Showing posts with label The Cockpit poster comp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Cockpit poster comp. Show all posts
Cancer Bats poster
Before sending to print...they just wanted me to make a few changes:Add the support acts and change the age restriction.
These weren't a mandatory requirement in the brief so it wasn't a personal mistake...but it didn't take long to add them and I don't think it made it look any worse or anything.
Winner winner chicken dinner
Nice start to the year! Not the most prestigious competition or anything but I'm happy.
Final
I think I'm set on this layout etc. The only thing I need to decide is what to do with the 'halloween special' type? Hmm.
The unavoidable 'tweaks'
1 - 2
3 - 4
5
1. Original.
2. Changed layout of the text at the bottom.
3. Changed 'Slam dunk' logo so that it was slightly smaller and fit better.
4. Changed outline of 'Halloween special' to red.
5. Changed the slam dunk logo back...because I didn't feel I should change it.
Cockpit Halloween Special more
I have already established and know that type/layout are by no means my strong point.
I will work on them more throughout the year and the briefs I am currently work on give me the chance to experiment more with it but as this isn't a 'long' brief or one that I have written for the module, I didn't want to spend much more time on it, and I just needed to add the mandatory information.
I didn't want to just type 'Slam Dunk halloween special - Cancer Bats - at The Cockpit'
So I chose to go with the existing artwork that they have for the Slam Dunk side of their business and the signage for The Cockpit.
For the remainder of the type, I thought computer generated, pre existing fonts would look too much like I had stuck it on there at the last minute, so I hand-rendered it, which as mentioned in a previous post - I think works well for the info at the bottom.
The 'Halloween Special' that I mocked up on the previous post was the aspect that I really didn't like about it, so I changed it to similar type to whats at the bottom of the page. Its simple but it says what it needs to say...however, the red in pretty unreadable.
Once I had added the 'Slam dunk' and 'The cockpit' to it - I was pretty comfortable with the layout, in terms of the type working with the image. It was then just a case of what colours to use.
I experimented with taking the outline off the illustration (evidently it was a quick test and it erased his legs aswell) but stylistically it looks quite effective, in my opinion, however I don't think I'll pursue for this particular piece.
I found it really hard to decide on a colour for the other type elements which would make it fit with the rest of the poster but still be readable - I'm not sure if the colours I have chosen work in terms of readability and the layout of 'Slam dunk' and 'halloween special' is annoying me the more that I look at it.
I experimented with the colour of the drips on the Cancer Bats logo as I thought red/blood could be too predictable but then only other appropriate colour that I thought could work in terms of linking to halloween, was green and I don't think it looked...good.
This probably looks the same as the above image...but the 'Halloween special' is a little bolder with spots/spray around it - I think this looks better than the really thin type.
This was another layout that I sketched when I was thinking of intial ideas - I thought I would try it to see if it did work and...I didn't add everything because I didn't think it worked.
At the moment, this is my final design - I made 'The cockpit' a little thicker so it was easier to read. I think it works quite well...but I probably will end up tweaking it.
I will work on them more throughout the year and the briefs I am currently work on give me the chance to experiment more with it but as this isn't a 'long' brief or one that I have written for the module, I didn't want to spend much more time on it, and I just needed to add the mandatory information.
I didn't want to just type 'Slam Dunk halloween special - Cancer Bats - at The Cockpit'So I chose to go with the existing artwork that they have for the Slam Dunk side of their business and the signage for The Cockpit.
For the remainder of the type, I thought computer generated, pre existing fonts would look too much like I had stuck it on there at the last minute, so I hand-rendered it, which as mentioned in a previous post - I think works well for the info at the bottom.
The 'Halloween Special' that I mocked up on the previous post was the aspect that I really didn't like about it, so I changed it to similar type to whats at the bottom of the page. Its simple but it says what it needs to say...however, the red in pretty unreadable.
Once I had added the 'Slam dunk' and 'The cockpit' to it - I was pretty comfortable with the layout, in terms of the type working with the image. It was then just a case of what colours to use.I experimented with taking the outline off the illustration (evidently it was a quick test and it erased his legs aswell) but stylistically it looks quite effective, in my opinion, however I don't think I'll pursue for this particular piece.
I found it really hard to decide on a colour for the other type elements which would make it fit with the rest of the poster but still be readable - I'm not sure if the colours I have chosen work in terms of readability and the layout of 'Slam dunk' and 'halloween special' is annoying me the more that I look at it.
I experimented with the colour of the drips on the Cancer Bats logo as I thought red/blood could be too predictable but then only other appropriate colour that I thought could work in terms of linking to halloween, was green and I don't think it looked...good.
This probably looks the same as the above image...but the 'Halloween special' is a little bolder with spots/spray around it - I think this looks better than the really thin type.
This was another layout that I sketched when I was thinking of intial ideas - I thought I would try it to see if it did work and...I didn't add everything because I didn't think it worked.
At the moment, this is my final design - I made 'The cockpit' a little thicker so it was easier to read. I think it works quite well...but I probably will end up tweaking it.
A bit more
I made a decision that I didn't really want to just type the information onto the poster, so I added a bit of hand-rendered type.
The 'Halloween special' looks awful, but I think the info at the bottom works really well. I just need to figure out a way to get 'Slam dunk halloween special' on there, without it looking horrible.
And I need to put 'The cockpit' on it too.
The 'Halloween special' looks awful, but I think the info at the bottom works really well. I just need to figure out a way to get 'Slam dunk halloween special' on there, without it looking horrible.
And I need to put 'The cockpit' on it too.
More for the poster
I emailed the guy who has set up the competition or the guy that we need to send the entries to to ask him if they wanted a particular size...he just said 'Any A size'...so I'm working to A3 and hoping that that they don't want it any bigger.
If it did get chosen and they wanted it bigger...the main components are vectorised and I have just been laying it out on photoshop so if worst comes to worst...I will just have to relay it out on a bigger size.
I started with an image of the lead singer of the Cancer Bats but I thought...that would be a little boring to just have a straight forward illustration of him and it wouldn't be very 'halloweeny', so I added a little twist but changing his head/face to a skull.
Obviously I need to add all the details of the show and the 'Slam dunk halloween special' but at the moment in time, I'm really happy with how its going and I think the texture on the background works quite well.
If it did get chosen and they wanted it bigger...the main components are vectorised and I have just been laying it out on photoshop so if worst comes to worst...I will just have to relay it out on a bigger size.
I started with an image of the lead singer of the Cancer Bats but I thought...that would be a little boring to just have a straight forward illustration of him and it wouldn't be very 'halloweeny', so I added a little twist but changing his head/face to a skull.
Obviously I need to add all the details of the show and the 'Slam dunk halloween special' but at the moment in time, I'm really happy with how its going and I think the texture on the background works quite well.
The Cockpit competition...
I've gone to The Cockpit to see bands since I was about 13, so when I saw the poster competition I thought...why not!
I chose to the Halloween special with Cancer Bats because I like the band and I thought I could focus the content more towards what I like.
I started simply with the band name...I used their existing logo but I couldn't find a very high resolution image so I had to re-draw it and vectorise it.
And to make it a bit more 'halloweeny' I thought I'd just add a bit...
I chose to the Halloween special with Cancer Bats because I like the band and I thought I could focus the content more towards what I like.
I started simply with the band name...I used their existing logo but I couldn't find a very high resolution image so I had to re-draw it and vectorise it.
And to make it a bit more 'halloweeny' I thought I'd just add a bit...
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