Going down in a blaze of glory

Published by wynn on October 5, 2011

Posterboard session for co-workers presenting at a conference this week. I think what I liked best about this project was that my co-workers were excellent in their direction of what they wanted, and we were all ecstatic at the end result.

Created in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. September-October 2011.

Each silhouette image was taken from stock photos, redrawn by hand/Illustrator into silhouettes. They were even all named (from left top to bottom, then right top to bottom): Lena, JohnD2Socks, MarthaJ, WildBillH, SethB, Charlie, and WyattE. Actually, Martha’s image (with horse) DID come from a photo purported to be Calamity Jane, and almost didn’t make the poster. But I think she fit right in.

The boards in the background were drawn completely in Illustrator. The poster paper was designed with a deckled edge in Illustrator, as well as the paper coloring, burnishing, and textures (in Photoshop).  The rusted nail heads were completely designed in Illustrator as well.

There are a total of 4 typestyles (not including those in logos) on the posters — 2 (Mesquite and Birch) on the main WANTED poster, and 2 (Candara and Goudy Old Style) on the other 6 posters.

The whole piece was put together in InDesign, and when it went to print, I submitted 2 files: the background, and the whole thing (requested 2 copies — just in case). Years of scrapbooking experience filled in the rest of the project.

And from what I hear — we had a success.