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Serenity Retro Poster III
Friday, September 24, 2004
Finally made another one... large versions of all the retro posters are available at http://www.jsoule-webdesign.com/posters/
CATEGORY: GRAPHICS TIMES READ: 5625 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
Comments
Friday, 24 September 2004 11:07
I thought I'd make this one as if "Serenity" was an old 30's western, along the lines of Tom Mix and Buck Jones.
Friday, 24 September 2004 12:54
The colors are beautiful I just wish there was some tiny reference to Serenity, space, the Alliance, something. Very good work.
ANONYMOUS
Friday, 24 September 2004 13:00
Superb!
Kispexi2
Kispexi2
Friday, 24 September 2004 14:19
That does kinda look like a Tom Mix hat. I'd love to see it in black, though
Friday, 24 September 2004 15:54
Tiger, are you creating all the art for these things from scratch, or are you editing existing old movie posters? Can you share some info on your process for inquiring minds? This looks awesome. :)
Friday, 24 September 2004 21:45
In answer to ironcladotter:
I can't draw. I wish I could but I can't, so all the images used to make my retro posters started as screen caps from the series or were created from scratch digitally using a method similar to what you used to make your flyers (starting with a screencap, and 'drawing' over it using Illustrator or Photoshop).
The design for the first retro poster is 'original', but I got ideas from several old movie posters that had the style I wanted. I created everything from scatch except the character sketches, which I borrowed from another browncoat's blue sun item and modified heavily.
The second poster's design is copied from an original Casablanca poster, but every element was created from scratch . I did A LOT of screen cap modification on that one.
The third one is a completely different animal - half of it is literally unchanged from a 30's cowboy movie poster, and half of it is original. Strangely enough, it was also the hardest one to complete. Getting rid of the parts you don't want, adding the parts you do want, and making them all look they belong together is MUCH harder than it seems at first... as I realized about 3am this morning.
I primarily use Photoshop, but Illustrator plays a part most of the time, and I even use Flash occasionally.
Thanks for all the compliments too.
I can't draw. I wish I could but I can't, so all the images used to make my retro posters started as screen caps from the series or were created from scratch digitally using a method similar to what you used to make your flyers (starting with a screencap, and 'drawing' over it using Illustrator or Photoshop).
The design for the first retro poster is 'original', but I got ideas from several old movie posters that had the style I wanted. I created everything from scatch except the character sketches, which I borrowed from another browncoat's blue sun item and modified heavily.
The second poster's design is copied from an original Casablanca poster, but every element was created from scratch . I did A LOT of screen cap modification on that one.
The third one is a completely different animal - half of it is literally unchanged from a 30's cowboy movie poster, and half of it is original. Strangely enough, it was also the hardest one to complete. Getting rid of the parts you don't want, adding the parts you do want, and making them all look they belong together is MUCH harder than it seems at first... as I realized about 3am this morning.
I primarily use Photoshop, but Illustrator plays a part most of the time, and I even use Flash occasionally.
Thanks for all the compliments too.
Saturday, 25 September 2004 12:04
That's cool. It would make a great full size poster. Keep up the good work..
ANONYMOUS
Tuesday, 28 September 2004 03:34
Great! I think this one is as good as the first one. It looks so authentic.
Saturday, 02 October 2004 01:56
You say you did this in photoshop? It looks like Nathan posed while you painted! Great job. Yet another Firefly/Serenity wallpaper for me!
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