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)
With a magenta background:
Just white:
The line drawings:
The photo and some of the typography:
My original sketch:
like the colors
“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