Adventures in Graphic Design

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 Comments

  1. “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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