As I was researching vintage travel posters, I realized two things:

1. I love to take an existing design and riff off it

2. I love the Braniff Airways ads/posters! I would want to make posters in that style (i.e. not landscapes and scenery, but people doing funny things.)

 

The first thing I did was a riff. I found this poster by Frederick Charles Herrick about "Scotland--the Land of Romance" featuring a deer in a dramatic pose:

 

 

And I at once thought "India--the Land of Elephants" (because "elephants" loosely rhymes with "romance") and imagined the poster with an elephant doing a dramatic pose.

I made a moodboard with elephants, looking for one with attitude:

 

 

I decided to go with "Karnataka" rather than India for the title because it fills up the space nicely (and Karnataka is the state in India with the biggest elephant population.) I also modified the color palette. Here is my version:

 

 

And here is the mockup. I like how it looks like Jurassic Park with friendly, mommy-calling-you-to-dinner-type dinosaurs!

 

 

 

Next I did a poster inspired by the cartoony style of Braniff Airlines:

 

 

This is my Braniff-style poster about Chennai in India:

 

 

And here is the mockup:

 

 

 I still have some more ideas I'm thinking about, so I will update in a week or so. This class was very educational and inspiring!