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蒸氣波專輯封面視覺風格分析
Analysis of Visual Style of Vaporwave Album Cover
摘要
近年來社群媒體上出現一種有趣的貼文，稱為「蒸氣波」（英文：vaporwave）。蒸氣波原是一種音樂類型，經過網路迷因的傳播，發展成兼具音樂與視覺的藝術風格。本研究以平面設計的角度探討蒸氣波的音樂專輯封面視覺風格為何？以等距抽樣的方式，在歐美音樂專輯平台Bandcamp中發佈的蒸氣波音樂專輯，選擇60張蒸氣波專輯進行內容分析，分析蒸氣波封面常用的創作媒材、設計元素、色彩、構圖，以及產生怎麼樣的視覺效果。結果發現，在媒材形式上，主要以複合表現。使用的造型元素以虛構的人物最多，在色彩應用上則是冷色調居多，營造與現實區隔的虛幻感受。而元素與元素之間的邊排偏好呈現出水平、穩定感。蒸氣波的發展至今約十年的時間，所記錄的正式資料不多，本研究僅探討蒸氣波的專輯視覺風格，建議往後研究者能用更多元的角度探討並持續紀錄蒸氣波的發展。
並列摘要
Recently, a stylish post has appeared on social media called Vaporwave. Originally, Vaporwave was a type of music. Through the spread of internet memes, it has become an artistic style include both music and visual. This research wants to know what is the visual style of Vaporwave from the perspective of graphic design. According to systematic sampling, we selected 60 Vaporwave albums from Bandcamp for content analysis to find out what kind of media, design elements, colors, and composition are often used in the cover of Vaporwave album, and what kind of visual effects will be made. The results found that, Vaporwave is mainly expressed as mixed media. Secondly, fictional characters are mostly used for the styling element. In the form of colors, most of them are cold tones, that create an illusion of separation from reality. Lastly, the elements on the picture shows a sense of level and stability. Since the development of Vaporwave has only about ten years, there is not much official recorded. This research only discusses the visual style of the Vaporwave album. We recommend that researchers in the future can discuss with a more diverse perspective and continue recording the development of Vaporwave.