Posts Tagged ‘ Posters ’
Noir style work has always been visually fascinating. There’s something to be said about creating an art piece that says so much by saying so little. This poster collection byMarko Manev demonstration that even in Noir style you know exactly who your favorite hero is without having to be draped in all they’re usual colors.
Nike Air Max posters by London-based graphic designer Anton Burmistrov.
These Pictogram music posters were designed by an artist known as Viktor Hertz. He decided to make some posters depicting songs, which left him a lot of new unexplored ground. He is a freelance graphic designer and artist from Uppsala, Sweden. He likes to focus on simple illustrations and make logos, posters, and icons.
Minimal posters are very trendy, and Alejandro de Antonio has produced an excellent set of minimal movie posters in this vein. He has an uncanny ability to capture the essence of a popular movie and represent it via a simplistic, but elegant illustration. His designs showcase how strong the brand is behind the movies, as we instantly connect with the represented protagonists.
Think Invisible is an awesome project created by Adri Bodor & Mark Szulyovszky and is made at Colabs… How can you see anything that isn’t there actually? It is the core question of Think Invisible. Circles give deficient contour of the pictures – that’s the simple method how we make hundred-times-seen pictures interesting again. It is not the magic that lets you recognize the whole design, but your mind. This tricky illusion of the contours intentionally shows important details, and hides all the rest. Since what matters is invisible. Take a careful look on the pictures below and let’s see how many of them you can recognize.
“This series of four posters, dubbed “Program Your 808” is coming from Birmingham-based graphic designer, Rob Ricketts. The posters don’t just look pretty they’re actually functional. Ricketts’ idea was to detail how some of the most notable drum sequences (Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock,” Cybotron’s “Clear,” A Guy Called Gerald’s “Voodoo Ray” and “No Way Back” by Adonis) were programmed using the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. Each sequence has been analyzed and represented as to allow you, the user, to re-program each sequence, key for key. Pretty dope.”
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The word “philosophy” comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means “love of wisdom”. In this case, Max Temkin, the artist, wanted to create posters with quotes that motivated people to think ‘different’. Check the method.
Gary Nicholson cooked up a design a series of posters with typographically focused puns to lift the spirits of fellow designers. Check the method.
With the brand new TV Spots out online on for the upcoming Avengers flick, I started looking around for any new info, and came across a series of posters courtesy of Toys R Us. The 12 designs dropped yesterday, but I’m sure will be around for quite some time. Check the method.
No matter how far technology comes, there will always be a certain respect for the old school. One of the first things people of my generation remember from the digital world are 8-Bit images. That being said, getting a look at certain CGI heavy movies from an 8-bit perspective is quite an interesting thing. Check the method below.
While writing this blog, there’s nothing more frustrating than seeing amazing artwork, and not finding out all the information about the person who created it. These awesome sketch pieces come from Wesley Burt. His work is incredibly detailed, and wildly imaginative, but all I was about to gather is that he’s based out of my current city of San Francisco. Check the method.
Superheroes have always been pretty damn cool. But in the 90s, thanks mainly to Joel Schumacher, they started to descend into embarrassment. Cut to 2012 and things are rather different. With a range of acclaimed, non-garish outings, superheroes are officially “in” again… Thanks mainly to Christopher Noland. Proof of this fact can be found right in front of your eyes. This selection of posters gives a classy art deco spin to some iconic justice-seekers. They’ve all been created by the very talented Grégoire Guillemin.
Earlier this year, the angular and colorful illustrations of Star Wars characters by UK-based illustrator and animator Liam Brazier drew everyone’s attention. In addition to the Start Wars characters that in their clunkiness lend themselves to geometric treatments, Brazier has also attacked several popular super heroes with his style of illustration. What makes Brazier’s work even more interesting is that the illustrations are not created in Illustrator using vectors. Instead, he draws each shape with Photoshop’s polygonal selection tool and then fills them in with color. Further than that, the way he named his super hero collection was incredibly unique. Check the method below.
Mad Man
Running Man
Hang Man
Cave Man
Man Up
The few different styles of movie posters, album covers, and most popular media seem to be a dime a dozen now a days, but graphic artist Tyler Stout is trying to change that. His unique, and multilayered designs, are far more than eye catching. When compared to the official designs of the projects he’s chosen to replicate, his graphic illustrations are above and beyond. This is only a small portion of his collection, but check out tstout.com for more.
And of course... My obvious favorite.
Around the holidays, everyone is looking for that perfect card to say exactly what they want. Some folk write their own cards, others buy them, and then there are the few that pick from e-cards and just email them to people. Until this morning, I was under the impression that the e-card sender were weak… but when I saw someecards.com my mind was blown. Regardless of the intent you may have, they have a perfectly twisted card for you. For the first time in life, I’ve seen a collection of cards that sound just like things I would write if I knew no one would read them. Check out all the 20,000 + cards they have. Brilliant.
ALRIGHT, lets get down to me shooting myself in the foot. For anyone who knows me personally, and my battle with cigarettes, I’m sure I’ll come under a bit of fire for posting this. (But who cares). Regardless of the criticism, I think all the ads in the anti-smoking collection are very well thought out, and extremely attention grabbing. Some of the images in the collection caused a bit of controversy due to the images, but to be 100% honest, graphic and shocking is what someone needs when starting down the road to quitting.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, one of my (ignorant) cousins made a comment something to the effect of “All your friends are club promoters, strippers, and rappers“, which is beyond untrue. I spend quite a bit of time hanging out with people in other professions as well, (lawyers, psychotherapists, geologists, rocket scientists, and even a high school math teacher) so when I saw this collection dedicated to the bookworms, I knew I had to put it up. Illustrations for Nerds in Love is the title of this great poster project made by Nicole Martinez, a designer from Boston, MA. These are love illustrations for the geek in all of us, regardless of your profession. For some of these prints you need some chemistry knowledge but if you know the basics, you’ll understand these prints and I’m sure they’ll make you smile.
Historically Hardcore is a series of promo posters designed by Jenny Burrows and Matt Kappler as part of a portfolio project. The Smithsonian was unaware of their creation until the clever ads went viral, at which point the Smithsonian asked Jenny to remove them from her portfolio or edit out any mention of the esteemed museum. However, the posters themselves (which ARE historically accurate) would be quite amazing to see as actual ads if there were more of them.
Some designers, no matter what their focus may be, you’ve got your simplistic designers, your methodical, your emotional, and your detail oriented designers, and those different mindsets always tend to translate into their work. But it’s a bit difficult for me to think about what spark of genius goes through the mind of Tarik Mikou. Mikou’s designs just wow me, even as I’m writing this I keep stopping to look at the pictures again. The compositions vary from simple to complex, the colors range from bland to vibrant, and the only thing that stays constant is how impressive they all are. Check the method.
My close friends and I have always been amazed by the style and unique styles of different cultures, and Japanese design is no exception. In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan embraced new forms of graphic design as waves of social change swept across the nation. This collection of 20 posters, magazine covers and advertisements offer a glimpse at some of the prevailing tendencies in a society transformed by the growth of modern industry and technology. Although my boys and I have been inspired by the Japanese culture, its very true that the popularity of Western art and culture, and the emergence of leftist political thought played a giant role in influenced the direction of Japanese art. Check the method below.
It’s a little known fact that I have a slight infatuation with retro propaganda, its honestly just really interesting to me, and it doesn’t get any better than when people take modern concepts and portray them in an accurate old school style. (Much like the “Time Travelers” post I threw up about a month ago) So when I came across a series of posters designed by the Moma Propaganda firm, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. The ad campaign entitled “Everything Ages Fast” was created for the Maximidia Seminars, check the method.
