Creating Comics Workshop Poster Track SU18: Week 5

Here's week 5 video lecture.

https://youtu.be/B4SoM2oNGgY

For this week I want you to follow my development process from the video and get the rough line art for your poster done. We'll finish the poster next week.

Step 1 - Define your project (movie poster, dvd/blu-ray cover, band/concert poster, book cover, etc.) Define what the typical size format is for the final product. My demo is for an indie movie poster. They usually print 11"x17" in size. Create your file based on your size and select at least 300dpi resolution. Think about what the overall feeling for the poster would be. Is the project about a sad drama or high octane action?

Step 2 - Find inspiration (other posters/covers that you love). Extract design characteristics that you want to utilize in your own work.

Step 3 - Do three thumbnails for your poster. Select your favorite and do an iteration.

Step 4 - Find references. Who is the cast? Find camera angles that match your final thumbnail. Don't get too many images that are not useful. Only save useful images.

Step 5 - Photobash (create your own reference to work from)

Step 6 - Trace your photobash to create a rough line art, but make decisions on where to use straight lines and curve lines. Draw less detail in areas that are further away from main focal points, and more details in focal points to guide the audience's eyes.

Notes: How to use clipping mask in photoshop

Set your layers so that the image you want to show is on the top layer, and your mask shape is on the bottom layer like this:

Here's a close-up of the layers palette to show that the image is on a layer above the mask layer.

There's three ways you can get to it. One is in the layer menu:

The second way you can get to it is in the menu drop down in the top right of the layers palette. The third way is to just hold Alt on PC and click the area between the two layers: