The first time I saw this image the background of the poster was different. Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner were in the same pose but the background was blue sky and clouds (I think with some of the ghostly girlfriends back there too). But in THAT arrangement and with McConaughey's blue suit and red scarf flowing backward... it REALLY REALLY looked like they were trying to allude to Superman. Were they saying with their design that the character was a "super man"? If so, I found it effective. Now, that's what I immediately see when I see the art.

Although, now they've thrown a little cross into the mix a la the Doubt art.

Labels: poster design

Pleasing to me, at least. I find the blue/orange contrast palette to be the easiest to use and the best looking. I found this poster today (while doing some internship research) on the site for the design company Gravillis Inc. and instantly fell in love! (Granted, I have an obsession with Winona Ryder so it would have found its way on my wall ANYWAY.)

It's so complicated in its design yet comes off as simple and easy to read - I believe, in part, due to its color palette.

(Sidenote - I'm still in love with the Jing screen capture software, which I used to grab the above image. You can see a corner of Gravillis' site (the orange bar at top and left) because I did a sloppy rectangle. Still it shows how the bordering contributes to the look of the poster.)

Labels: jing, palettes, poster design

Same designer?

Labels: poster design