Posts tagged: design
Ed Wood by Dean Martin
American Psycho by Dan Sherratt
Kama Sutra by Malika Favre
This cover was rejected by Penguin for being too tame and not sexy enough.
This is the rider from the previous post, I accidentally blended styles here, but I mostly wanted to try to show the different layers to the things the people of this world wear.
Three layers for the desert, tight, protective black under layer; looser brown mid later; light apron on top. Boots, gloves, goggles and respirator (last two unseen). I don’t know much about this world, but I do like it as a thing to pick at. I look forward to designing the comparable male outfit.
People in this world do have regular 5 fingered hands, I was just a it lazy with that detail for this, I mostly wanted to get the outfit down.
Salvador Dali’s Chupa Chups Lollipops Logo
“Acutely aware of presentation, Dalí insisted that his design be placed on top of the lolly, rather than the side, so that it could always be viewed intact. It’s proved to be one of the most enduring pieces of branding ever and one that’s still used today, four billion sales later.”
(via Co.Design)
Confessions of a Designer - Quotes from the world of design (by Anneke Short )
All of these.
Might I add two of my personal faves?
“What. Pay you for a simple illustration? Can’t you do that, like, in between your other drawings?”
- Fuck you?
“I have a friend who has a friend who knows someone who would do this for free, you know?”
- Then let that person do it for you because I definitely won’t.
I know all of these painfully well. :T Design work. Lulz.
The only change I’d make to these would be to remove that idiotic looking faux-crease thing. I understand it’s supposed to be a posted without that crinkle texture added, it doesn’t add to the comprehension of the design.
I sincerely love the Universal logo.
Well, except for the next to last one. I don’t care much for that one for some reason.
The fifth one is probably the best thing ever.
Universal Pictures will be marking its 100th Anniversary in 2012. As Director of Archives & Collections for NBCUniversal, I am charged with keeping a vast record of the amazing work produced by our company. Part of that is also reflecting back on how our illustrious company has evolved over the past 100 years and looking at the tradition of re-imagining our logo to commemorate significant milestones.
I’m excited to share with you a recount of the many evolutions our logo has taken over the years.
Legend has it that Carl Laemmle named the company after seeing a “Universal Pipe Fittings” truck pass by his New York office window. Though our name may have been inspired by a whim, today Universal is considered a pioneer in cinematic history. Our logo symbolizes the films we’ve created which have not only impacted millions, but also helped tell the story of filmmaking.
The Universal logo has gone on to change over the years since 1912. From the silent logo of UNIVERSAL FILMS encircling the globe…to the ‘droning propeller plane circling the globe’ that marked the arrival of sound…and finally, to today’s more modern and vivid Universe—the Universal logo has reflected the evolution of film.
Today, we are unveiling the new still of the Universal logo for our centennial and giving you a special look into our logo’s progression over the years. We thank you for being a part of our history and invite you to join us in the 100th anniversary celebration. It’s going to be an exciting year and I am thrilled to be documenting the entire celebration for our company!
Knowledge is Power.
Doctor Who by Travis English
I’ve spoken about movie posters a few other times but this is a bit different, and a lot shorter. (the initial rant is shorter but my examples not so much. )
I miss the old painted posters. They had a different sort of life and appeal as opposed to taking one round of promo shots then pasting and re-pasting them together awkwardly to make a modern movie poster. Not all of the old style of posters were perfect but it was nice to get an odd hint at multiple aspects of a movie, such as the hero AND villain, instead of one image with just a hero pose. I’d like the modern photo shoot ones more if more often they were shot that way and not pasted together later. Lighting and layering is still odd.
Example time!
Rich paintings that show heroes, villains, side characters and the environment for the movie. You get a bit to expect.
Photo edits that show some of the environment but are mostly edits from a a day or a few days of photo shoots.
(I love Rashida Jones but her dead smile here is creepy. Does this movie take place in a void?)
Here’s a small comparison from a few different genre of movies where I’m not saying it’s poor poster design I’m saying they’re not as engaging in a way because of how little they tell. The Inception ones hint at the world of the movie not being entirely real, Sherlock Holmes just tells me that it’s a period movie. I also think that the post-shoot cleaning up and air-brushing is distracting because they don’t quite look like real people, there’s just a little something missing.
Schindler’s List by Ilan Lapides
What?
What is this bullshit?
What does this mean?
What does this have to do with the movie? A red dot on a tan-brown field, what? No. What is the point of a minimalist movie poster that tells nothing of the narrative, nothing to expect by who’s in it or anything. This is why I don’t like minimalism, were this a real movie poster I’d pass by it an not give it 2 thoughts. The beige-tan-brown is an easy color to ignore and there’s nothing going on here. It’s just like what I was saying before, if you want to attract someone who doesn’t know anything about the narrative, don’t use obscure shit. It’s about a guy who saves a bunch of Polish Jewish people. Does this dot symbolize when someone got shot? What is it? I haven’t seen this movie, what is the point?
On his site he has one for the Matrix that is a white spoon on a green field. What does that have to do with the greater meaning of the movie?
There, now we can all stop doing faux-vintage minimalist posters, right?
I agree with this forever.
apparently ross campbell, pretty much my favorite comic artist, is going to be apart of the relaunch of an image comic, glory. the first picture is the original design for glory, and the second is his.
all i can say is GOD BLESS ROSS CAMPBELL.
i met him this weekend and talked to him about seinfeld for like 10 minutes and didnt know who it was until after he left
Ross can make anything good, he really can.
Why Cleavage is Bad for Crimefighting
Don’t mind occasional cleavage, but almost all of these things have crossed my mind at some point.
I don’t dislike the idea of there being fan-made minimalist movie posters, I disagree with how terrible they have the potential to be. Too often the poster is of an esoteric object that doesn’t mean anything unless you’ve seen the movie. They’re nothing that really grabs an audience’s attention to make them want to learn anything else about the film. They also fall too often into the habit of being a centered 2D object on a field of color with the text in Helvetica. One thing I dislike more is the use of bathroom symbol iconography, or the symbols used in signs. Rather it’s their over use, it’s too generic. I understand people want something minimal, but there’s not enough character to make the poster interesting for me. I follow Minimalist Movie Posters which is a combination of amateur and professional posters and I’m contemplating unfollowing because the posters far too often are not interesting to me.
My issues with some minimal posters:
- Boring design
- Uninteresting layout
- Too vague
- Repetitive
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Examples!
2001: A Space Odyssey: Hey, this is one family of Helvetica on a blank wall. Too much text, (I didn’t like it on the Social Network posters) the text is repetitive and this doesn’t tell me what the movie is. What good is this poster? It’s a poor knock off of a poster I don’t like to begin with and doesn’t really give me any lead for the narrative.
The Escapist (2007): The centered issue is kind of balanced out and dominoes is a very linear game so that’s not as bad as it could be. The subscript at the bottom of the page and the title lead the audience to understanding it’s a prison break movie, or an escape movie. I’ve seen it and think this is a strong poster that doesn’t give away anything and isn’t so vague that is might not pique someone’s interesting.
Super 8: This is actually really interesting. I haven’t seen the movie and know minimal from the trailers and having not looked up much, but this poster gives some information without making me feel alienated.
Glengarry Glen Ross: I’ve seen this movie and don’t get what this is referencing, unless it’s the dotted line that customers need to sign on. If so, seriously?
True Grit: Rooster’s eyepatch, off centered with a bit of line variation to give it the perception of being on an eye. Another poster that is a vague object and nothing about what happens in the movie.
Psycho: This is a fantastic minimalist poster, it is subtle in the information it conveys. I kind of wish it told a bit more about the movie but it is interesting to look at and what everything represents. Having seen the movie and everyone knows this scene it makes more sense then it might have had I not known what I do know but as an image it’s strong, in my mind.
Eat, Pray, Love: Centered object that represents the title and no helvetica. I know nothing about the movie, I never wanted to know anything (I don’t like Julia Roberts’ face so I don’t want to see many if any movies that she’s in) and this doesn’t make me want to seek out more information.
Snatch: Okay, are these supposed to be planes of the diamond? Are they like the pieces from tanagrams? And there’s the dog??? Those triangles are also difficult to read and what good is separated a 6 letter word on to two lines?
Goonies: This is fantastic! It’s a pirate or treasure movie. From this poster I’m intrigued, I want to know more! I’ve seen the movie and this tells enough for me to want to look up more, or to go and re-watch the DVD.
Esoteric Centered Objects!
Bathroom Iconography!
- Garden State: Still haven’t seen this, is a a travel movie? About a trans-person? A femme-dude? A masculine chick?
- Wilfred (television): ???
- Some Like It Hot: differently colored bathroom logos. Almost, but it’s a boring object.
- Kubrick Movies
It just doesn’t seem that creative to me to take a popular object from a movie and slap it somewhere in a field of color and call it a poster. I mean, yes, it is, but it leads to to no questions or answers about the narrative. It doesn’t really spark discussion for me. I know these aren’t all being used for the direct advertising so it has a different end goal but the objects used in a solo object submission just aren’t interesting.
I tried sharing some I liked and some I didn’t like. I’m far from saying I dislike minimalist posters, it’s just that some are really boring. I love the Nolan Batman posters, they tell very little about the movie, but side-by-side they’re an interesting narrative.
