Adventures in Graphic Design

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Some bands just make me want to draw.  I’ve seen Opus X perform for the 4 Sundays.  I made a flyer for them when they first started, and I figured it was time for something new.  I initially drafted a picture of the band members dancing on top of a hand holding a chord (the sketch is below), but I realized that there was too much going on there.  I took pictures of the band members, though, so I’ll draw their portraits for a different project.

I’ll take you through the process…

The final 17″x22″ image:
(I’m not sure about the yellow/green background)

opus x flyer 2 web

With a magenta background:

opus x flyer 2 web purple

Just white:

opus x flyer 2 web white

The line drawings:

opus x flyer 2 web lines opus x flyer 2 web lines simple

The photo and some of the typography:

opus x flyer 2 web photo and text

My original sketch:

opus x flyer 2 web sketch

2 responses to “Adventures in Graphic Design”

  1. Calgary Avatar
    Calgary

    like the colors

  2. Lobster McGee Avatar
    Lobster McGee

    “I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what’s your line
    He said it’s eatin’ purple people and it sure is fine
    But that’s not the reason that I came to land
    I wanna get a job in a rock and roll HAND”

    …get it? Rock and roll HAND?

    Okay not that funny. But you really NAILED the fingertips here

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