The Designer’s Mansion
I read this tweet earlier tonight from @colourlovers: “Sweet! How to Design a 1980s Movie Poster in Photoshop http://awe.sm/5HdQb.”
As an ’80s baby, I was excited to get home and give this a try. When I had a chance to look at the site, I was inspired. Simplicity in design is always interesting to me. The color choices were appealing too. I like hues that match in a way that you wouldn’t necessarily think to pair together in an outfit, but which ultimately jives on a printed piece.
The Photoshop tutorial provided a fictitious movie title for, The Designer’s Mansion. It also provided a link to a database of random names, for use in the credits.
Thinking of the title and the use of odd color choices in the real movie posters, I thought that a creative type might be quirky enough to paint their home to look like a color swatch. Why pick one color when you can have them all? The subtitle is my own, and since I know nothing of the plot for such a movie is instead based on the piece.
This was a fun project. I prefer to draw in Illustrator, so it was also a challenge. Thanks @DesignerDepot for the inspiration! Now following you on Twitter.
