Week 7 - South By Southwest Band & Sketches

For the South-by-Southwest Poster project, I am choosing to design one for the band The Kite String Tangle.

The Kite String Tangle consists of one member, and his name is Danny Harley. From Brisbane, a city located in Queensland, Australia, he single-handedly creates all of his music, taking the roles of singer, songwriter, and producer. TKST has gained fame by performing at events such as South-by-Southwest in 2014 and the Coachella Festival. "Given the Chance" from his latest album "Arcadia" has gained popularity over recent months. He has accumulated over 1 million plays on Soundcloud, and took the #19 spot on Triple J's Hottest 100 list in 2013.

I first discovered his music from the following URL after doing a Google Search for "South By Southwest 2014 best":

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20794792,00.html

He reminds me a bit of a cross by Bastille's vocals and Kygo's rhythm. By far, I would also say I enjoy his music much more than the other band's and artist's that I have listened to.

8 Words That Describe TKST and their style:
Indie
Electronic
Reverb
Ambient
Modern
Tranquil
Progressive
Deep

Below are a few videos of his that I enjoyed and found to be both inspirational and informative in describing his music style:

I do not think the font that I have already created works well with the style of the band. My 20 sketches for my next font are shown below.

Of all of my sketches, I think some of the most successful ones are from the second page, particularly numbers 14 through 17. They are geometric and seem more modern, while reflecting the indie style of The Kite String Tangle.

It was difficult creating the letter K in a creative way without having it appear like other letters such as R or B. I also think it may have been better to choose a different letter than I, perhaps T, because it was fairly difficult to alter the I in a way that it would still be recognizable as one.

Below are sketches that I did in between before I decided on some final designs for the critique.

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Resources:
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/kite-string-tangle
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20794792,00.html