I was recently tasked with creating some artwork for my bands latest EP. This really came about after I re-read on of my favorite series of graphic novels ever, Frank Miller's Sin City. I love the way Miller uses colour so sparingly and gives this really harsh black & white feel (but more on that later!)
This was created in a method that I have now become very comfortable with, I take a base photo to work on and then in Illustrator using the pen tool trace the shapes I want. and then colour them. I discovered that I was quite good at this after spending an entire GCSE art project looking at the pop-artist Julian Opie. His very basic style of imaging is a big influence on me and the way I approach the digital artwork.
Other things to note, the font and logo are also of my own design, the font is based off of a free font called "Birth of a Hero" which was quite a messy grungy font that I've tided up and tweaked into something that really appeals to me and is quite versatile.
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