Where to begin? This project again was Foo Fighters themed and a roller coaster of creativity. I truly had no clue where it'd end up or what would change from my initial sketch. The rough sketch I made for the poster consisted of flames jutting from the tail of the plane which formed Foo Fighters title at the top. In the cockpit was faces of the band members. On the missiles were the names of the band members. On the plane were albums covers from the band. And below the plane was the venue information. You know what is cool? When I drew the picture I didn't think I could actually produce it in Photoshop/Quark, it was more of a dream. However, it came true for the most part. Sure it isn't perfect (like no flames forming the band's name) but it is truly neat that my image in my mind or in a drawing can actually come to life with dedication and experimentation.
Before I can talk about the background I have to mention where most the hours went on this project: the centerpiece. The main object of the poster also the aspect I was most proud of was a fighter jet (Foo Fighter meant UFO that's how the band got their name). I found the fighter from Flickr and magnetic lasso'd it into the 11x17 poster document. I than found pictures of the band members where I magnetic lasso'd and free transformed the sizes of their heads into the cockpit of the plane. On the missles I used the vertical title tool and wrote each member of the band (2 on each missle). And of course I found all the album covers from the band which I copied over and placed/resized and rotated them around the plane in areas that made sense as if it was painted on or tattoo'd. In order to make it more believable and to blend into the plane I gave each cover the multiply effect to have a faded in/ink look on the plane's frame. I than decided the plane needed an outline to stand out. So I Magnetic Lasso'd the outline of the plane > edit > stroke > picked a certain thickness I wanted/color I wanted.
The process of the background started in Photoshop with the gradient tool. I selected the 11x17 background with the tool and made it all red. I then made a strip going down the background which I made blue to add a cool clashing effect across the middle of the plane and its cockpit. I than added the band's name blue for 'Foo' on the red background and red for 'Fighters' on the blue stripe.
On the way top I wrote "The Best" in large font to catch eyes. And on the bottom under the plane was the venue information arranged in a Z format. Meaning, the lines of font followed a Z pattern which is known for the way the eyes follows an image. The venue information and "The Best" wasn't standing out enough, so I used the gradient tool once again and made a blue rectangle on the top making sure the font layer was above the background. And a red rectangle on the bottom. This was planned, the blue on the top actually ended up forming a '7' with the blue stripe in the middle - that was intentional. It ended up representing the 7 for september 7th when the concert was occuring. To make the 7 stand out even more I added a thin red line on the very top of the poster and made the bottom red rectangle more blended in with the red above it.
At the very end, I added a little information on some of the music the band was featuring than manipulated it using the warp text -shell lower to add a almost 3D like effect to the font/plane. And I decided to use the transparent spray tool around some of the edges of the plane to match the outline of the plane/background and gave it an overall unique look as if it was spray painted. All in all, I'm proud of the plane the most and the eye catching properties the poster contains.
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