Bởi Solatrus solatrus Bandcamp solatrus SoundCloud Solatrus Twitter ← Cumulating Dreams Bài hát trước đó bởi tác giả này → The Last Seeker Bài hát tiếp theo bởi tác giả này.
Được phát hành lúc 12/6/2012.
Thời lượng: 4:13.

Nghe tại Bandcamp hoặc YouTube.

Đọc tại chú thích của tác giả và người làm wiki.

Hoạt ảnh có chứa Portrait:

thuộc mục Fan Adventures:

• Do fim para o começo: [S]Bruxa: Desperte

thuộc mục Fan Animations:

• [S] Prince and Mage

Chú thích của tác giả và người làm wiki cho Portrait:

Solatrus ✑ via early commentary collection

Honestly, on all three, it was a lot of going with my gut because I hadn't quite gained the understanding of writing percussion that I now have. Though, having a good instinct for interesting rhythms definitely is why I seem to be so notorious for percussion/drum beats.

That said, Portrait is a funny case in particular, and its weirdness is quite a bit more deliberate than the other two, simply because I was more experienced by the time of its release.

The song is in mixed meter. Now, you certainly can hash it out to 14/4 and be happy with it, because it works out that way, but the song is actually written in alternating measures of 15/8 and 13/8. Or was it 13/8 and 15/8? It's been awhile. Either way, the song itself never sits still and shifts its pulse back and forth the entire way, and ends up making the later breakbeat/drum and bass part all the more crazy.

And yet it still seemed to work!

As for everything since Portrait, any weird percussion I do has been completely deliberate and thought out, because, as I said before, I understand my instincts on it. More importantly, I understand why those instincts work.

TL;DR; In a past life, I was probably a drummer.

:D

4/12/2024 Quasar Nebula: wiki editor

In the commentary collection, the above entry is annotated "semi commentary, ask for more".

12/6/2012cùng ngày với album này Kate Holden ✑ Tumblr

Well, Homestuck Vol 9 is out!

Which means I can post this. This is the art I did for Solatrus' fab piece, 'Portrait'. He didn't actually specify what or who the song was about, and basically said I could draw anything for the track art. I decided sort of...portraits-frames-fenestrated panes-roxy-thinking with portals and then this image just materialized in my head while I listened to the tune. Enjoy!