The Prefect Project Band Poster
Wizard Rock Band poster using multiple print processes
Wizard Rock Band poster using multiple print processes
In Print Production, my final project had to show the breadth of what I had learned during the course of the semester. Therefore, I had to pull out all the stops. I had to design three band posters, this is one of them. The hardest part was not so much designing the poster, but thinking of a good band. I didn't want to go with a band that was so commercially branded, so I went with a smaller band, that is actually some people I know.
'The Prefect Project' is a Wizard Rock band, which, if you don't know, is a band that came about because of the musicians love of Harry Potter and his world, and therefore write songs about Hogwarts and all that magical stuff. I obviously didn't want to go anywhere overtly 'magical' with this design, avoiding the Potter lightning bolt like the plague. Instead I focused more on the 'Prefect' aspect of the band. Prefects bring up images of swotty know-it-alls running around in school uniforms and making sure everyone is behaving. I instantly thought of a school tie. I chose the blue colors of Ravenclaw, even though most of the band is Slytherin, I just couldn't bring myself to do that house's colors.
The background is a pattern made up of instructions on how to tie and tie. The main tie itself would be embossed and debossed to create a nice tactile surface, and would also show some of the techniques available to use in print. Also, a false duotone and metallic PMS colors to round out the depth of my print knowledge.
'The Prefect Project' is a Wizard Rock band, which, if you don't know, is a band that came about because of the musicians love of Harry Potter and his world, and therefore write songs about Hogwarts and all that magical stuff. I obviously didn't want to go anywhere overtly 'magical' with this design, avoiding the Potter lightning bolt like the plague. Instead I focused more on the 'Prefect' aspect of the band. Prefects bring up images of swotty know-it-alls running around in school uniforms and making sure everyone is behaving. I instantly thought of a school tie. I chose the blue colors of Ravenclaw, even though most of the band is Slytherin, I just couldn't bring myself to do that house's colors.
The background is a pattern made up of instructions on how to tie and tie. The main tie itself would be embossed and debossed to create a nice tactile surface, and would also show some of the techniques available to use in print. Also, a false duotone and metallic PMS colors to round out the depth of my print knowledge.
