Film Poster- Commission
Proposal & Ideation
This commission was meant to begin promoting an independent film that was still being filmed. A simple illustration was requested to be used as a film poster. I was provided with photos of the actors in the film as reference, and began planning.
There wasn’t too much information about the film available just yet, but I was informed that it had a solemn tone about the relationship between the the two leads.
Preliminary Sketches
This is the very first draft, meant for planning the overall layout. The notes I received were to keep the images closer to a simplified line drawing. To fit the theme of the film, there ended up being more utilization of negative space between the figures.
Refining the Imagery
I continued to simplify the lines in the figures- this image is in the middle of that process. The simplification and negative space get pushed further to aline thematically with the film.
The final poster utilizes these qualities to imply loneliness. The exaggerated space between the figures brings attention to the “broken connection” between them.
Final Thoughts
Again, this film had not yet been completed at the time of the commission. There were not any stills from filming that could be used for PR, so this is the first indicator of tone for the upcoming film.
I was honored to be a part of this project, and am thrilled that the film producer was happy with the final product! It is always gratifying to see something I’ve worked on being utilized by others, no matter how big or small. That being said, I found this process exciting, and would look forward to working on similar projects in the future.