Thanks Christina - just went out and dug the paper out of the snow. The best thing about this poster was having the opportunity to collaborate with our own Chuck Rekow - great guy, excellent designer and consummate gentleman under pressure. He contributed the type & border design and color and the poster is by far the better for it...thanks, Chuck! I usually get vast amounts of these every year; the Heart Assoc. would be pleased to receive any contribution, and I would be pleased to deplete the number I have to store someplace.
I obviously can't figure out the formatting rules of this site, but I have to include a pic of Chuck's incredibly cute daughters and their field trip to Merten printing. It's set in stone - now that they've had that exposure to the magical aroma of ink & amp; solvent...meet two of the youngest graphic artists of the next generation:
True to form, John is being WAY too kind.
ReplyDeleteThere was no pressure, and when you start with a painting that's as good as this, the only thing to do is make the type take up as little room as possible. In fact, I think I could improve the poster again by scrunching the type together even more.
I'll admit, the kids are kinda cute. :-)
Hats off to John. Another winner!
ReplyDeleteAnd Chuck is a man of many artistic skills. Excellent choice for the type/design aspects.
I'll third it... those Rekow girls are really cute!
It is fun to see the posters through the years on the site. So much great work.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of CHuck's design team too. Pretty soon you can have them doing layouts for you in InDesign :)
Really wonderful John! So sorry I didn't make it to your opening-spent too much time with my Dad in Oxford. Well, never enough time with my Dad, but you know what I mean. Also great type, Chuck-nice work. I'm about to post an experiment and I expect serious critique from you all! (I hope..please...talk about groveling).
ReplyDeleteViki, that sounds cool! You have my curiousity piqued!
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ReplyDeleteThat image is fantastic- a beautiful play of light handled in a retro deco style. The palette is exquisite. I might add that I really enjoyed the pale purple border that looks like a bounding box - very subtle but effective.
This is excellent work. Thanks for sharing.
David, thanks and Chuck I hope you're listening!! He's responsible for both the border and its color, as well as talking me into staying with the original color treatment...I was all set to go to a much hotter palette. This isn't the first time working in a collaborative manner has vastly improved the original concept...I expect the Zombie-comic book project will reflect the same thing!
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