Emulation - Marcus Walters

I have created my own work inspired by Marcus Walters who created the screen print style in the post below.
 

I firstly drew out the design and then scanned it into the computer and took it into photoshop.

After that i changed the threshold, which made the black elements on my page a slid black.

After this I started to colour all the different elements. 

I then took it into a new document and started to place them together.

I then added another layer and multiplied it so create a  different colour when it 2 colours meet. 

I then added the final layer and multiplied that to create the final effect. 

I then added a black background to it and changed the colours slightly to make it look the most effective. 

Artist Copy - Marcus Walters

I decided to do a copy of Marcus Walters print 'Eat Cake'. To copy his method I had to draw three different versions of this picture as it is made using only 3 colours: magenta, cyan and yellow. The other colours seen on this are made from multiplying the layer.

I took my drawings into photoshop and then changed the threshold and took away the background.

I used the shortcut (shift, command, backspace) to choose a colour to make my drawings.

I then changed this one to blue and did this to the other two layers and made them pink and yellow.

I then coloured the background layer and started building it up.

By multiplying the layers when they are stacked it mixes the colours together e.g. pink and blue now makes purple where they are layered on each other. 

Once I had finished layering all of them i tried to get the exact colours used on his print, so i compared mine (left) to Marcus Walters original (right).

This is my final copy of Marcus Walters' 'Eat Cake'.

Scamps

I have scamped some potential ideas for my final gig poster. They were drawn quickly and were a few of the first ideas that came into my head. 

Drawings Of Subject Matter

I have done drawings of subject matter for potential gig posters. 

Photos of Subject Matter

I have taken a series of photos to help with my scamping and drafting which follow the theme of pop punk/rock. 

Annotated Lyrics

I have taken lyrics from three songs by You Me At Six, one off each album. I then annotated and highlighted the key lyrics that create images in my head. These ideas can then be used when designing my final poster. Some ideas that have come from the lyrics is the theme of being young 'toys' and being played and the theme of being 'married to the music'. There is also a theme of being young and living (and making bad decisions) throughout all three.

Scamps - Others

I have scamped some existing gig posters to help me when designing my own.

Conventions Of The Form

Pinboards

I have gathered similar artefacts on a pinboard, this includes various types and genres of tour posters.

The Brief

Music promoters have approached me to design and make a tour/gig poster for the rock band You Me At Six. This is to support their album first album Take Off Your Colours which was released in 2007. The gig poster must include the theme of relationships.

Brainstorming

I have brainstormed ideas and other thing such as objects and words related with the theme for unit 2 - relationships.