Common Rotation Band Poster
American Indie Folk Rock band poster using multiple print processes
American Indie Folk Rock band poster using multiple print processes
In Print Production, my final project had to show the breadth of what I had learned during the course of the semester. Therefore, I had to pull out all the stops. I had to design three band posters, this is one of them. The hardest part was not so much designing the poster, but thinking of a good band. I didn't want to go with a band that was so commercially branded, so I went with a smaller band, that have seen and met on a few occasions.
Common Rotation is band that is currently three members, they used to be bigger and more pop/ska but have veered in a very folky direction in recent years. One song of theirs that I have always loved is called 'Oklahoma.' Everything about this poster derives from that song. The translucent words on the poster would actually be a gloss varnish and are all the lyrics to the song. One of the lines in the song says 'There's a skyline in Oklahoma that stretches out over the corn.' This is where I decided on the corn cob imagery, with the background color being scanned paper that had a muted tone of all the colors that make up corn. The sun and the band's name I wanted in a very folky/vintage Nashville vibe. All the black outlines of the corn would be thermography, giving it a very tactile feel. You can see my mock-up attempt at the texture below.
Common Rotation is band that is currently three members, they used to be bigger and more pop/ska but have veered in a very folky direction in recent years. One song of theirs that I have always loved is called 'Oklahoma.' Everything about this poster derives from that song. The translucent words on the poster would actually be a gloss varnish and are all the lyrics to the song. One of the lines in the song says 'There's a skyline in Oklahoma that stretches out over the corn.' This is where I decided on the corn cob imagery, with the background color being scanned paper that had a muted tone of all the colors that make up corn. The sun and the band's name I wanted in a very folky/vintage Nashville vibe. All the black outlines of the corn would be thermography, giving it a very tactile feel. You can see my mock-up attempt at the texture below.
