Which songs? and what style?
I need to decide what music to use to generate my citites and since I want to use inspiration from New York city I am going to take different famous New York artists.
So far I am looking to use some or all of: The velvet underground, antrax, H20, New York Dolls, The strokes, the yeah yeah yeahs, 50 Cent, or Jay Z. These are all popular famous artists from New York who span a wide area of musical genre.
I will probably take 3 or 4 of these artists and recreate my NY skyline from them.
I also need to decide how the piece will look. After talking to Elle we decided that the simple vector flat colors werent working. She says that the simpler the shape, the more complex the graphics as a general rule. This seems to be a good idea.
There are a few possiblities of what I can do. Use Art from New York, albums covers, live photos of the musical artist, pictures of places around new york. I will then layer these on top of one another to create a weird complex pattern.
I am interested in doing all of this outside the code in Photoshop.