Monster Poster Design

 There's a lot of time and work put into designing movie posters - as I recently learned. There's factors that are so small - colour, type, etc - that have a huge impact on a poster. I was told to design a movie poster about a monster - whether it be a comedy or whatever genre.

I ended up choosing a horror genre, and designed concepts of what the poster would look like. I choose a design of inside a monsters mouth with the title 'The Conjawing' - pun intended. Happy my choice, I got started.

At first, I used the pen tool for the teeth and mouth and claw marks. I then filled it with black and red, because they were dark and usually associated with danger or blood - which suits my genre. I chose a simple typeface for the poster, but I wasn't overly happy with the outcome.

I decided to do another version of the same concept with variations.

Below, you can see both designs next to each other. In the second version, I took out the claw marks as I felt they were a bit distracting, and I used a darker red for the mouth to make it a bit more eerie. Finally, I changed the typeface from one I used from dafont.com and I think this is more successful than the first as it's more advanced looking.


I also touched up my preferred poster in Photoshop and added shadows to improve the overall look of the the poster and make it seem less cartoon-y.

Below is the final image.

Overall, I'm happy with the outcome of my movie poster and I think it looks professional. I like how the type stands out and then you notice the teeth and shadows around it. I also like the contrast of the smaller font and bigger font in the mouth, and I think it's really effective.