Photoshop- Band Poster.

Wedge Magnet.

What came first with designing this make believe band poster? Being given a randomly generated band name. Wedge magnet. 
Wedge magnet is what I was given and that's what I shall roll with! I originally though it reminded me of 'chic magnet' or 'sex magnet' so I was trying to come up with this over sexualised band that really believes its the most attractive thing going. I found this idea amusing but I didn't really have any interest in that as a band personally, not my cup of tea. 
I decided to take a step back and go through my Spotify, I mainly listen to heavier music that isn't necessarily 'chic magnet' material. then it hit me. I was wearing my baby metal band shirt while trying to think of a genre. Japanese heavy metal! Not only am I personally attracted to metal posters and bands, I also find the thought of a Japanese band not caring that wedge magnet being a cool name got lost in translation a little. 

Inspiration.

Here is a picture of the band crossfaith, To give you an idea of what kind of band Id like to portray these guys are who I am going to imagine while creating my poster. A Japanese metal core band that sings mostly in English, perfect!

Above are some of the posters from bands I love that stand out to me, some are legitimate merch, others fanart. but regardless all look striking and I would like to aim for a similar feel.

WolfSkullJack:
This artist has been one I have looked up to for years. I have always wanted to study her work and be inspired by it too but as I usually don't work digitally or with linework I haven't had the chance. As I have permission to make m own imagery for this entirely today I have decided to reference this artwork. I would love to try and get some aspect of detail in my drawing similar to how she does in her work.

Thumbnails.

Making the imagery.

I started by taking a photo of my favourite thumbnail and enlarging it in photoshop. I wanted to make this image look printed from the get go and so I used the select and fill tool to colour everything. I used my wacom tablet to do all of the linework. after lining the wolf I decided to add more detail.

I am so happy with how the linework turned out with his fur. I kept referencing 'WolfSkullJack' s instagram and I am so happy to finally use her work as a reference. I enjoyed doing this even though it took a lot longer then it usually would for me to do detail i'm glad I got to explore it.

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Here I played around with the lighting and I am very happy with how it lightens up the fur.

Editing a vintage poster.

I didnt even know where to start with editing so I looked it up on youtube and this was the video I found the most helpful.

I was quite happy with how the test with making the poster look 'vintage' turned out. After adding the overlays and creases I think it brings the image to life as a poster, saying that, doing this test made me realise I wanted to change the image some still. I wanted to play around with the title and possibly add more candles to make the bottom of the page a little more busy.

Final tweaks.

I wanted to see how the poster would look with the other favourite font, I tried it out and with a couple different colours and ended up preferring my first chosen font.

​I also moved the candles around and added a couple extra to make the bottom of the poster a little more heavy.
(it helped making the linework a little less chunky too)

Final poster.

Illustrator- Pop Culture Pins.

First Things first, to look at some already existing pins.

I first started out looking at spongebobs hat, I decided to copy a clear image and trace it as I found this to be the best way to learn. My very first attempt (to the left) I only used the curved line tool I wasn't too happy with how this turned out so I tried again with using shapes. I find making the basic shapes then editing them after very useful.
As A first attempt I was rather pleased.

While making squid wards house I think I was finally starting to get a grip on illustrator as a whole. I think this was much more successful than the hat, I also found this to be much quicker to make. I think is because i'm starting to understand the programme better.

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Here, as you can see the image looks pretty much like it was copied and pasted straight from the cartoon. I don't want this. I want the pins to look like my own. Although I am pleased that ive managed to get it so close to the original, I feel I need to add personal touch to these designs. I don't want them to look like copies.
Rather than just making imagery that comes to my head I think I am gonna sketch up some more thought out designs.