Famed British poster artist was asked by Wired.com to design, or I should say, RE-design movie posters for the original Star Wars Trilogy. “It was so intimidating!” the artist told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. “There is such a wealth of great Star Wars art out there already, from paid professionals and from enthusiastic fans. I suppose my main aim was to make a set of Star Wars posters that were a little different from what people are used to seeing.. || Continue Reading →
If you have been following my previous few entries in this series, you will know that I have been left than satisfied with the amount of great poster designs that were on display in the mid-1980′s. Then 1986 comes along, and there is quite a number of great poster designs to be found in the Archives of Old. Below is my assessment of those that are worth mentioning and giving 2 cents about…. Dream Lover I’m digging the strong verticle rip down the layout with.. || Continue Reading →
Ahhh… 1985. My first rock concert. My first car. My first’s of many things as I was mid-way through my high school years. Good times. That being said, I was rather disappointed in the number of note-worthy movie posters of this year. However, the four that are listed are here because of some really good design aspects. The Color Purple A very memorable film and a very memorable poster design. The bold use of high-contrasting color that utilizes Whoopi’s.. || Continue Reading →
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Note: This was my first blog entry first posted in 2008. Having recently popped in my Blu-Ray version of The Dark Knight, I was reminded of why I wrote this in the first place. For those who have yet to read it, I hope it gives you something to think about. I went and saw the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, last night with a friend and as I was pondering the excellence of this movie this morning during my commute to work, I began to relish my long-ago love for superheros.. || Continue Reading →
1984 was a big year. I was entering highschool as a Freshman, the world was watching to see if Orwell’s predictions of apocalypse were going to be true, and we had a few great movies that helped define the decade (Footloose, The Breakfast Club, Terminator). Unfortunately, I didn’t find it so overwhelmingly satisfied with the choice of bitchin’ and rad movie posters. Every designer at the time was kinda doing the same thing. Montage paintings, a lackluster.. || Continue Reading →
It’s that time again when I need to continue to move along the time stream through the ’80s and address any movie posters that really stood out to me. Again, I base the criteria on a few factors: innovative design techniques, intriguing imagery to help convey the message of the movie, risky or bold color choices, great use of typography, and basically any technique that was employed to help break away from the same old cookie-cutter designs that the rest of Hollywood.. || Continue Reading →
Alas, the roundup for the year 1982 for movie posters was a bit lacking in quantity. However, there were a few that I feel need to be mentioned for again, trying to do something different, or visually strategic in the way of layout, color, or visual direction. Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid While the splapstick of this movie wasn’t the best, I loved the homage it paid to the era of the Gumshoe in the 20′s and 30′s. And it’s poster really captured that. .. || Continue Reading →
While the neon-bright colors of the 80′s were just starting to get going in the color palettes of graphic designers during this time, it is interesting to note that there were a lot of good movie posters designs that decided to keep it simple and just go with black and white. While a few of those b/w posters made it in my list, there were some others that used color and a few other innovative conventions of design to make their posters stand out from the pack. Blow Out What.. || Continue Reading →
It was the start of a decade of big hair, checkerboard Vans, and the introduction of music videos. In the realm of graphic design, it was the year of bright, neon color palettes, airbrushed illustrations, and geometric shapes that showed up in everything from album covers and magazines to… you guessed it, movie posters. However, the full effect of this shift was not yet apparent in the first year, that is 1980. However, that doesn’t mean the year was short of a few,.. || Continue Reading →
If you grew up in the 1980′s, one of the most pinnacle movies that helped shape a generation was The Breakfast Club. And the pioneer behind it and many other great movies of the 80′s was John Hughes. After his death, many communities held their own tribute film festivals that paid homage to the film great. Creative designer and illustrator Troy DeShano designed a series of minimalistic posters that helped promote one of these film festivals celebrating the life.. || Continue Reading →
