Project 1: The Creative Process

The overall design of this poster is grid-like or similar to a photo contact sheet, which divides the main content into smaller blocks of images of each of the members of the band in yellow and black tints with thick black outlines around the photo blocks. As opposed to featuring one specific person from the band in various poses, the poster focuses on each of the members and presents them in different poses or while performing live. As for the typography in this particular poster, it is thick and bold, where the images are placed between large letters of the band name, followed by the subtitle and the tagline "the hardest part of ending is starting again," which is a line from the band and which delivers the message of the movie in which the band goes through the process of recovering after the death of their front man, Chester Bennington. The colour palette consists of three colours, including vivid yellow, white, and black background. Overall, this poster is a good way to present many elements visually, as it looks quite organised with the text centred.

The arrangement of this poster is highly dynamic and diagonal in nature. This is because we find the two protagonists in the middle of a fight within the frame. We find the character of Wolverine on the left side of the frame wearing a highly contrasting yellow suit and giving an aggressive look, as if roaring. While his opponent character Deadpool is leaning backward wearing a highly contrasting red suit with a gun in hand pointing to Wolverine’s chin. In this poster, there is minimal use of text, where the main title is placed in the top part of the poster in red and yellow colours while the secondary one is placed at the bottom of the poster in light gray colour.

The design of this poster is intentionally asymmetrical and sparse, allowing the main theme to shift towards the extreme right side, while providing plenty of space left untouched. The character seems tense and fearful like she is hiding from someone or trying to push herself into the wall out of sheer fear, and the hand is visible against a dull background. The text used on this poster is extremely subtle and tiny, placed right at the bottom-left corner in stark white font in order to not distract from the image. The background is mostly made up of cold, ill yellow-green colour. I think that this poster is good at utilising the concept of negative space, with the main subject seeming isolated while having no distracting typography.