For the upcoming show in which I will be playing Brutus. This was designed under the watchful eye of the play's director and was created using a reference photo taken of us by the director's brother. (My hand is holding the dagger - which is also mine incidentally - and his hand is pushing it all downward).
I was deliberately designing this to feel like a pro-nazi propoganda poster as, in our version, Caesar is the leader of a rather totalitarian regime.
That's awesome! Very epic. I really like the dagger's design, and the other person's hand pushing it down. The only thing is that I don't understand which hand belongs to Caesar. I'll assume that its the hand pushing, because Caesar isn't likely to commit murder himself but rather have someone else do it. The quote is awesome too. I like the simplicity of it all. And yes, the 'red black white' block colour scheme is very nazi-esque.
I'm glad you inverted the hands too. It would have been easy to do white hands and black outline, but then it would have looked like an unfinished drawing, where as this is clearly deliberate.
Well, I don't really claim to be an artist, but it looks fine to me. I don't really know a term for it or anything, but it seems like a simple, to the point, and modern look with the message displayed visually (of one of the main points of the story), and the eye is instantly drawn to the title at the tip of the blade.
I guess the only thing that semi-bugs me is perhaps that a lot of the lines seem to be the same width in the hands and arms, but I guess if you made it too detailed it wouldn't achieve that simplified look.
I did try the hands with varying line thicknesses and in the end this did turn out to be the best (both in terms of what I felt and what the director felt we were trying to achieve with the image).
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The only thing is that I don't understand which hand belongs to Caesar.
Neither hand belongs to Caesar. In actuality, it is a metaphor for the scene in which I (Brutus) must stab and kill my own friend (Caesar). The hand pushing mine is that of a metaphorical Cassius (my brother-in-law) who has convinced me that I am doing it for the betterment of Rome.
The play essentially hinges on this murder and, as such, so does the poster.
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For the upcoming show in which I will be playing Brutus. This was designed under the watchful eye of the play's director and was created using a reference photo taken of us by the director's brother. (My hand is holding the dagger - which is also mine incidentally - and his hand is pushing it all downward).
I was deliberately designing this to feel like a pro-nazi propoganda poster as, in our version, Caesar is the leader of a rather totalitarian regime.
Let me know what you think.
I'm glad you inverted the hands too. It would have been easy to do white hands and black outline, but then it would have looked like an unfinished drawing, where as this is clearly deliberate.
I guess the only thing that semi-bugs me is perhaps that a lot of the lines seem to be the same width in the hands and arms, but I guess if you made it too detailed it wouldn't achieve that simplified look.
I guess :confused:
Definitely comes across as a political type poster
I did try the hands with varying line thicknesses and in the end this did turn out to be the best (both in terms of what I felt and what the director felt we were trying to achieve with the image).
Neither hand belongs to Caesar. In actuality, it is a metaphor for the scene in which I (Brutus) must stab and kill my own friend (Caesar). The hand pushing mine is that of a metaphorical Cassius (my brother-in-law) who has convinced me that I am doing it for the betterment of Rome.
The play essentially hinges on this murder and, as such, so does the poster.
[spoil]I bet Caesar dies.[/spoil]
Folks will always come and go, so enjoy them while they're meant to be in your life.
Here's the final version. I think it rocks the socks off the original version by a longshot. What do you think?
(As usual, click for Full-Size image)