The middle of November got pretty busy, and I ran out of time to blog each day. So I’m putting up a summary of what happened for days 11 through 14.
In keeping with the British rock theme, I went with David Bowie’s 1969 hit “Space Oddity.”It’s about an astronaut who gets stranded in space. It was reissued in 1972 with a heavier sound. I prefer the earlier version, which feels more panicked at the end, where Ground Control is unable to reach Major Tom.
Planet Earth is blue, and there’s nothing I can do.
I created this based on the line, “Planet Earth is blue, and there’s nothing I can do.”It’s a simple lyric and a simple visual. Major Tom is looking down at Earth, seemingly resigned to his fate. It’s beautiful and scary.
Video Time-Lapse
I started out by dripping pink and orange to contrast with the blue and green I knew would be dominant.
Then I covered it with blue-purple to set the stage for the black skies of outer space.
Next I created the dark sky, the aurora above the Earth, and splattered in the stars.
I got the last part of this on Blab that you can watch if you have some time to kill.