It is a celebration day today with the Poster Design Number 200!
I can’t believe it! I made two hundred posters. I like this number. To celebrate today’s poster, I decided to break the mini-series Universalis and celebrate with a well-elaborated design that I am in a hurry to introduce to you.
The Design
I didn’t use Illustrator to create a poster for a long time. I did it today with the colorful form I can see on the design, which I used as a background. I made this geometric form with several shapes traced with the pen tool. I changed the color of each piece and blended them with the Blend Tool. Later on, I changed the anchor points of each form to get something smoother and finished it by applying the Warp Tool to get crazy lines. I tried many times until I was satisfied with the shape and how the colors overpass each other.
Then, I imported the form in Photoshop, duplicated it, and applied a Pixelate Filter. I copied and pasted some parts and removed the rest. I duplicated small parts again and placed them in different areas of the canvas, such as on the corners and behind the form’s layer.
To Finish the design, I added a large number, “200,” that I cut and duplicated here and here. I also applied the Pixelate Filter to some parts. I played with the elements and quickly found a compelling style for my composition.
Speed Art Poster #198
It was a good day only because it was poster number 200. Unfortunately, I had muchtrouble with the software Quicktime. It didn’t allow me to register some parts of my process, such as the geometric and colorful forms I used as a background. Due to an error, it was impossible to save the video file on my computer. I still don’t understand what happens with Quicktime.
For that reason, you will miss some part of the process. Fortunately, I recorded most of it with the speed art video. I hope you enjoy today’s design, and I look forward to meeting you tomorrow for poster 201!
