I find extremely exciting to work with other cultures and good friends. In this case the client was both.
Chuncheon's international Puppet festival in South Korea has been commissioning me their poster for two years in a row and this of 2013 was a particularly challenging one.
Having to represent such specific branch of a culture that is so different from yours, not knowing their symbols nor their icons, can really rack one's brain, so the number of sketches was massive.
I am very thankful for the patience and willingness of the Festival's direction.
FIRST PROPOSALS
If lettering is a complicated craft, lettering in an alphabet that is alien to you is a no-go area. They were very kind in telling me that in their opinion hand-drawing the Festival's name wasn't really what they wanted.
This was the idea we decided to follow.
FINISHED POSTER
Poster out of the press! Illustratoin was done with acrylic and oil on board.
On the walls of the Main Theater!
