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2010 Poster Design for Terracotta half-life

February 22nd, 2010

I just fin­ished a new poster design for Ter­ra­cotta half-life. The poster lists gig dates for the first half of 2010 as well as the band’s web­site. I based this design on some ancient Egypt­ian art. It has a gritty feel due to the use of sub­tle tex­tures and shades of dark gray. This dark­ness of the bot­tom half is con­trasted with mul­ti­ple lay­ers of warm col­ors and pat­terns on the top half.

There are two fonts used. One is a mono-spaced serif that looks like it could be from an old print­ing press, and the other is very futur­is­tic. I used these to impart a sense of time­less­ness. By using the same warm col­ors from the Egypt­ian art on the text, the bot­tom half is tied in with the top. I also used green and white, two col­ors that were taken directly from the color scheme at terracottahalflife.com in order to cre­ate some con­ti­nu­ity of branding.

Ter­ra­cotta half-life is a musi­cal group based out of Mar­quette, Michi­gan that I started about five years ago. Per­form­ing with the group are some of the areas finest musi­cians. Over the years I’ve designed Logos, T-shirts, Stick­ers, and many Posters for the band.

Tags: Graphic Design, Posters, Terracotta half-life

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