WIP Fake movie poster design

[Cati]

Hullo! :-)

Nice start you have here. I have few comments on the overall design. I really like what you have done with the letters and "S" with blood dripping. The poster doesn't however convey the feeling of fear (I don't know if it should - perhaps it's a comedy). The design lacks consistency a little bit, which is probably due to the white background. It causes the darker objects float seperately from eachother. One way it could be dealt with is cropping in closer to the zombie and overlapping it with the movie's name. I like the trace of film on the right but it's the only thing connecting the name to the rest of the picture. The green colour of the movie's name is also a bit lonely there and adds to the inconsistency. Either add something with similar green to the lower half of the picture or change the colour of the letters closer to the palette of the picture..

But they'e just my thoughts.. :-)

[CybrGfx]

Great poster.

I like the background, with the cityscape and the film edge. The type on the film could be eliminated, though. It is too dominant a visual element, and reads as part of your movie information.

I think your self portrait came out pretty good, but he looks too much like he just came out of a freezer, and is still thawing. Too many blue tones. I'd desaturate a bit, and add some patches(subtle) of yellow tones to show he is "turning". Your overall image is too cool, so any warmth you add will help.

The hair and beard look a bit too scribbled and inconsistent, which is a distraction, and the crude outline around the suit looks very rough. If you clean those two areas up, it would help the overall poster effect immensely.

Really creative idea. Nice work.

[swirlee]

thanks for the comments!

Cati

I played around with the "zombies" type at the top and you were right. I changed up the color to match the overall pallet. This made it come together a lot more.

CybrGfx

I understand what you're saying about him looking cold instead of zombified. I will see what I can do. I am a real novice when it comes to painting anything representational in PShop, but I will see what I can do!


No one mentioned anything about the type at the bottom. Either no one thinks my humor is funny (which is a distinct possibility) or no one has read it all yet.

[Chriz5]

Hello there,

maybe you can reduce or remove the black of the pupils in his eyes to make him more zombiefied. Empty eyes are for me a signal that this person is dead or in this case... undead.



Christoph

[carlosrok]

Hi,

I think you should use some more dark colors, its colors are very clear for a film with zombies. But this is a great job.

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