Visual Design Assignment 1

Outline Essay
1920s magazine cover poster

Cosmopolitan 1920s inspired magazine cover

This poster was inspired by 1920s fashion magazines. I looked up old Cosmopolitan magazines and tried to replicate them in my own style.

Fonts used: Perpetua Titling MT, Poor Richard, Monotype Corsiva, Nicholas Cochin, Modern No.20

Techniques used: digital painting, HSL shift adjustment, recolour adjustment, mesh warp, curves adjustment, typography and character manipulation

File size: 683KB | File dimensions: 595x841

1960s magazine cover poster

Vogue 1960s inspired magazine cover

This is another illustration magazine cover, reflecting the vibe of the 60s.

Fonts used: Bodoni MT, Baskerville Old Face, Bell MT

Techniques used: digital painting, typography and character manipulation

File size: 1.06MB | File dimensions: 596x842

The Great Gatsby party poster

The Great Gatsby inspired party poster

Taking inspiration from the Art Deco movement, I made a Great Gatsby inspired promotional event poster.

Fonts used: Arkadelphia, Breamcatcher, Coventry Garden, Grenadier NF, Park Lane NF

Techniques used: vector design, FX, typography and character manipulation

File size: 134KB | File dimensions: 596x842

Untold festival poster

Untold EDM festival inspired poster

Taking inspiration from the EDM world which is loud and full of bright neon colours, I created this festival promotional poster.

Fonts used: Crostan, World of Water, Gill Sans MT Condensed,

Techniques used: combining multiple images, selection and cropping, FX, masks, vector design, gradient map adjustments, depth of field blur, curves adjustments, colour balance adjustments, vignette, typography and character manipulation

File size: 1.74MB | File dimensions: 595x842

Futuristic city view

Futuristic neon city view

Taking inspiration from CyberPunk and other games, I came up with this idea.

Techniques used: combining multiple images, selection and cropping, masks, curves adjustments, vibrance adjustments, depth of field blur

File size: 1.97MB | File dimensions: 593x840

Two cheetahs in safari

Cheetahs in the safari

I wanted to explore photo collage and further push my abilities in photo manipulation. This image was created from three different images, with the tree branches being carefully edited.

Techniques used: combining multiple images, smudge tool, inpainting tool, erase tool, masks, depth of field blur, field blur, curves adjustments, vibrance adjustments

File size: 2.37MB | File dimensions: 595x842