Music Poster
A music poster I created for an assignment, based on minimal electronic music.
I made my base in Illustrator. I kept thinking about using metallic sand in the design. With my artist base established and my decision to produce the poster in Illustrator, the concept was becoming more obvious in my mind. I made this by typing “C” in Futura font and then going to Effect – 3D – Extrude and Bevel. I made the letter "C" have an isometric top position. Then I copied the C to make O, then O to make N, and so on until I had CONTAKT. I then rotated each one into place before grouping them together. By going to Effect – Texture – Grain and picking graphic pen in the drawings panel, I was able to adjust the appearance. This approach gave my text a thorough examination appearing in a long sphere shape.
The final product. I wanted to mix things up with the gradients to produce two choices; I'd seen this done previously, where a design was developed in multiple variations, sometimes even more than two.
I photographed billboards near my home and developed mock-ups of how the poster might appear on them. To get feedback, I distributed the billboard photographs to friends without including my name or student number. I inquired as to which of the advertisements appeared to be unrealistic or photo-shopped. While some people choose my poster, the overall number was high enough to prevent them from labeling it as photoshopped or unrealistic. I did this without telling them anything, so it was satisfying to see everyone choose a different poster.
