aoi - Indie Band -
Asymptote Cassette Tape Design
青虫 - 漸近線
單曲卡帶設計
Client｜aoi 青虫
Music Visual Design
Illustration
2019
Local indie rock band AOI approached me to design the album art for their debut release, Asymptote (audio cassette–only).
AOI’s frontwoman explains the title like so: In geometry, there are certain curves which become straighter and straighter the further along you go. You can think of one as running alongside some straight line, never touching or crossing it but always a little nearer to it than before. This straight line is its asymptote—a metaphor for the elusive dreams that we grind closer to each day, but which remain always just out of reach.
在數學公式中，有一種曲線逐漸接近一條直線，仿佛在追逐著它，但永遠無法觸碰或交會。隨著時間的推移，這條曲線總是能離直線更近一點，但仍然無法相交，這條直線就是所謂的「漸近線」。
這種現象隱喻著我們在追尋夢想（或幸福）的過程中，雖然每天都感覺更接近目標，但又似乎總是無法觸及。
在數學公式中，有一種曲線逐漸接近一條直線，仿佛在追逐著它，但永遠無法觸碰或交會。隨著時間的推移，這條曲線總是能離直線更近一點，但仍然無法相交，這條直線就是所謂的「漸近線」。
這種現象隱喻著我們在追尋夢想（或幸福）的過程中，雖然每天都感覺更接近目標，但又似乎總是無法觸及。
To translate this metaphor into a visual concept, I began with the three “types” of asymptotic curves (horizontal, oblique, and vertical), and pictured each as boundary lines dividing a canvas into three regions. From this, a sense of layering emerged.
In the final design, the narrowing gap in the center is depicted as a channel between two neighboring land- scapes, almost touching but completely isolated from each other. Each one features a cutesy character in transit along this channel, both to suggest the scale of the image and convey a sense of the long journey ahead.
In the final design, the narrowing gap in the center is depicted as a channel between two neighboring land- scapes, almost touching but completely isolated from each other. Each one features a cutesy character in transit along this channel, both to suggest the scale of the image and convey a sense of the long journey ahead.
為了完整呈現「漸近線」的概念，我從三種不同方向的漸近線入手，將畫面分割成三個部分，形成一片獨特的風景。這些風景在某些角度看似交疊，但實際上卻相隔甚遠，隱喻著追尋夢想的漫長距離。
在這些分割的景色間，有一條道路蜿蜒其中，一個傻傻又可愛的小角色正在這條路上賣力奔跑，進一步詮釋了這個專輯主題所要傳達的精神：不懈追逐夢想，無論距離看似多麼遙遠。
在這些分割的景色間，有一條道路蜿蜒其中，一個傻傻又可愛的小角色正在這條路上賣力奔跑，進一步詮釋了這個專輯主題所要傳達的精神：不懈追逐夢想，無論距離看似多麼遙遠。
