Poster: 2nd 2 None Sunday

The first thing I was asked to do for my new internship at 747 Productions was something I was very familiar with - making a poster for an event. I was given a list of info to include (the most I've ever had to work with) and was told to make it sexy and classy. It was a "ladies night" type of poster, so it had to appeal to Peorian females.

The first thing I did was to get all the text on there to get a basic hierarchy going. (This is how I start most posters). I made sure to stick with only three fonts - otherwise I feel it breaks the unity, and looks cluttered. I needed a woman, and I wish I remembered the search term I used in Google...but it was something probably like "sexy lady"... but I cut her out of the original image and feathered the edges after using the Quick Selection tool. I added a layer mask and used a gradient to gradually make the picture fade at the bottom and sides.

For the background, I chose a gradient that was a little feminine, but wasn't hot pink or lime green. To create the vector "starburst", I used a technique that I learned from the internet ages ago. First create and define a pattern with 2 differently-colored vertical stripes (like white and black). Then fill a layer with the pattern you created - duplicate that layer and merge the two to create a single raster image on a layer. Then go to Distort>Polar Coordinates and use the "rectangular to polar" option. There ya have it! I then enlarged, positioned and messed with the layer blending options to get the effect I wanted. I had some grungey brushes that I used on the corners, and added a "sponge" filter tothe background to create some gritty texture. After all that, I added a paint splatter shape that I found on the internet. I threw in a variation of my logo - this one has a semi-transparent "SK" which of course, stands for "Silent K".