01.23.09
I finished my Omega Code poster today and sent it off to their open call for submissions. I was super impressed with what people were creating and really wanted to be a part of it. I designed the poster to specs, sized at B1 (close to 24 x 36 inches) at 300 dpi. There were close to 80 layers in and it weighed in at almost 7 gigs. Photoshop wouldn’t even allow me to save it at one point so I had to go back through and crunch everything just to be able to save it.
I actually really like their music and wanted to create something a little darker that suggested mysticism. I felt like something like that was really appropriate for their sound. A lot of my work used to slant to the darkside, and I have lightened up a lot in the last few years. Mellowing with age I guess but I still remember my rock days of lore. So when called upon I can bring the heavy metal thunder.
written by Christopher | tags: Flickr, Graphic Design, Music, Omega Code, Posters
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
this rocks man!! hope is gonna go in the book. definitely one of the best i’ve seen so far. \M/
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Thanks man. I appreciate that. You have some great work at your behance page.
Yeah, there are some really amazing posters already created for this though. I hope it gets in there too but there is some exceptional work on display already.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
woww that’s really intense. a 7gig poster. well done!! i love the depth!
January 24th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Wow this is awesome, a lot of the Fan stuff is better than the selected artists work. Especially yours, it’s incredible. What type of machine are you running to handle a 7gig file?
January 24th, 2009 at 8:51 am
I started the poster on a Macbook Pro and then finished it on my G5 at work. It was huge before I finished it on the G5 but putting the final touches on it made the file massive. I was really worried I wouldn’t even be able to save it. I hope the band digs it.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:31 am
cool.