Faith Smith

Art Direction student at Kingston University in London, England

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Akira-Inspired Movie Posters

While doing some visual analysis on Akira's movie poster (illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo) I decided to create a couple posters of my own inspired by the cover. One has been given a live-action style, and the other has been given an animated style.

The photograph used is an image of myself walking through the Dunas de Maspalomas in Gran Canaria.

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The Plague Rose (Collaborative Zine)

This zine is focused on the traditional nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses". It is an artistic reimagination of the Black Plague where the rhyme is rumoured to originate from.

The zine features an intense black and red colour palette, a design choice that came later on in the process. The red represents the roses and poppies of the rhyme, but is more often associated with blood. The black quite literally represents the "Black" Plague, but is also often associated with mystery.