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Rock Poster Design: From Concept Development to Execution

Great job Vincent! If you wanted to spend more time on this, you could always play around with making the poster event specific and adding in event details. You could take it a step further and come up with some ideas of how to turn this into a series. The series concept works well if the artist is performing multiple nights at the same location. Otherwise, congratulations on your final work!

Thanks ! I like those ideas and think I will be doing more posters. This was a first for me but I really enjoyed it. Thanks for all the feedback.

the whole idea is very clever. Really liked the type on #2 much better, but love your work regardless.

Hey thaks Phil ! Yea the type really was a hard choice.

VIncent - I think options 3 and 4 jive the most with your unique illustration style. I'm leaning towards option 4 because it seems to have more personality and feels "rough around the edges" which reminds of the band. Also, option 3 might feel a bit too western.

Thanks for the feedback guys, Once I put #4 in I knew right away that it fit my style of illustration perfectly but I felt I needed to give it a few other treatments just to see. I've never illustrated a poster like this. It was a pleasure to learn from such a great community of artists.

Love your illustration. I think I like 2 the best. 4 seems a bit too thick and the "B" is throwing me off, and I like the height of the glyphs on 2 opposed to 1. Cant wait to see it finished.

I think this is great so far! 

It feeling very cartoony though and the Black Keys aren't really one of the first bands that come to mind when you say cartoony. Have you considered changing your color palette? Maybe darkening the colors or making them more neutral might be more in style with the band? 

I totally get what you are saying, but the uniqueness is sort of what makes is interesting. I think of The Black Keys as a blues band, which is very Americana and bright. As for the cartoony, unfortunately that is just how I draw, its my signature and I can't change that. Look up the Allman Brothers, eat a peach album cover, as that was my main inspiration for this. 

Lovin the illustrations. Maybe use a bolder, thicker typeface.  When I first saw your project, it reminded me of this epic short by Robert Morgan:
This is the short with a Tool track in the background...which is epic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPYg76nu4w


enjoy!

thats a pretty insane short film !!! thanks for sharing that.

Hey Vincent - Great progress! You've done a great job with your conceptual development and execution so far. You might consider trying some other type treatments. Your illustration style is so unique and full of personality and it would be great if your type had the same feeling. Great job so far!

Thanks for the feedback ! I am definitely going to change the type!

Hey guys, I updated an image with some different font treatments, I would love to know what you think. I really appreciate the feedback from before. Thanks !

I agree with about removing the key holes and have them holding their instruments. Will the type be hand drawn as well? 

i am going to try both, hand drawn as well as a font. I was thinking an Americana/ Western ish font

I am curious what it would look like with one key hole – I may be totally off, but it's just a thought I had.

I like where you are going with that, I just think that the keyhole is very cliche.

I feel that the design you are working on has a lot of potential. Did you have any other sketches or drafts for this project as well?

Hey Jordan, yes I did a few others which I will post tomorrow, as well as a redone, version of this. Thanks for the feedback ! In the newer one I removed the keys and just had them holding their instruments. I was thinking sort of Americana meets sideshow freak poster, which Is kinda how I feel about their music. The blues meets jimi hendrix!

<img class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/6db22ba6" alt="The Black Keys - image 1 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/6db22ba6 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/6db22ba6 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">I choose to do the black keys. I think they are an awesome band and I love their unique sound. I am choosing to do this image because when I hear the Black Keys I think classic American blues meets modern rock. Kind of a frankenstein monster. That was my idea, sort of a frankensteining of them set in a classic American picturesque landscape. I am going to remove the holes in their chests and just have them holding their instruments. Comments are always welcome :)
<img class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/a8ef79e0" alt="The Black Keys - image 2 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/a8ef79e0 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/a8ef79e0 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Here is teh BW version before I add any color.
Color- Comments are highly appreciated.<img class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/1647fd72" alt="The Black Keys - image 3 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/1647fd72 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/1647fd72 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Which type treatment does everyone prefer, I'm pushing towards 1 and 4, but I would love some feedback.<img class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/c1e851d8" alt="The Black Keys - image 4 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/c1e851d8 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/c1e851d8 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">
Final Image &nbsp;- Comments always appreciated :)<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/3ffa02cb" alt="The Black Keys - image 5 - student project" class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/3ffa02cb 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/9f41e5e94cd731c2ddf34176f415fd10/3ffa02cb 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">

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