Here are the rough versions my two posters, but please ignore the attempt at a job slug on the upper left corner of each one, and the big ugly whiteness that is surrounding the artboards.
I tried to go in really different directions for both of them.
The idea for the key in the first poster came from the fact that it is used as a symbol in one of John Bunyan's incredible works, The Pilgrim's Progress, which is the inspiration behind a lot of The Race's songs. I found the photo at:
I also went with the key rather than any of the other symbols in his writing because it worked well as the axis against which I could line up the type.
Also, I couldn't find a font face that I liked for the band name, and after experimenting with a few different hand drawn versions, I decided to go with the simplest one of all (that took me less time than all my other attempts, of course haha) because I think my other designs were too busy for this poster.
Here are some of my sketches:
For the second poster, I decided to start by letting myself freely experiment with geometric shapes and color in Illustrator rather than come to the project with any semblance of a concept like I did in the first one. Eventually I arrived at what you see here. It has a completely different feel than the black and white poster and I'm happy to say that I like the way the color scheme and overall design completely diverged from what I have typically made in the past.
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