For the movie poster I decided to re-create, I chose Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro. I started out using the pen tool to create Totoro's body and face. I used the direct selection tool as best as I could to adjust Totoro's body proportions so that he was able to resemble the original. After that I created circles using the shape tool, but I wanted a more soft, lumpy circles so I used the pucker tool to create small little lumps around my circles. After I was happy with the shape I created, i used the clipping mask tool to create textures on all my little circles and threw them into the background. To finish it off I grabbed a papery texture and played around with the blending options eventually choosing the multiply option giving the poster a old papery feel.
This one looks so good dude! The warmth of the texture really brings out the warmth of the movie. I also love the incorporation of Japanese type which makes it really stick out and since it is such an iconic movie, almost everyone knows where we could track down the actual info. Awesome work.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really sweet poster, the soft and antique colors are really comforting to me? Over all this is a super solid piece, the color pallet, Japanese font and the texture all work together really well. I can't actually think about anything I would change about this!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! The use of the original Japanese text is a nice touch, and I really like looking at the floating blobs in the background. The paper texture might be a bit too yellowed, but this would look even better with a little bit of color touch ups in Photoshop.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with everyone else. This is so true to the original movie. I think that it does look a little too dark. Maybe if you changed the opacity of the textures?
ReplyDeleteIt would have been really interesting if you had changed the character a little bit too. Making it more realistic? Or what if it was more minimalist? I think having it more realistic would have been interesting-- that's just an idea.
You really seemed to capture the likeness of Totoro in shape. I also really like the simple textured shapes in the background. It represents the playfulness of the movie. The one thing I would probably change is how the paper texture is a little to opaque. It takes away from the original color palette too much.
ReplyDeleteThis really turned out so well. It lends itself to the movie perfectly using the colors and simplicity of the design. I also think it was a really good choice to use the japanese characters rather than the english title.
ReplyDeleteI like the use of texture on the circles cause that just seems so perfect for this movie and Ghibli's stylings. Same goes for the color choice and decision to use Japanese characters instead of an English translation. My only suggestion would be a maybe a second pass at rendering Totoro cause he looks a little lopsided.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you went the extra mile with the Japanese Hiragana as opposed to an English font, Alex. The textures in the little ball things (eloquent description, I know) really help with the image as well- I can see them swirling about in my mind. That said, I feel like Totoro feels a little flat and having him covered with the sepia-tone pushes him back into the composition. I think if you had just put him on a layer above that and had him unaffected by the color it would have made him pop forward more. Don't mistake that for anything other than constructive criticism however, you still did a great job!
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done with this! I had to laugh because his face is HUGE -- which totally makes sense. I think the way you used the pattern in the background is fantastic. The linework in the pattern and the paper texture not only gives the whole poster a very authentic look to it (and by that, I mean that it looks like it belongs together, and that it is very intentional looking). I love the vignette that happens around the whole poster as if it's old - that is really nice as well and I know it comes from your paper overlay, right? But It does such a good job of also unifying the colors in the piece. The only thing that bugs me is that the type at the top is a little off center! You could grab all the type and use the ALIGN tool to snap it to the center of the design, that way it'll all be perfectly centered! Great job on this one. Nice use of materials and textures!
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