For this, I started off with a sketch in Photoshop and roughly made a faux low-poly triangle/polygon mesh using the brush tool. From there, I imported the picture into Illustrator and used the pen tool to create a whole bunch of no-fill-solid-outline triangles that matched my mesh. After that, I copied the final mesh and then took the original, removed the outlines, and then eyedropper tool'd the polygons for the correct color fill. For the background, I made a rough blob with the pencil tool then copied that before applying a 3D wireframe outline to it. The white door was made with the rectangle tool and the perspective selection tool. The last step was some minor color correction in Photoshop.
I playing with more black and purple on this poster might be interesting, like making the background black and the shatter detail white with a purple cubic outline behind the man's bust.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you used the 3D tool to make the weird geometric extruding shape behind the door as an outline. I think that giving the figure all the skin tones is adding too much, because this is a really solid black and white design on its own.
I really like the idea behind this and I think you pulled it off with for the most part. The fragmentation of the background along with the sketchiness of the edges is nicely done. The only part of this that kind of bothers me is that I can't really see the features of the character's face. Maybe make it a little more detailed, unless of course obscurity is what you were going for.
ReplyDeleteThe geometric effect you got in this is really interesting. I also really like the fact that the illustration is centered and isolated from the text. I do think that you playing around with color in those shapes and lines could have been really successful as well. Either that or making it completely black and white without the skin tones.
ReplyDeleteToo cool! You're definitely taking advantage of the awesome parts of illustrator. However even though it's super visually interesting, it still feels a bit jumbled. I think it could be helped even more by a second stab at composition. Honestly though that'd be something to think about with your next project because this look great.
ReplyDeleteWoah- color me impressed with the geometry. Between the gradients, coloring and composition, there is a lot to be proud of here. The only thing that really strikes me as being incomplete (and I had to work to find this) is the fact I feel there should be some light radiating from the door- since there isn't it feels somewhat flat.
ReplyDeleteYou really did a great job in creating the man in the foreground. At the beginning I was thinking that you created the figure by using the 3D tool on illustrator but now I realize that you just redrew and put color to the figure.
ReplyDeleteTthe brown paper and the lettering that you used gives to the poster a more classy look.
This is very well executed! The shapes are really impressive, and you did a really good job with the colors. The only thing I might say is the door does feel a bit flat.
ReplyDeleteEverything about this piece is so immaculately detailed but I really just want to point out that A+ plus gradient, like damn. I'm dig it so hard. Your font choice is spot on as well - I love the elegant quality it has going on in combination with the graphic detail work!
ReplyDeleteThose polygons are simply fascinating to look at. I could get lost staring at your work with not only the figure, but the complex background as well, and it's just captivating. The limited use of color, the unique forms floating in space(which is beautifully balanced with the softly gradiented negative space behind it), the sophisticated text usage, it is all presented very professionally. Really great work.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool technique for illustrating the scene. I like how you're using the different echoed shapes to help bring the piece together. All of the triangles are working really well to create tension - the only place it feels kind of off is the door. The reason I say that is because it's so straight-on - and doesn't have any of the same kind of angles that you use in the rest of the piece, maybe you could stylize it a bit differently? Maybe it doesn't have to be like a real door? It might give you some flexibility to stress the fractal-looking patterns even more, and help it fit in. I think you could also see what it might look like making some of hte linework in the background be a medium grey rather than black? Maybe it would make the piece feel like it has a bit more depth or atmosphere. I love the graphic quality of this one and think it's an awesome answer to the prompt. The last thing I 'd say is that you could use the align tool to straighten out your type - the top one looks like it's a little to the right. And maybe adding a secondary font for the small text below would let you have a better hierarchy for the image. Great job overall - really nice work on this one!
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