Development of a series of posters “The Shape of Sound”

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the use of sound visualization in visual design, to provide multi-element and multi-dimensional communication effects for visual projects, TouchDesigner is a visualization software that can be used for interactive design through the creation of various types of components and effects of the "wiring". Firstly, we analyze the themes conveyed by the sound and explore their translation into the construction of visual content; secondly, we import music elements and extract their musical characteristics in TouchDesigner, a visual programming platform, and generate dynamic visual effects on the constructed basic graphic elements, with the dynamic part serving as the interactive experience of the sound, and the static part being processed by frame-cutting and combined with the layout to be interpreted as the main visualization of the static poster and the derivative visualization of the poster. Derivative visual posters are interpreted to constitute a more complete visual picture and emotional interactive experience in sound visualization design, enriching the creative expressiveness of the static visual work, the multiplicity of the communication process and the sound memory points.