Brainstorming

I decided to create some spider diagrams on my initial ideas to help decide what I was going to do. 

Proposal

conventions of the form

Annotations

I looked at a variety of gig posters and annotated them to pick out particular features and see if there were any running themes. One thing I did find was that most of them used placed the typeface against a contrasting background in order for them to stand out more. 

Gig poster research

Typeface research

Typeface ideas

LOTS OF IDEAS

I brainstormed lots of ideas of what I could do. I haven't yet decided on a subject matter, as its quite relative when making a gig poster. They're often related to the bands style and therefore I will have to decide which band I choose before doing subject matter drawings etc. 

Adam Turman artist copy

Vanhalla Studios - Artist copy & emulation

Original poster

My copy 

BRIAN BIGGS PROCESS [EXPERIMENT]

Original drawings/inks

Aspect to aspect pages [EXPERIMENT]

Subject matter drawings

Refined Ideas

Final Draft

Final Piece: Work in Progress

Final piece!