End Of Summer Semester

With the summer semester approaching a blazing ending (weather and time..) I feel very fortunate that I will be continuing this class (to certain degree) in the fall, this will hopefully give me more time to 'tweak' what I've already done. In the time allotted I have been able to accomplish much, but nearly enough of what I would have liked to do. I'm very happy with how 'Rosencrantz' has turned out, as well as 'Christmas Carol.'

For the 'Christmas Carol poster, further revisions are to come as apparently the light from the candle doesn't seem to align with the shadow. Another aspect I would probably change is the font, as it's too similar to the font used for either 'Rosencrantz' or 'Brigadoon.'

For 'Brigadoon' the relative newcomer to the group, I wanted to convey a sense of mystery with this poster. Originally the idea was incorporate a postcard motif and work from there. Having met with Joseph, it was decided that I work from the theme I 'found' myself working in. If one were to analyze all three the central image is in the bottom left hand corner. For most people that means the natural flow would lead upwards and to the right.

Having worked with this idea I decided to depict a 'lover's embrace' if you will splashed against the moonlight. I'm still playing with the moon as I'm not quite pleased with the overall look as of yet. I am however pleased with the could cover around the moon. Originally planning on constructing a cloud in illustrator, I stumbled upon a snazzy set of brushes that made a more realstic form of cloud cover. One idea that could work however is combining the two ideas, incorporating a blend/blur into the illustrator file and then going over with the brush to give it more volume.

But what's that you say there was supposed to be FOUR posters and not three? Why yes there actually is, given time constraints due to some unforeseen circumstances I was only able to come up with a rough idea for 'Summer and Smoke,' having known very little about this story I hope that given it's an incomplete idea, it conveys the story's feel regardless.

Knowing very little about the story I found a general sense of isolation in the lead character's due to their flaws. In looking images this one drew me in the most. Attempting to mirror said theme of islolation I simply changed the color of the post. I also color timed the picture as the original had more of a April/Spring feel and not the summer one that I desired.

In the end this semester has gone by at a blazing pace and I look foward to what happens next. Perhaps Jerry and I could finally meet and see where this will go. Until next time, more to come...