4 Cities - Initial Ideas

The idea I've decided on for this brief: music genre origin cities!

• London - punk
• Manchester - britpop/'Madchester'
• Seattle - grunge
• New York - hip hop

I also looked at the origins of black metal in Oslo but decided the overwhelming themes of murder, suicide and Satanism were a bit dark...

After a bit of research on the fashion and hang-out spots of each genre and city respectively, I've come up with a sort of plan for the postcard layouts:

• A CHARACTER: look at fashion and hairstyles of the genre and pick iconic clothing so the genre is easily recognisable
• A LOCATION: a famous club/place in the city associated with each genre
• AN ACCESSORY (?): a lifestyle signifier, possibly a different kind of drug
• A BAND (?): logo of a prominent band of the genre on a T-shirt, or a music format with their album artwork/colours (NO TEXT!)
• COLOUR: colour associated with the genre, either to do with a band or clothing

I like making lists and planning things with words rather than draw straight away, as otherwise I forget my ideas. So I have a mini plan for each postcard:

And some initial fleshing out of ideas: