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Bombay Bicycle Club Tour Visuals

Visuals created for their 2014 UK Tour

The visuals seen throughout the video shown below were produced exclusively for use during the Bombay Bicycle Club 2014 UK Tour, they were matched and inspired by the album released by the band that year titled 'So Long, See You Tomorrow'.

Bombay Bicycle Club - Touring Video and Animation Design from Adam Young on Vimeo.

Having witnessed the stage setup in person, I would agree that the composition of the screens against a backdrop of the band is a great way of showcasing the look and feel the Bombay Bicycle Club wanted the audience to embrace.

The visual style was created using warm colours set against character and animal designed created by hand and inspired by Indian textile and art design from centuries ago. This revokes a retro, slightly earthy feel which I believe adds warmth to the stage as well as the album cover itself which which also carrying the design elements when wrapped together in the circles appears slightly psychedelic zoetrope effect that again would have been used in the early stages of animation development to show case how something that looks, at first glance to be simple is actually a complex artwork of images and illustrations that when rotated look like they're moving.


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