The Poster-a-Week project

Week 3 - Show Boat in Concert

2012-01-27T00:32:00.000-08:00

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a real Box Office number.

A poster for a concert featuring the work of Oscar Hammerstein II. Show Boat in Concert is the first half and I was asked to emphasise that part as it is so rarely performed. See full version

The performing company is ShowCo Bedford.

Invariably, I used a photograph of the Branson Belle showboat as it's the only one that looks like a vintage showboat and actually goes out on the water (and it's the only one that I could get a high enough quality image of!)

I'm rather pleased with the colours of this one.

Comments welcomed!

Week 2 - Titanic the Musical

2012-01-14T03:11:00.000-08:00

Titanic The Musical - it's the 100th Anniversary this year. This is a modified version of a poster for a real production. It's my second production of this show. The first production artwork can be seen online

Click here for the large size artwork, hosted on DeviantArt.

Close to my heart, I once played designer Thomas Andrews in the musical - most amazing experience onstage.

The Titanic ship image itself was actually a daylight side view that I then darkened for night time and then painstakingly added the glowing cabin and funnel lights (which was... fun).

Thanks to all those mentioned below, especially for the splashes which were great fun to use and also to Lady Victoire, who was, as always, my first call for stars!

Used the following:
Star brushes by Lady Victoire (http://ladyvictoire.deviantart.com/)

Splash brushes from http://coolestnoudj.deviantart.com/art/CoolestnoudJ-s-Splash-Brushes-170280817
and
http://frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Water-Splash-Brushes-PS-SET-1-271101924
and
http://nighthawk101stock.deviantart.com/art/Ocean-Wave-Spray-189655597

Sea (heavily modded) from
http://ashensorrow.deviantart.com/art/Stormy-Waters-I-52865208

For inspiration:
http://waskogm.deviantart.com/art/RMS-Titanic-127633838

Week 1 - Alice by Heart

2012-01-08T04:06:00.000-08:00

Welcome, one and all. My first poster, which is for a real production (names and places have been changed).

A poster for a new musical, called Alice By Heart from the writers of Spring Awakening. It is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and set in WWII in a London Underground shelter. The recurring theme is of time running out and the implicit danger of being underground during The Blitz.

I really am very proud to be asked to do this one.

The full version is at DeviantArt

Inspired by Abram Games' 1940s London Underground poster

Used the following stock
http://ro-stock.deviantart.com/art/Top-Hats-72403346
http://doyie-gfx.deviantart.com/art/War-Brush-Pack-93654847
http://hermy87.deviantart.com/art/Wonderland-poker-brushes-167140571
http://dead-brushes.deviantart.com/art/21-clock-brushes-61934384
http://clipartist.net/uncategorized/rabbit-from-alice-in-wonderland-openclipart-org-commons-wikimedia-org/