Working with typography in expressive layout (2-3 days)
Design a poster for a band’s gig. The band is called: “The Keystrokes.”
You can decide the name of the band’s tour and remember to include a date, a time and a venue.
You can use a visuals and/or typography to design the poster and remember to make the type work with the rest of the design. Show us your type skills in this one.
Use an A3 format at 297 x 420mm.
Expand your design to include a pamphlet that outlines dates and further details of the tour i.e. merchandise available: T-shirts, caps and CDs or a promotion – Free drink on arrival.
Remember this design must be consistent with your poster design. The pamphlet can be any size or format. Have a look online for inspiration.
This is my gig poster. I would have liked to add some structure as shown in the LinkedIn videos for this weeks LAs, but I struggled with finding free extensions relevant that would work on the latest version of Photoshop and/or Illustrator. I feel there’s a lack of depth/dimension on this poster, so I will definitely work on that for the future.
My main inspiration for the poster was the name of the tour; The Digital Tour. I used a picture of an Apple keyboard as base for the name of the tour. I used the font Moby regular for the band name. Typeface Source Code Variable is used for the rest of the poster.
The pamphlet I made is a B5 size, print on both sides. I used the same typeface, art and colors as on the poster.
Sources:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/keystroke
http://www.apple.com
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