Hi I've made 3 poster. Mostly I based on technique from class. 
I used also perspective distorion of inital and end letter.
In many case was useful to use nodes on vector path.


Fade away effect add depth but also cover some imperfecties in project.


I love to add reflection and gradients - it's add photorealism to the project look like 3D render.
You can see my project on Behance and Instagram
https://www.behance.net/michawolski4
https://www.instagram.com/mihu_wolski_1996/