Michael's Art 328 Process

I chose the following 3 sounds from the previous 6:
1. Fire Crackling
2. Kids Playing Soccer
3. Train ride

You will find the in-class comments below the last image.

The following are my sketches and accompanying mindmaps of what I heard:













Comments from small group discussion:
Fire burning::
The forms illustrated were a good abstraction of the formal qualities. The crackling noise illustrations would be better represented if they appeared to come out of no-where. By have the forms evenly spaced out they do not relate to the variation of when the crackling noises occur

Kids playing soccer::
Try playing the soundclip in reverse so that you cannot understand the conversations and instead focus more on the formal qualities. There are interesting interactions between all the voices. Some of the child voices try to over power or push away the other sounds. This could be represented by shapes over powering or pushing others off the stage. There is a pretty clear definition of space between the group discussing the game and the background games going on. The background feels muffled and softer with a more constant tone vs the foreground sounds.

Train::
The metal sounds screeching are much louder and more piercing than they are illustrated. The sketches could benefit from a larger scale difference to showcase the aforementioned metal qualities. The 2nd and 3rd sketch do a good job of abstractly defining the metal screeching sound by using sharp lines that change direction in a perpendicular fashion.