49' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-weeaboos-battle-cry @@ -463,7 +483,8 @@ Commentary: |- When I was figuring out what th draw for the song, I did pay attention to the song's name and also alternate name. Hearing "weeaboo" made me want to put kitty ears on Rufioh, but I scrapped that idea and instea dfocussed on the bullfighting aspect of the song first and foremost. Since Rufioh is kind of a silly character, I thught that it'd be great to gie him one of those little pony riding sticks with a bull for the head. After I finished drawing the main part of the drawing, I was still trying to figure out how to incorporate "weeaboo"-ness into it. Well, weeaboo makes me think of kitties and anime, so my mind went to Nyan Cat. Perfect, I thought, I'll add some Goold Ol' Nyan Cat rainbows, haha. And then, of course, glitter becaus anime. It came out really colorful and I'm happy with it. --- Track: Life With Peace -Artist: Mathias Ramalho +Artists: +- Mathias Ramalho Duration: '3:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/life-with-peace @@ -490,7 +511,8 @@ Commentary: |- This track is about the Beforus trolls before the game. I really wanted to focus on them and who they are, so I chose to draw their hands and what I thought they would look like based on their personalities. I had a lot of fun thinking about how to portray them. I think my favorite has to be Meenah's or Meulin's. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that they were just another bunch of kids trying to have a good time. --- Track: Lullaby for a Day -Artist: TempiTunes +Artists: +- TempiTunes Duration: '1:14' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lullaby-for-a-day @@ -506,7 +528,8 @@ Commentary: |- My assignment for this track was to draw the alpha trolls sleeping peacefully; however, due to size restraints, I went for Meulin, given that the track was originally for her. The peaceful atmosphere of this song led to me using a very warm, dawn-like colour palette, which I really enjoyed doing! In all this was a really fun track to illustrate! --- Track: Before We Enter -Artist: Ducky Senpai +Artists: +- Ducky Senpai Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/before-we-enter @@ -522,7 +545,8 @@ Commentary: |- The inspiration for this piece is surpisingly straight-forward. When I listened to the music, this was the picture that popped into my head, no matter how many imtes I played the song, so the direction was clear. Besides that; I can't imagine Meenah looking anything but exactly like this while downloading the game. --- Track: For Beforus -Artist: Nate Tronerud +Artists: +- Nate Tronerud Duration: '8:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/for-beforus @@ -543,7 +567,8 @@ Commentary: |- For Beforus was about the doomed nature of the session and I wanted to show it with a picture of the instrument for scratching the session, the big music box in the Land of Quartz and Melody, and the Quills of Echidna, the means of creating the scratch. The track starts out very positively, and I wanted to includ ethat hopefulness by adding more characters in the picture that as of yet don't feel the threat of the failing session looming over them. --- Track: Battlepump -Artist: Elanor Pam +Artists: +- Elanor Pam Duration: '3:48' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/battlepump @@ -561,7 +586,8 @@ Commentary: |- This song definitely brings me the image of the Land of Pulse and Haze, but in kind of a chill meandering kind of way. It feels more like some kind of exploration than a time sensitive game track to me. So I wanted to try to get that feeling, appreciate the landscape and have a Vantas presence but an ambiguity to who it is exploring this landscape. I also wanted to go with something that looked more like it came from the cmoic than some other pieces. I know I'm quite pleased with the result and had a lot of fun. I wouldn't mind revisiting some other lands in future pieces. --- Track: March 9f the Insuffera6le -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '2:37' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/march-9f-the-insuffera6le @@ -577,7 +603,8 @@ Commentary: |- The idea behind the picture was tightly tied to the piece itself, and author's descrption. Kankri is trying to be a leader, but all his protection falls back on the civilization long lost and destroyed - taht's why it's Beforan skulls marching right after him. His leadership, his protection is aimed more at dusty pieces and bits of no longer existing Beforan society, rather than his friends in afterlife. --- Track: Land of Cruisin and Bruisin -Artist: Nate Tronerud +Artists: +- Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:00' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-cruisin-and-bruisin @@ -593,7 +620,8 @@ Commentary: |- I tried to capture the feeling of this very fun song with bright colors and hard edges to give it a bit of a cartoon/video game feel. I haven't drawn many cars, so that was a challenge, as well as trying to limit lines by using solid colors. Ah Cronus... Gotta dig the vwiolet ride. --- Track: Rust Witch -Artist: Ollie +Artists: +- Ollie Duration: '2:39' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rust-witch @@ -611,7 +639,8 @@ Commentary: |- (Blackhole here! Just dropping in to point out that, as the Witch of Time, it does make sense that Damara would have the only achronological track art of Disc 2! I suppose she's getting ahead on the timeline action by jumping back to earlier in the session. The Scratch is yet to come!) --- Track: Caligomancy -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: '6:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caligomancy @@ -627,7 +656,8 @@ Commentary: |- When I heard this track the first thing that came to me was an industrial vibe so I tried to stick with that impression by adding the steam and darker colros coupled with the bright orange. This piece was also very atmospheric so I tried to emulate that by having the smoke almost engulfing Horuss as well as adding the fkecls of black to represent oil and further the industrial feel of the piece. I hope you all can look at this art along with the music and see the more mature and thoughtful side of Horuss. --- Track: Land of Rad Tricks and Gnarly Odorless Things -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin +Artists: +- Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-rad-tricks-and-gnarly-odorless-things @@ -644,7 +674,8 @@ Commentary: |- Bright colors are especially dangerous and I thought they suited the track, and I ran with my tried-and-tested graphic style! --- Track: Scratchless Scraps -Artist: ndividedbyzero +Artists: +- ndividedbyzero Duration: '2:59' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratchless-scraps @@ -662,7 +693,8 @@ Commentary: |- I've always liked the juxtaposition between photography and illustrations drawn on top of them, especially creatures and critters interacting with everyday objects as if they were part of our routine, something unseen but still among us. For this piece, I wanted to create something similar, but with a little twist. I wanted both worlds to fuse and be a part of each other. And to answer the "what ifs" by presenting another question: what if, years in the future (but not many) our own universe becomes their reality? --- Track: Skaia Ad Infinitum -Artist: Seijen +Artists: +- Seijen Duration: '5:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-ad-infinitum @@ -689,7 +721,8 @@ Commentary: |- For Skaia Ad Infinitum I wanted to include the classic spirograph defense portal symbol (in purple as opposed to the Alternia trolls' blue ones, for its symbolism) and Skaia itself, while also showing some tidbits of the Beforus trolls' session of Sgrub that we know about through the portal, since the track is about Skaia watching over the session. As the track art took on a center focused composition I also included the planets and moons of the session, and it also tied it back to Skaia again with it in the center. --- Track: Formant (Sprite Chorus Mix) -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: '4:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formant-sprite-chorus-mix @@ -707,7 +740,9 @@ Commentary: |- Hey! I'm Siggy and I'm honored to make art for the Beforus album. Listening to this song made me think of the colour pink and Meenah being the best pink troll on the block, I decided to make the picture all pink. --- Track: The Explored Ruins -Artist: RowBird, one-imperfect-rose +Artists: +- RowBird +- one-imperfect-rose Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-explored-ruins @@ -728,7 +763,8 @@ Commentary: |- Since both Damara and Horuss played such important roles in Rufioh's life, I really wanted to include them in what ended up being not so metaphorical objects: the roses, representing passion but also strangling, hurting love; and the arrows, symbolizing a new union and a new direction. Yet, in the end, everything fades away with one last Breath. How suitable. --- Track: Shipping Implicatpuns -Artist: rest✩taurus +Artists: +- rest✩taurus Duration: '3:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shipping-implicatpuns @@ -744,7 +780,8 @@ Commentary: |- In keeping with the gameboy/chiptune theme I decided to go for a retro game aesthetic with the color pallet and the cell shading. Other than that, I just wanted to draw a cute Meulin! --- Track: Dear Heart -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks +Artists: +- Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '6:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dear-heart @@ -761,7 +798,8 @@ Commentary: |- I contacted Dallas as aoon as I got this track assigned to me, he's been a part of the creative process since the beginning and I think in the end we got an art piece that shows how complex yet romantic and passionate the relationships between the Maryams and Serkets can be which is exactly what we were both going for, hope you enjoy! --- Track: Look Into The Future -Artist: rest✩taurus +Artists: +- rest✩taurus Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/look-into-the-future @@ -778,7 +816,8 @@ Commentary: |- This track is really a soft and soothing melody so I wanted to use a soft and soothing color pallet. I also really wanted to focus on Aranea and Porrim since the piece was written about their fling. I really love quiet music so as soon as I heard the song I knew I wanted to make an image that was more on the simple side with cool colors to evoke the feeling of serenity. I hope you can look at the art with the song and feel the tranquility I was trying to get across! --- Track: Cosmic Malfunction -Artist: Ducky Senpai +Artists: +- Ducky Senpai Duration: '2:29' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-malfunction @@ -795,7 +834,8 @@ Commentary: |- The challenge here was to depict the glitch in the session itself, which is a pretty vague concept; the alpha trolls' ectobiology took place after the scratch, they weren't born in their own session. This is also Lord English's calling card, which is represented by the orb kinda looking like Scratch's head depicting the ectobiology lab in universe A2. I originally wanted to include all the trolls in the piece, but it was way too cluttered so I just went with their colors instead. I didn't want the whole thing to be about Kankri since this is about a game concept in general, but the reason I used him was becuase to my (questionable) knowledge, he probably would've been the ectobiologist if their session wasn't glitched, like Karkat. This was definitely a challenge but I'm honored to illustrate for such an incredible track! --- Track: Hypnagogia -Artist: Nate Tronerud +Artists: +- Nate Tronerud Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hypnagogia @@ -811,7 +851,8 @@ Commentary: |- Listening to this track, I had the distinct image of Kurloz falling through sopor slime into the void. Not long after, the dream self between being asleep in his cocoon on Beforus and the kingdom of Prospit was an overwhelming image. It certainly called for something that looked a bit dramatic and fuzzy, the way things feel when you aren't sure if you're awake or dreaming and in that state where you can be stratled awake by the feeling you've crashed back onto the mattress, literally falling awake after just barely falling asleep. --- Track: 50M3 GR347 4C7 0F H3R015M -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/50m3-gr347-4c7-0f-h3r015m @@ -828,7 +869,8 @@ Commentary: |- Mituna's track revolves around the event that caused him to lose his power, which is what I've chosen to depict. I decided to translate the chiptune into something visuall resembling a computer error, mirroring the "error" in Mituna's brain. --- Track: Time's Apostate -Artist: Willow Ascenzo +Artists: +- Willow Ascenzo Duration: '2:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/times-apostate @@ -851,7 +893,8 @@ Commentary: |- when i listened to the song the first thing that came into my mind was Damara sabotaging the alpha session, so the main focus of the drawing is a smug god tier damara doing that! the clock behind her is symbolical to how she is corrupting time itself and the session, and the cracks are the points in the timeline in which Damara has sabotaged it. I had a lot of fun drawing this and I hope you like the drawing. cheers! c: --- Track: Antevo+rta -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '2:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/antevo-rta @@ -868,7 +911,8 @@ Commentary: |- This illustration stumped me. Porrim's character is more thematic than it is concrete, and such an open-ended premise left me chasing down a few false starts in the piece's design. The failure of Porrim's role as maid of space nonetheless contributed to events on a massive scale. Ignition does not mean success. Finally I found something I think captures it all without being too obvious. --- Track: 7UN3 -Artist: Princezz +Artists: +- Princezz Duration: '2:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3 @@ -884,7 +928,8 @@ Commentary: |- Since there was no very set-in-stone backstory on this composition, I decided to use that freedom well and just go with flow, and it turned to be one of pieces I've had most fun doing - ever! I really loved the electronica feel of the track, and decided to use a limited palette and play with lines. --- Track: CHEATER PAN -Artist: David Burkee +Artists: +- David Burkee Duration: '3:01' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cheater-pan @@ -907,7 +952,8 @@ Commentary: |- The idea for this drawing was that I just really wanted to draw Damara and Rufioh meeting up after his head's been placed ona robot horse. Nothing much really! I've always had a soft spot for Megidos so adding her in was absolutely necessary. --- Track: DAMiterNEIGHtions -Artist: rest✩taurus +Artists: +- rest✩taurus Duration: '1:50' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/damiterneightions @@ -925,7 +971,8 @@ Commentary: |- One of my first thoughts while I was sketching this piece was the silly nature homestuck tends to express even in its more conflicting parts of story. Capturing that light-heartedness was a goal, and doing so while staying true to the track's ominous tone became a challenge. Hopefully together, they give off a "Calm before the storm" vibe. Admittingly, re-listening to this track after I finished making art for it made it sound cooler than it already was. --- Track: With the Fishes -Artist: articulatelyComposed +Artists: +- articulatelyComposed Contributors: - Sean Leeming (vibraphone) - Grace Asuncion (marimba) @@ -948,7 +995,8 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to really capture Damara's pre-snap personality here. She's got orange cloth over her eyes, representing how she feels she's been blind regarding what Rufioh has been up to. Meenah's hand is holding onto her throat, yet Damara remains oddly tranquil. SHe's fighting to work through all of this no matter how much it hurts. But in the end, she can only hold on so much for so long. And that's when the expression is less peaceful, more internally dead. --- Track: Timeout -Artist: psithurist +Artists: +- psithurist Duration: '4:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/timeout @@ -973,7 +1021,8 @@ Commentary: |- I always found Damara's sudden madness very interesting. By all accounts, she used to be a sweet girl until finally snapping and fighting Meenah. Aranea's involvement, however, has always been interesting to me. She, of course, brought Meenah to a quest bed, but I always wanted to explore the ambiguity of her involvement. Whether it was just to drag Meenah away or a decision to nudge along a friend suffering in silence to take action, who can really say. A bloody battle, a bully beaten, and a girl freed from her silence. I wanted this piece to show Aranea's ambiguous involvement and the terror that Damara had become. --- Track: Game Lost -Artist: Sean William Calhoun +Artists: +- Sean William Calhoun Contributors: - Jeremy Couture (cello) - KingCochino (cello recording) @@ -1006,7 +1055,8 @@ Commentary: |- This song is rogeous! The unexpected harmonies and chord changes grab your attention and keep you listening until the very end. It was a lot of fun to be able to record the cello solo for this song. The simple melody of the solo, along with the harmonies of the piano and other strings is really quite moving. It is a great pleasure to be a part of this song and album! --- Track: Press A to Reset -Artist: Private I. +Artists: +- Private I. Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/press-a-to-reset @@ -1027,7 +1077,8 @@ Commentary: |- I tried to make this image like some kind of classy high-res 8-bit shoutout to match with the song. The color scheme was inspired by wathcing a two year old draw all over the wall with neon glitter crayons. --- Track: The Scratch Before The Calm -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin +Artists: +- Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '5:33' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-scratch-before-the-calm @@ -1041,7 +1092,8 @@ Commentary: |- I was really happy wit hthis song from when I first put on this song and heard the slow, ominous opening. I think it really captures the sense of dread and mystery that surrounds the Scratch. Though the song has a three-part structure, visually I wanted to focus on the event itself. We only briefly see this in the comic, and it's a very striking scene. It was a lot of fun to draw the gigantic music box at the center of everything, and the various lighting effects were an interesting challenge. --- Track: Voided -Artist: Cyclostome +Artists: +- Cyclostome Duration: '2:22' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voided @@ -1069,7 +1121,8 @@ Commentary: |- while listening to the track i could feel how melancholic it was, and that inspired me, i wanted to have swirls and bubbles over somewhat of the view of prospit/derse with the 12 trolls standing silhouetted! i tried to create the same feel as the song with the art. --- Track: Dream Around -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin +Artists: +- Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '1:59' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dream-around @@ -1086,7 +1139,8 @@ Commentary: |- The world of Homestuck is always so wonderful, and I feel like people forget about it sometimes. I'm glad that fan musicians and artists can come together like this to create such beautiful works about something we love. --- Track: The Sylph is In -Artist: Sara Stebbins +Artists: +- Sara Stebbins Duration: '2:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sylph-is-in @@ -1104,7 +1158,8 @@ Commentary: |- Because the song took themes from swing dancing and Aranea's expasition booth, I thought it would be fun for Aranea to cut loose in her own private library. --- Track: Vwiolet Vwelvwet -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks +Artists: +- Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '3:31' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vwiolet-vwelvwet @@ -1120,7 +1175,8 @@ Commentary: |- It's amusing once more to be drawing Cronus; he's practically a staple for me. That being said, I had a challenging but workable idea of how I wanted to present the piece. Seeing Cronus on a quest for love but failing would eventually lead to that path of sulking, and that is presented within his gray, stormy scheme (that, and the 50's barely had much in color still). With the fact he's outside of a dream bubble (a watery, lily pad dream bubble) where a red string of fate passes, it's almost like he's fishing for a pirze without really getting any bites. T oget even deeper into this harshness, the fact that it's a dream bubble can only leave for his hopes to be trapped in that; a dream. Something that could come so close, yet so far, and he continues trying to get a fish to catch his hook. --- Track: STRONG Like Hoofbeast -Artist: theh0nestman +Artists: +- theh0nestman Duration: '3:32' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-like-hoofbeast @@ -1136,7 +1192,8 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to capture both a sense of melancholy and also one of power and solidity so I went for something that resembles a Modernist statue or a piece of Communist Propaganda, but with a sad, thoughtful pose. The talky guitars gave the track a retro feel, which I also tried to work in with a bit of grunge too. It's kind of an uncharacteristically cool looking portrait of Horuss to match a track that has an understated strength and dtermination, creating a sense of tragedy since none of the Zahhaks seem to ever live up to the promise of their strength. --- Track: Whispering Chucklevoodoo -Artist: Llyona Fang +Artists: +- Llyona Fang Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-chucklevoodoo @@ -1156,7 +1213,8 @@ Commentary: |- A cheerful interaction between friends—or is it? My goal for this image is to show the insidious nature of Meulin and Kurloz's seemingly innocent relationship. Among the static lies a corrupted carnival abandoned years before, or perhaps never used? Unaware of the dark tendrils surrounding her, Meulin falls under the spell of her former matesprit's chucklevoodoo. Behind the stitches a menacing smile appears; in the distance, a silent prayer is lifted. --- Track: 7UR8UL3N7 coll4bor4t1on -Artist: laptopStrummer +Artists: +- laptopStrummer Duration: '4:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7ur8ul3n7-coll4bor4t1on @@ -1175,7 +1233,8 @@ Commentary: |- Hey! It's Siggy! When I listened to this song for the first few times, I was thinking of having both Mituna and Latula in the ipcture, but I felt like just having Mituna with Latula's hands holding him made it a little more symbolic in a way? Bleh, I'm never good at that kind of stuff, but this was fun to make! --- Track: Solus Vates -Artist: TempiTunes +Artists: +- TempiTunes Duration: '1:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solus-vates @@ -1192,7 +1251,8 @@ Commentary: |- when i heard the song i just felt sorry for kankri, it represents pretty well how lonely kankri felt in his timeline, so in the drawing i decided to put kankri in a place where he would have spent most of his time during beforus, and i thought a library or some sort of study would fit well! and at the corner of the table some colorful flowers to represent his friends that are kinda with him. i had a lot of fun drawing this! i hope you like the drawing ^^ --- Track: Radglare -Artist: RowBird +Artists: +- RowBird Duration: '2:57' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radglare @@ -1210,7 +1270,8 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: We Are +og3th3r Directory: we-are-tog3th3r -Artist: The One Music Maniac +Artists: +- The One Music Maniac Duration: '2:14' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-og3th3r @@ -1227,7 +1288,8 @@ Commentary: |- Porrim and Latula's interactions have always been one of m yfavourite parts of Homestuck as a whole. Their conversation, to me, seems like a break from the actual story and we get two adult women being friends and discussing spiritual, universal and personal matters. I wanted to capture that, but also their own personalities in the art. We have Latula, who happily leans over Porrim as a greeting, trusting her to be there. We have Porrim, calmly waiting for Latula whom she trusts will arive. Latula is not wearing her shades, because these two see things eye-to-eye. --- Track: Divert Momento -Artist: TempiTunes +Artists: +- TempiTunes Duration: '1:32' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/divert-momento @@ -1243,7 +1305,8 @@ Commentary: |- Meulin is portrayed in a dreamy state. I tried to add my personal interpretation of Kurloz's control over her through the paint and the nails as a trait that is hidden on that fantasy. --- Track: Curly Fury -Artist: laptopStrummer +Artists: +- laptopStrummer Duration: '5:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/curly-fury @@ -1263,7 +1326,8 @@ Commentary: |- when i listened to the song, and saw its title, the only thing that came to me was the "vast honk" or how kurloz sewed his mouth, i wanted this drawing to more or less show how kurloz was then (after he sewed it) and at the vast honk. i hope you like the drawing! --- Track: The Light Forms Us -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: '4:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-light-forms-us @@ -1282,7 +1346,8 @@ Commentary: |- The track is nominally about the Green Sun, but the inclusion of the main leitmotif in Porrim's principal track links the Sun to Porrim specifically. I found that an interesting relationship and decided to explore it in the track art. This track gives me a strong ethereal cosmic vibe; to match that, I drew Porrim basking in the glrious light of the Green Sun, which fills half the sky even though it lies beyond the universe, indicating its power and importance. Deep magenta seemed like the perfect colour to pair with the sun's green. --- Track: Fortune Fins -Artist: rest✩taurus +Artists: +- rest✩taurus Duration: '1:56' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fortune-fins @@ -1299,7 +1364,8 @@ Commentary: |- This track is happy and bubbly so I drew slightly younger Meenah and Aranea in a slightly cartoonish style. With bubbles. --- Track: Thief of the Ring -Artist: The One Music Maniac +Artists: +- The One Music Maniac Duration: '6:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thief-of-the-ring @@ -1317,7 +1383,8 @@ Commentary: |- The music, with its beat, and of course its theme that ties into GAME OVER, I naturally went towards bold colors and contrast- which is actually a staple of my art! I focused on the motif of the ring itself, and Aranea's life/death, giving her one dead eye and one living eye, split by the shadows. The ring itself is incorporated into her seven pupils, and the circular overlays. --- Track: In the Light -Artist: slitherbot +Artists: +- slitherbot Duration: '2:49' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-light @@ -1333,7 +1400,8 @@ Commentary: |- As they say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and Aranea - being as bright and blind as she is - didn't really see her destination before she fell back into it. Gotta say, one of my favourite character arcs and I already wanted to do something with it when it first happened. I might ahve accidentally listened to the song several hours on a loop while doing this @u@" Even if I say so mysef, I fokin love that hair. Also fire. --- Track: Funeral March of the Avenging Dead -Artist: SerialSymphony +Artists: +- SerialSymphony Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/funeral-march-of-the-avenging-dead @@ -1349,7 +1417,8 @@ Commentary: |- Don't worry, your violins are safe with me. I promise to walk them twice a day. --- Track: Past and Present -Artist: Oliver Hendricks +Artists: +- Oliver Hendricks Duration: '2:29' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-and-present @@ -1367,7 +1436,8 @@ Commentary: |- I took into account how Oliver Hendricks described his piece and decided to make it wholly symbolic, two friends now enemies considering what has happened between them. The blood on the walls is also a symbol of all the pain that the Beforus trolls as a whole experienced. As for the artistic feel I wanted to portray in my piece, I played heavily into the tone of the song itself and used a style more of what you would most likely see in sequential storytelling. --- Track: Beforus -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '2:55' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beforus @@ -1402,7 +1472,8 @@ Group: Disc 3 --- Track: ♬ Disc 3 ♬ Directory: disc3-beforus -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: 0:30 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3 @@ -1429,7 +1500,8 @@ Commentary: |- This was probably the first (or one of the first) art pieces made for the Beforus project, as it was also used as promotional art. I was honored to have the privilege of creating it, and kept it simplistic as I did not know what to expect out of the art that others would be putting toward the project later on. Also, I had no other way to quickly create digital art at the time other than with an iPad. I like to think I helped make everyone else's art look even greater! I also thought about karaoke parties while making this, but I think that's perfectly fine. --- Track: Fuchsia Moonrise -Artist: Circlejourney +Artists: +- Circlejourney Duration: '3:56' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-moonrise @@ -1445,7 +1517,8 @@ Commentary: |- This piece exploers the visual effects of a pink moon's light on a Beforian seascape and a young Meenah as she contemplates abdication. The drama and scope of the track Fuchsia Moonrise lent itself to a turbulent seascape while the quieter aspects of the track inspired something more contemplative and calm. --- Track: Burgundy Revenge -Artist: Mathias Ramalho +Artists: +- Mathias Ramalho Duration: '2:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/burgundy-revenge @@ -1466,7 +1539,8 @@ Commentary: |- Conceding to the original track artist's commentary, this piece was made to represent a strife between Meenah and Damara. Burgundy Revenge to me was a very creepy and atmospheric track so I decided to set it in a black and smoky enviornment. --- Track: '#problematicfave' -Artist: theh0nestman +Artists: +- theh0nestman Duration: '2:04' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/problematicfave @@ -1483,7 +1557,8 @@ Commentary: |- I must admit, Kankri is one of my least favourite characters, I can't stand the guy. I wasn't so thrilled when I received my allocation, but I decided to view it as a challenge and do my best. I let the music guide my hand, as I often do when I'm drawing, and here's the result. Red is my favourite colour and I loved playing with it. --- Track: Tree Dwellers -Artist: MariEaster +Artists: +- MariEaster Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tree-dwellers @@ -1500,7 +1575,8 @@ Commentary: |- As MariEater wrote in their track commentary, the song "Tree Dwellers" was meant to be fun, simple, and silly. So for the track art I wanted to show an everyday scene in the village of the Lost Weeaboos; tree houses, trolls dressed up in cosplay, and of course fisticuffs. --- Track: Puppeteer -Artist: thesketchqueen +Artists: +- thesketchqueen Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/puppeteer @@ -1531,7 +1607,8 @@ Commentary: |- Give up your mind and jump into the void. --- Track: Cardinal Movement -Artist: rest✩taurus +Artists: +- rest✩taurus Duration: '3:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cardinal-movement @@ -1548,7 +1625,8 @@ Commentary: |- I tried to show Meenah in a situation where she is considering the repercussions, where she's certain this is the best option even though such a huge price has to be paid. --- Track: Anacronus -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin +Artists: +- Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '3:01' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anacronus @@ -1566,7 +1644,8 @@ Commentary: |- I read that it was supposed to be 80's cop Cronus and played around for a little bit with that. The theme sounds dark and emotional, which rpompted me to, humorously, think about that meme where a person is on a stool with a microphone and has faded versions of their face around. Obviously I didn't do that here, but the more I thought about it seriously, the mroe I thought it'd fit. --- Track: Madam Firefly -Artist: violasarecool +Artists: +- violasarecool Duration: '2:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madam-firefly @@ -1592,7 +1671,8 @@ Commentary: |- I enjoyed making this piece since Porrim and I share the same zodiac sign and I already think she's gorgeous. I focused on the mood of the song (and how the sound of the vocals made me feel) more so than the lyrics, and tried to capture those moods in this picture. Listening to the track was comforting and felt... warm. I was glad the composer intended to take a lighter aesthetic approach, because that was something I could eaisly match. --- Track: 7UN3 R3M1X -Artist: Princezz +Artists: +- Princezz Duration: '3:09' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3-r3m1x @@ -1610,7 +1690,9 @@ Commentary: |- It was mostly inspired by the track's mroe distorted sound effects and its playful melody. It's definitely a catchy tune and I found myself humming around while drawing this so I hope I did the composer some justice! I'm glad I got assigned a Mituna song because I've never actually drawn him and it was a lot of fun hahaa// --- Track: East Beforan Funk -Artist: Blackhole, The D +Artists: +- Blackhole +- The D Duration: '4:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/east-beforan-funk @@ -1646,7 +1728,8 @@ Commentary: |- I figured that a parody of a real song deserved parody album artwork to match, so of course I ended up Funkifying Rifoh and Damara and mimicking the actual Uptown Funk album artwork. Considering the state that we saw Damara and Rufioh in Openbound, it was kinda nice to be able to draw them from a time when they were having lighthearted fun together! --- Track: Rex Duodecim Daemonia X (ReDuX) -Artist: Veritas Unae +Artists: +- Veritas Unae Duration: '7:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-daemonia-x-redux @@ -1691,7 +1774,8 @@ Commentary: |- The fight with the Black King is surely one of the most exciting parts of the game, and I tried to show the spirit of the fight that each Beforus troll would have. The order of trolls on the picture follows the track, and each one has been assigned the most possible fitting weapon that would help them fight the Black King. In order of appearance: Kankri (Social Justice speech), Horuss (untamed strength of bare fists), Rufioh (spear and shield), Kurlzo (chucklevoodoos and needle with thread), Meulin (written fanfiction), Damara (wands), Porrim (glow and the Gigli chainsaw), Cronus (Ahab's Crosshairs), Mituna & Latula (Troll Playstation), Aranea (dice and Mindfang's sword), and Meenah (2x3dent). The visualization of Black King is left to the imagination of the audience. --- Track: Motions of Infinity -Artist: Toris Crow +Artists: +- Toris Crow Duration: '1:45' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/motions-of-infinity |