What I did in this project was create a minimalistic, teaser poster for a horror film taking place on a 757 plane, hence the title "757". To keep with my minimalist theme I used a simple red, black, and white color scheme and left the poster fairly barren, bringing the entire focus to the illustrated skull in the middle. I chose this route for my poster because I feel like less is more and it's very easy to make a poster look gaudy and tacky if it contains too much type or a bad image. I felt that the minimalist approach allows for a more elegant and enticing experience. I think the two most successful components of my poster are my color scheme and focus on the skull. The color scheme works well with the genre of my poster and the minimalist theme, while the skull keeps the audience interested. I think the two components that need the most work are my use of text and my title. i think I could have used fonts that matched my theme better and I feel that the title is weak and could be more creative. Initially I planned to make a minimalist poster, however, instead of a skull as the focus, I was going to use a plane as the center image. I changed this because The image of the plane wasnt interesting enough to make up for the barren layout of my poster. If I had to start over I would spend more time choosing my fonts so that the poster had a more unified feel and clear genre.
In my poster I will be advertising a movie that falls under the thriller/action genre. I chose this genre because some of my favorite movies contain elements of thrillers and action movies. My movie is going to be about a failed extra flight hijacked on September 11th. I'm going to call my movie "757". The lead characters in my film are going to be Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke and Chloe Meretz. I will make the dark theme of the movie clear to viewers through my use of an all black and white poster that will use either stark minimalism or dark imagery. In my poster I plan to draw the entire thing or use simply images of fog and a plane. I plan on getting these images through my drawings or by taking photos on my phone. I will edit the images by making them all black and white and using enticing imagery and minimalism. I think keeping my poster in gray scale and using minimal or no filters will work best for the message I'm trying to convey. I want mainly my title to stand out, while the actors names will be small and minimal. I want audiences to be intrigues by the complexity or minimalism of the design, leaving them wanting more.
Based on how little about the movie's plot or characters is revealed, I think that this poster is an example of a teaser poster. The poster is advertising a movie called "Pan's Labyrinth". The genre appears to be fantasy and the leading actors are Sergi Lopez and Maribel Verdu. It was released in December, 2006. This poster is illustrative. I think an illustrative approach was used by the designer because it gives the poster a more fantastical feeling. Based on the imagery and text used in the poster, I would assume the movie is suitable for viewing among all age groups. Finally, the poster uses no tagline; it only lists the lead actors, the director and the movie title.
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I chose a theme of skating for my magazine cover and so I gave it the title: "Asphalt ocean", to refer to the road. On the cover I advertise skating paraphernalia like trucks and wheels. The stories would be appealing to skaters because they are about topics having to do with professional skating and about goods that are necessary to skate. In the background I used an image of a spinoff logo I drew of the company "Death Wish". I selected this image because it is of a relevant skate company logo. I edited the image by tweaking the contrast and by playing around with the actual pattern on the logo to make it pop more. Specifically I used the contrast tool and liquify tool to make it stand out more and give it that melting appearance. The main font I used in my cover is called cooper std. i chose this font and bauhaus 93 because they both give off a skater vibe and don't look overly formal without looking tacky. I used bauhaus in the mast head and not in the cover lines because it's a more interesting font to look at and it draws the eye in. I edited the text in my cover lines and captions by boxing in my cover lines to give them over the captions which I kept a lighter font. Specifically I used the shape tool to break up the text on my cover to distinguish different sections and articles. If I were to start over on my cover, I would make sure to use a larger more interesting image and to use a color scheme that draws the eye in more.
It's important for magazines to have a consistent design that it can be easily recognized by customers. The basic concept of typographic hierarchy is, more important information should be larger or bolder. A designer would sketch the magazine cover first to ensure it is set up how they want it to look. A magazines Masthead must remain constant through all its publications. This must remain the same so that it can be easily recognized. I also found the point of ensuring type over a photo or background must contrast important and will be sure to use it to give my magazine cover a bold, easy to read surface.
Three elements that are important to logo design are the type tool, shape tool and the ability to rasterize an image. For my image I chose the hero R2D2. I chose him because he is an underdog hero who is often overlooked. I made sure that his color scheme and elements of his actual body design were incorporated into the "2". To create my logo I used the ellipse and rectangle tool to create the "2" in my logo. I edited these shapes by using the marquee and eraser/paint tool to change their appearance. For the color scheme I chose light blue, white and grey/black because this reflects what R2 looks like in the movie. I used type in my logo to write the "R" and the "D". I used the Bauhaus 93 font. The three tools that were most important to me were the marquee tool, erase tool and and paint toll to take my boring logo from bland to exciting. If I were to re-do my logo I would Give the logo a more exciting color scheme and add more details.
I chose the Vans logo because I like its classic, simplistic design. It is catchy but not flashy and has become a global symbol. I think that the design's simple, two color pallet, makes the logo easy on the eyes and memorable. I think it;s choice of font was also a good choice. It is blocky and aesthetically pleasing. Finally I think that the line that bridges over the words gives a feeling of completeness and compliments the font well. The company and logo were first created in 1966 and represented the company's main product: shoes. The logo itself has remained virtually unchanged but a second was created after the first. Both are still in use but they vary drastically. The original is a blocky word that has an overarching line that spans the entire top of the word. The second features a cartoonish skate board with the original logo in it along with the addition of the words "off the wall" in parenthesis. If I were to redesign the logo I might include some reference to shoes because that is the main and original sale of the company. The logo might feature the word "vans" on the underside of a shoe, etc.
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AuthorI'm a 15 year old student studying digital art and I've always had a passion for drawing and graphic design, welcome Archives
May 2015
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