Poster colour

These prints are a big trend, with their miss mash of vivid neon colours. Although I have decided to go down the 'vintage' look with my poster, If i printed it in these sorts of colours it would probably add a modern visual twist.

Poster design style

Photography collage design

Some grate cover designs

I have found a few cover designs using animal illustration. The tiger one below is my favorite! Grate symbolism and clever use of the new york skyscrapers as the teeth.
Chronic City, Uk edition, designed by Miriam Rosenbloon

The Death of Bunny Munro, design by Charlotte Strick: "An evil bratty bunny!

The Bedside Book of Beasts, design by CS Richardson:
Never smile at a monkey: And 17 Ohther important things to remember, design by Scott Magoon, illustration by Steve Jenkins
I think this is a good design even though it kind of scars me

Before I die By Jenny Downham

Although 'Life of Pi' has an adult author it is actually narrated by a young boy, I think it is important to communicate this on the front cover. So I have been researching front covers designed with this similar childish look I'm hoping to communicate.

I have found these designs by Jenny Downham for the novel 'Before I die'

" ... When you read the final pages of Jenny Downham's debut novel through tears, don't say you weren't warned. Before I Die is narrated by a perceptive, witty 16-year-old called Tessa Scott. Tessa has been living with leukaemia for four years. And, by the end of the book, she will die. There's no use fighting this. It tells you right there in the title.
Even with this foreknowledge, it's hard not to feel a stab of resentment as you're confronted by something as sentimentally sucker-punching as Before I Die. This much-hyped novel is destined to drive hundreds of thousands of readers to tears and to swift injunctions to all their friends to read it.


This imagery and in particular use of colour demonstrates well the dark, depressing content of the novel. The top design was used as the final product I think this was a good decision because the style of font and watercolor imagery provides the child tone.
This could be a possible design direction I take for my cover design.
Although I think for clarity the second design down would provide a better background for the type and title of the book. The red type on the final design is bit lost in the green watercolour background.

ROA Graphic artist

This graphic artist illustrates in a similar style to me. However i don't understand the context of his work. Perhaps he's trying to show what effects the urban environment has on nature? or it's just a bit of creative graffiti. His use of surface shape and texture to direct the illustration is clever, particularly the top image.

Creepy Nightclub flyer designs

I have been looking at other nightclub flyers containing a similar halloween theme to my brief. This example below reminds me of the 'corps bride' photograph I took. The use of spot colour pink adds a bold focus to the picture.

I think using single spots of colour is quite an interesting technique to add focus.

Photography

Horror type research

This poster is a good example to show how type and layout are used to put an image into context. In this case the gothic 'tombstone' look of the title and dotes between the year (2.0.0.9) draw attention to the full moon in the background, classic werwolf association.

The grey 'dabbled' textured look of the moon appears as stone, reenforcing the tombstone look of the type.

Motion blur

I have noticed that motion blurs have been added to the posters, in either the imagery or the title, probably used to add a ghostly/horror element. But i think also indicates a faced pace, action to the film.


I think these Wolfman posters are grate!
The gripping and atmospheric imagery alone, is enough to give the viewer a clear indication as to what type of movie this is. The typeface used (i think 'Century Gothic'), is quite simple compered to usual horror posters. I think this is a good design decision as the type is used just to inform and not compete with the imagery for the viewers attention.
The layouts work well too. The imagery creates negative black space, a good background for the contrasting white type.

Layered Photography minipulation

Produced for the fashion industry, these images demonstrate how you can create a surreal photo manipulation. Using layers and photo filters in Photoshop. The contrasting, intense blue and red help distinguish between the animal form and model.

I think this effect is interesting and provides an alternative look that would work well on thehalloween nightclub flyer brief.

Lucky Kitchen

Speaking to Joe yesterday he mentioned my work is similar to 'Lucky Kitchen' and I should check out their website for inspiration and ideas.

I have been on their website, they are a studio who design for record labels. Like me they hand draw illustrative pattern. Some of it is quite interesting and decorative, which I think suite the type of 'calming' music being advertised. However, like me I think they also struggle with colour combinations.