Up! Scumbag cd release poster for Free Zone Radio

                                                    

Up! Scumbag will be at the Melody Inn on Friday Oct 20th for their upcoming cd release bash. 

I needed a good idea for a gig poster and ran with the name "Up!Scumbag". As you can imagine, it conjures up a lot of visuals and I had many options after about 5 minutes of brainstorming. The following is a look into my preliminary creative thinking:

I remembered as a kid an old gumball machine that sold jawbreakers. On the face of the machine was an image depicting a swollen eyed bully laid out by the local tough kid and a girl in the background swooning. Another bit of inspiration were the old comics for Charles Atlas with the scrawny weakling getting sand kicked in his face. The last image I remembered were the old Victorian bare knuckle fight posters where the loser would be "torn asunder".

This is the amalgamation of all three.

IU Cinema Presents: Inglorious Basterds

One of my favorites. Its posters like these that make it for me. I can really show off my chops with these assignments.

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Midnight Movies Fall 2012

This poster was a rush job. Sometimes you have to tap into your problem solving skills when you get into a time crunch. I feel, at times, that I could have done more if I had an extended deadline but you make due and often I am impressed with the results.  

www.cinema.indiana.edu 

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Jan Svankmajer

This poster was for the Jan Svankmajer's film series "Impossibility Made Real" shown at the Indiana University Cinema.

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Joe Swanberg Film Series

This Poster was for the Indiana University Film Series "Cinema With No Excuses". The Films of Joe Swanberg. I missed the midnight pre screening of V/H/S. It looked terrifying.

Check out Joe's website:
www.joeswanberg.com

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