Perfectionist

Can't leave, can't rest, can't stop 'till it's perfect. Coz if it's not perfect then what is it?

Released 2022 | Digital Art

Inspired by the Will Jay album of the same name, as well as my own struggles with perfectionism, this is an exploration of being so dedicated to your art that you just sit there, stuck, working on it until your piece is “perfect”, as shown by a pianist chained to his instrument until he can get the “perfect” composition. Instead of visual art, I wanted to explore music because I find the movement of musicians visually interesting. Another reason I didn't go with an artist is because while this is technically personal I wanted to distance myself from it so it's not just about me. Everything but the piano keys and the suit being colored in was a stylistic choice of the rest of the world being, como se dice, washed out in pursuit of one goal, perfection.

It takes a myriad of design cues from the Perfectionist album and the song, Married To The Music, specifically. The primary color, red, is often described as the color of passion, or love. Here it's still that but it's the kind of love that becomes obsessive, the kind of passion that keeps you up at night trying to be good enough. It's the dark reflection of everything those traits have come to embody. It's also inspired from the album cover, as is the curtain overlay.