Minimalist Posters

I have a bit of a love of minimalist film posters, and there are quite a few floating around on the web at the moment by different designers, but these star wars planet posters by Justin Van Genderen recently caught my eye. I absolutely love them. The mix of textures and mark making with simple digital graphics and strong, simple type makes these look really great, particularly as a set. Being a bit of a Star Wars fan myself, I wouldn't mind a couple of these on my wall......

Adam Thurland

I came across these cool film posters by Adam Thurland, created for a Quentin Tarantino film week. He explains the concept behind them :

"Each poster explores character interaction within scenes, displayed using a circular
mapping system." 

 

I thought this was a really interesting way of creating something from the films; kind of maths meets storytelling, whilst still looking visually interesting and engaging. I've posted a few examples below.... 

 

 

Stolen Peace Previews

Check out the Stolen Peace album and single previews on youtube, which include some of my artwork....

The Warriors

Whilst browsing the web looking for the poster for one of my favourite films, The Warriors, I found a few cool versions created by different illustrators. It seems to be one of those films people like to make their own posters for, probably because there is just something cool about the film. I guess I would describe it as a cult film, made in 1979 and set in New York city. It follows a gang call 'the warriors' as they try to get across the city, passing through the territories of loads of different gangs. Although the film looks a bit dated now, what i love about it is the simple story, and all the different gangs and their amazing costumes, who literally just hang around all wearing the same clothes. There are real distinctions and differences created between them with their names and clothes, and they visually look great. I mean who wouldn't want to dress up as a raging baseball player with face paint?.......no? just me? Anyway, I posted some of the different posters I found below, including one by someone I looked at last year, Tom Whalen, who I'll post about separately soon......

(p.s. check out the film if you can, or even the game.........then go buy me a baseball furies t-shirt.)

Original Movie Poster

Tom Whalen

Tomer Hanuka

Eric Tan

Tyler Stout

Nate Duval

Found some really nice screenprints by illustrator Nate Duval. He apparently prints these using normal house paint, sounds like a good idea, he must work quickly though! Really love the detail and colour schemes he's used here....

Bernard Barry

I really love this 50's inspired identity/brand scheme created by graphic designer Bernard Barry. The type, visuals and colours work perfectly. Check t'out......

Fernando Leal

Fernando Leal is a London based illustrator and animator originally from Brazil. I came across his website a while ago, so I'm finally getting round to posting about him. I love his use of old lined paper and graph paper, that both create texture and pattern in his work as well as acting as a kind of guide to the shapes of his figures. I've posted some examples below, more of which can be found at his website. Happy viewing!

Fraser Davidson

I was sent a link to some videos by Fraser Davidson the other week, and his animations are so cool I thought I'd post one on here. He's done loads of other motion graphic based stuff which you can check out on his site, just give his name a click. The one below is a short section of an animation of a poem by comedian Tim Minchin. I really love the style of it, the kind of old flickery quality and the use of typography in the middle section. Have a butchers below.....

Stolen Peace Album Cover

I did a competition brief to create an album cover for a Manchester band called Stolen Peace. It was a bit of an experiment with digital collage and hand drawing which I had fun doing. Ive posted my cover below with some colour alternatives and an extra couple of images that relate to a couple of the songs. Give 'em a click if you wanna inspect them Columbo style...

Jason Munn - The Small Stakes

I recently saw a book of music posters by Jason Munn entitled The Small Stakes, which is also the name of his design studio. It was full of page after page of really cool music posters, all were these kind of simple graphic style illustrations, utilising imagery and type together to create something eye catching. Many of the designs use imagery of one object to help create an image of another object...you'll see what I mean from the images below. I think they are really clever and he really has an eye for colour, often only using one or two different colours to create posters that are high impact. Love 'em...