EP: Travelling Man Poster

Recently I took on a brief in which a group of level 6 students will each produce a poster for the Travelling Man Comic Store in conjunction with Thought Bubble 2015. I accepted this as it is a great opportunity for a wide range of people to see my work, and because I love comics.

Initially I decided to create a piece about a girl who falls in love with comics, this would be a poster but would have a small narrative to it. Evidence of this piece can be seen below;

However upon talking to the others in the group I realised a more commercial subject would be needed, with people making work about, My Neighbour Totoro, Futurama and The Dollars Trilogy. With this in mind I decided to put to use my Star Lord piece, which would now act as an A2 print for Travelling Man and separate A3 prints for Thought Bubble.

One rule of the poster design was that could only use these colours;

This helped resolve the earlier issue I had with my Star-Lord piece and its moody tones, which would now be brightened up with these colours. I spent a day playing around with these colours until I ended up with a variation I was happy with. Here is an example below, with the final outcome below that;