The posters for this project started as pencil drawings of my close friends and family that I further developed in Adobe Illustrator. They were influenced by artist Patrick Nagel's style, as well as by Art Deco and Japanese Print designs. I wanted these posters to have patterns and designs that reflect the personalities and interests of each individual.
The people I chose for this project are close family and friends who have inspired me at some point in my life. For this project I decided to do women, but I would like to develop this project further and do some portraits of men using similar style.
The people I chose for this project are close family and friends who have inspired me at some point in my life. For this project I decided to do women, but I would like to develop this project further and do some portraits of men using similar style.
Art Inspiration Posters was a project I did for a graphic design class where I chose an art style and incorporated my love or portrait drawing into it. Below are some images that I used for inspiration for my project. The first one is a portrait done by artist Patrick Nagel, and the other two are Art Deco style pattern designs.
I started my project by doing some research and defining my project.
Next, I started drawing my portrait sketches while looking at photographs. Then I outlined them with ink pens, scanned them into Adobe Illustrator and traced them in order to create vector shapes.
The next step in my design process was to decide what kind of background pattern and color scheme would match each person and their personality.
I used different methods of gathering ideas for my design such as Mind Maps, Mood Boards and Story Boards.
Next step in my design process was to add color to the portraits in the style inspired by Patrick Nagel, using black outlines, shadows, and keeping them very simple. Then adding background pattens and making them more colorful as contrast to the very simple portraits. I experimented with different colors and shapes until I found the right combination for each portrait.
After my posters were complete, I imported them into Adobe InDesign in order to create a booklet using them. I also did some research and found inspirational quotes that would go well with each poster of a person. I also chose the right type for the style of the posters. At first, I wanted to incorporate each person’s initials into the design, but decided to make it more simple and leave that out.
After finishing the design for the inspiration book, I printed all of the pages, cut them, and bound the book by hand.
