Edited Radial Poster

Inspiration 3/7

I want this:
http://shop.ilovetypography.com/product/keep-it-simple

Dilatational Posters

They're not completely done, but here are the rough versions:

Here's a process photo for the handwritten band name on the first poster. I used white plaka:

One of the Dilatational Posters

I've tried a few different designs and wasn't really feeling any of them. So today I've been working on one that I think I'll hold onto. I did an illustration of a wax seal with the band's name in it, and handwrote the rest of the copy. I still have to write out the thanks to sponsors part. Here's where the poster's at for now:

Here's some process photos of my sketches, ETC.:

G is for Glass

Here are my experiments for the 3D drop cap. First I tried using vintage jewelry from my grandmother to make a "V" (V for vintage). I liked how the V's shape and the way it hung resembled one big necklace itself, but simultaneously I really didn't like the way it just hung there and had to be suspended with thumbtacks, and it became boring. So, I tried something else. Below are the various configurations of glass bottles that I stacked to make a G. The current letter is in progress because I need more clear glass material... 

Also, the corner of one of the bottles cracked so I have to fix it...

Here's a detail of some marbles I added. I haven't cleaned up the glue yet:

Found Object Drop Cap: Inspiration

I'm a huge fan learning about and visiting weird places/abandoned places/roadside oddities in my home state, NJ:
http://www.weirdnj.com/

One of the places I visited a few years ago was a VERY unique home called Luna Parc, in which the owner/self-proclaimed "Mad Cap Artist" decorated/furnished/built his property using an abundance of found objects. He opens his home to the public once or twice a year and it's definitely worth seeing. His website isn't great, but it's a fascinating home nonetheless:
http://www.lunaparc.com/

This place is the inspiration for my next drop cap!

Flyer in Music Building

I found this flyer in the music building last night. I think it has some interesting ideas and I think the fact that the designer lined all the text up to a central axis (well, it's really more like two parallel vertical axes that are really close to each other because of where the type overlaps in the center) is fairly effective. I also like the hand-done scribble texture in the background against the digital font faces.

For me, the problem is the blaring hot pink, orange and red that are used. I get the analagous colors, but those three in particular seem to be vibrating with saturation and intensity so that my eyes are sore! I think the poster could have been simplified and made more effective if they lost the magenta all together and just kept a three/four color scheme: orange, (red), white, teal. Also, I think the bright white of the body text almost attracts my eye more than the composer names that are in the big display font in the middle because the colors, although they are really "hot colors," they seem to be sort of middle tones that begin to meld with the background and crazy scribble marks a little too much, whereas the white immediately jumps out (this is more apparent in person than on screen).