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This picture features a (shirtless) singing Maynard James Keenan, lead singer and songwriter of Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. This piece uses an image traced picture of Maynard as the focal point, in which a pattern is applied to the texture of Maynard's skin that features the lyrics to the ending part of Lateralus- in my opinion one of the most lyrically and musically complex segments of any song in existence. Set behind Maynard is a black background with a pattern set over it that features repeated phrases that are memorable in Tool songs; for example: "I will find a center in you", from Sober, as well as "Prying open my third eye" from Third Eye. This background is complex and visually pleasing- it gives your eye more to look for after you've established the basic shapes and ideas. Placed on the bottom of the page is the word "TOOL" with multiple overlapping gradients over it to give the word depth, as well as the lyrics of the ending of Lateralus placed over it. To lead the eye to the focal point of Maynard's face/microphone, I have multiple items of text. Chief among these assisting texts is the spiral that reads "Spiral Out", referencing the repeating phrase in Lateralus that is played while the drum beat is choreographed to the number sequence of the Fibonacci Spiral. Other assisting texts that lead the eye include "Prying open my third eye" in the bottom left leading upwards, "We are eternal" bulging outwards towards Maynard, and "Learn to swim" flowing like water towards Maynard.
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