Optical Illusions and patterns

I decided to look into optical illusions as it enables the human eye to visualize something 2D move as if it is 3D. I want to incorporate the art of illusion into my pieces to create animations out of paintings. 

As i researched into optical illusions i began to realise that they consisted of quite basic lines patterns and shapes which I felt could well represent frequency and flow in music. Exploring illusions also allowed me to understand structure in which i could incorporate in my designs. With lines being more prominent than others in optical illusions and shapes being larger it displays the use of hierarchy, which i can relate to the instrumentation and structures of music.

David Szakaly 

I decided to look into the designer David Szakaly, as he uses shape and form to create these smooth transitioned, illusion like gifs. I was very interested in how the shapes morphed, it reminded me of music visualiser in a sense of capturing the movement of the sound and gave me ideas on the next step for my design ideas.

Alma thomas

I then went on to use sugar paper to create patterns and designed different variations. 

I wanted every piece to be a different structure, as if they where different instruments being made and later on layered on top of each other. I used sugar paper as when you rip pieces it has a very defined rough edge, which i felt related to the idea of soul music being a style of music that was very reminiscent on the times and very authentic. I experimented with a variation of different colour schemes, and kept the same colour but using different shades to represent the harmony in which soul music possesses.