- I'm not the only one who cried
watching the music video, right?
I'm not even exaggerating,
there were actual tears on my face.
Please tell me, I'm not the only one.
(groovy music)
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Hey guys, it's Amanda, welcome back.
Today, I have the purple lights on
because it is the color of Army and BTS.
Recently, BTS came back with a brand new album
to save the complete mess that has been 2020,
and I think most of you guys know,
if you don't know this by now,
BTS is one of my favorite K-pop groups,
actually, just music artist in general.
So needless to say, I was very, very excited for this album
and for the past two comebacks on my channel,
I've done these videos where I do doodle with mes
that are inspired by the album.
And it just kind of do lettering,
illustrations, doodles,
and a lot of you guys really, really liked those videos,
and honestly, they're just really fun for me to make.
And so many of you guys were asking
whether I was going to do one for this album,
and the answer is, yes, that's what I'm doing today.
Previously, I did one of these
for "Map of the Soul: Persona" and "Map of the Soul: Seven",
which are very different vibes from this album.
But also for those ones,
I actually filmed it the morning of the comeback.
So I drew those things kind of on my second
or third listen of the entire album,
but for this one, it's been a couple of days
since the album has come out,
you know, I've had some time to process
the songs and the music video.
I still cried watching the music video.
Please tell me I'm not the only one.
Even though everything came out a couple of days ago,
I feel like everything is still fresh in my mind.
Definitely hit me in the feels,
especially because I was supposed to go
to the Toronto concert this year,
so the album definitely hits differently.
You know, I know some of my favorite songs
already just from first listen,
but I feel like it kind of changes depending on my mood,
and maybe it'll change depending on what I draw today.
So it'll be kind of interesting to see what I create
while listening to the album.
What I'm going to do now is turn on the BTS album.
I'm gonna listen to it all the way through
while I'm drawing and we'll see what comes out of it.
I highly recommend you guys play it
while you're watching me draw.
All right, let's get started.
As usual for these doodle with mes,
I'm drawing on a large piece of marker paper
instead of my bullet journal,
which I would probably normally do,
but doing this just gives me a lot more space
to fill it up and draw a really large,
which I don't normally get to do.
I sketched out really roughly
where I wanted each title to be,
but I didn't really sketch out the lettering style.
And then I started out by drawing
the BTS "Be" album logo right in the center,
which was this bold sans-serif font.
I'm using a paint marker because it's quite a thick font,
so it just made it easier to fill it in.
But I'll link all of the markers that I used for this
in the description box down below,
because I did end up using quite a variety of supplies.
For some reason, I decided to start with "Blue and Gray",
which is a very soft ballad song,
so I went with this elegant cursive
to go with the vibes of that song.
But, you know, it's actually a good thing
that I started with this because it did set up
the color palette for this entire piece,
which was blue and gray.
I went with sort of like a soft blue
and a really light gray for the entire color palette.
Next, we have "Dynamite",
and this was pretty easy for me
to decide what font to do because the actual album cover
and graphic design for this single
was this retro seventies font, so I did that.
I recreated it using the blue marker that I was using,
and, you know, I just had the "Dynamite" album cover
open in front of me for reference,
but it was pretty fun to do this,
because I've never done this sort of lettering style before.
So, you know, not perfect, but you know,
maybe I'll practice a bit more
and incorporate it later into future spreads
or doodle with mes.
I added this pointy Starburst shape next to "Dynamite"
so it looked like it was bursting like dynamite, ha ha.
The next song is "Telepathy",
which is actually one of my favorite songs.
My favorite song always changes
depending on how I'm feeling,
but this one was definitely one of the first songs
that stuck out to me when I did
my first listen through of the album.
It's just so funky and groovy,
but for that, I decided to go with this.
I don't even know what type of lettering style this is,
but I thought it was pretty cool.
And I added this blue outline around it
as well as a really intense drop shadow
to make it pop even more.
I really love the way that this lettering style turned out.
I think it looks a little retro, maybe a little seventies,
which I think works perfectly with the vibe of this song.
The only thing is that the T ended up looking
a little bit like a J,
but we're all gonna ignore that, okay?
But I just loved the really intense drop shadow.
I think it really stands out a lot.
Next step, we have "Fly To My Room".
For this one, it's kind of a softer song
with more of like an upbeat vibe,
so I did go for cursive again,
but it's not as thin and elegant
as the blue and gray lettering.
It's more of a bold monoline cursive style.
I kept it pretty simple though,
just because the beginning of the song,
the instrumental is actually relatively simple as well,
so I felt like it matched kinda well.
And I added some cute little wings next to the fly,
you know, to go with "Fly To My Room".
Moving on to "The Skit".
I wasn't sure if I was going to do a doodle
and include "The Skit" for this drawing,
but honestly, this album doesn't have as many songs
as the "Map of the Soul" albums,
so I needed something to fill the space.
I decided to do Skit anyway.
And since "The Skit" kind of divides up the album,
before "The Skit", it's all softer, more emotional songs,
and then after, it's the hype, funky, groovy songs.
So in order to represent that divide,
I put it in this banner, almost like a dividing banner,
and I just loved drawing these banners.
I think they also stand out really well,
and it kept the lettering just really simple, just all caps.
Next step, we have "Stay", which is a very upbeat EDM song.
And even though it is like an upbeat EDM song,
there is something still happy and subtle about it,
so I thought that this all caps lettering style
went kind of well.
It's not a serif font, it's not sans-serif font,
I don't know how to describe it.
Of course, I added a black drop shadow
just 'cause the blue was a little light,
so I thought that the black drop shadow
would make it pop a little bit more.
How many times I'm going to say pop?
I don't know, but you guys know I love me some drop shadows.
I also drew the BTS Army logo, of course,
right underneath "Be".
I added a few more extra small details around the spread
just to fill in some of the empty space
like these twinkly stars, more accent lines,
stuff like that.
Next, of course, I'm doing the title track, "Life Goes On",
and this song, man, makes me kind of emotional.
I think it's just a very comforting, beautiful song
that we all needed during these times.
And I noticed for a lot of their promotion graphic design,
they've been using the member's handwriting,
even on the album cover and there's Instagram filters,
and the pictures they've been posting,
and some of the merch as well has their handwriting,
so I kind of mimicked...
I think I used Nam-Joon's handwriting to base this off of,
but it's just kind of a simple lowercase handwritten font,
and around it, I doodled an arrow with clouds,
because the lyrics say, "like an arrow in the blue sky",
but I didn't want to complicate this one too much,
even though it was the title track.
I think sometimes simple is best,
and I love that they have been using their handwriting.
I think it just makes the whole album more personal,
especially because it is a self-directed album,
so I wanted to include a reference
to that with their handwriting.
Just finishing off the empty spaces
with more of those sparkles,
and finally, we have reached "Disease",
which is, I think, my other favorite song
besides "Life Goes On" and "Telepathy".
I was surprised that this one ended up
being my favorite song because usually,
I end up liking the more chill vibes songs,
but this one was definitely more upbeat,
and it's just so catchy, and unique, and different.
I don't know, I love that old school hip hop vibe,
and the bridge is so, so good.
So in order to capture that old school hip hop,
I did this graffiti font,
kind of like how I did "Respect"
from the "Map of the Soul: Seven" doodle with me.
And I outlined it really thick with black,
as well as blue, and later,
I actually added some black drips at the bottom
so that it looked like it was spray painted on a wall,
which I thought was kinda cool.
Just final touches, adding more gray throughout,
because I felt like I used a lot of blue,
but not enough gray.
And then to finish the whole thing off,
I did this light gray cursive writing behind "Be".
I noticed they did this on the album cover,
and it's just some of the lyrics from "Life Goes On",
and I thought it added a nice, subtle nod
to the album to tie everything together.
I really love how this whole thing turned out.
I'll show you guys the final drawing in a bit,
but let me know which lettering style
and song was your favorite in the comments down below.
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All right, everyone, so I finished,
here is my doodle slash illustration slash lettering?
I don't know what to call it,
but here it is, inspired by the BTS "Be" album.
I always have fun making these,
just because it combines two things
that I really love: music and art.
I feel like it's just a fun way
to listen to music and create,
especially because I personally believe
that all of the things that you like
and the media that you consume,
whether it be music or TV shows
kind of change your style as an artist
or who you are as a person,
so, you know, what you create on paper
depends on all of those factors.
Also, what I did last time for the doodle with mes
is I turned them in to digital wallpapers for you.
So if you want to have a wallpaper
for your phone or your desktop,
I'm gonna leave the download link down below.
And finally, for those of you who made it
to the very, very end of this video,
I am giving away a BTS "Be" album,
one of the deluxe edition ones that came out.
I pre-ordered two, one for me, and one for one of you guys,
specifically for this video,
so all of the details to enter
will be in the description box below.
I just wanted to do a little something
to give back to my fellow Armies out there,
any Army little doodles.
I feel like ever since I joined the fandom
two or three years ago,
Armies have always been very welcoming and supportive.
almost like adopting me into the family,
so I really appreciate that.
Hopefully, one day, I can meet more of you at the concert,
'cause those are always fun.
And I was supposed to go to the Toronto concert,
but we don't talk about that.
I think that's it.
I hope you guys have an awesome day,
stream "Life Goes On", keep doodling.
Bye, everyone.
♪ Like an arrow in the blue sky ♪
(singing in foreign language)
♪ On my pillow, on my table ♪
♪ Yeah, life goes on like this again ♪
(ukulele strumming)