Some may remember that I did a movie poster style piece for my wedding invitation some months back. Well, after seeing it, a young soon-to-be-married couple asked me to do one for them as well. And since my interest in having some nice spare cash is stronger than my desire to be unique forever, I said yes.
I talked them into springing for a four color piece instead of two, like mine. The main photo was shot in an old train yard. The hill in the background and the sky are actually two seperate photos that I took on my recent trip to California.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Nice...looks like you're finding a niche market.
I have a niche market...its ALL people who WON'T pay me to do art for them. Seriously though, you may have a little gold mine going here.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Well, if there's one thing that everyone loves to spend money on, it's weddings. Creativity and style always are in demand, and artists and photographers can make a decent living on that kind of stuff.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
A minor point, but, you don't think maybe you should have taken out their names and the date/time/location before posting this on the Internet?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
It would be awful if people found out about a wedding from a wedding invitation, for sure.
(I kid!)
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Cool! How big is the artwork going to be printed at?
Posted by jesus X (Member # 1201) on :
She's cute, good choice in shoes. Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Looks like Aban and his friends are all beautiful people.
I really like it!
Although the title if warped by a mind like mine could sound like the title of a porno! Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Where's the rating?? Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I have no doubt that there's money to be made in high-end wedding invitations, but I'm not sure that a high percentage of brides will be into the whole movie poster concept.
The finished size is 27 inches tall. Not full movie poster size, but still nice and big.
I've found that with the application of enough effort, virtually anything can be turned into a porno title. But let's not, just this once, m'kay?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
It's kind of an odd Alias moment. Like maybe the case contains nuclear secrets.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Maybe it does... we just don't know...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Well, did he push her off the train after their kiss while the train was passing over a deep gorge, and proceed on to Stuttgart, there to hand over the case to a former KGB officer turned mafioso turned occasional Iranian contact, only to find that said mafioso was arm in arm with the lady from the train, in disguise as the youngest daughter of a Finnish telecom entrepenuer, with a weakness for expensive vodka and men with badges, but he couldn't do anything about it because to reveal her true identity to the mafioso would necessarily reveal that he (from the photo) had in fact stolen the nuclear secrets from an ally of the mafioso who was traveling on that very train?
Because that would be a telling clue.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
You know too much. Your life is forfeit.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Capcom?
"Honey welcome to your new home!!"
P.S. Aban - don't get me wrong it's a really fantastic job.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
A few nits: I think the tag line in the sky is kinda hard to see. I wonder about justifying all the type on the right like that. Aren't the small-print credits usually centered? I agree that a fake rating is essential for all fake movie ads.
(All modern movie posters have to have big floating half heads)
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
And while that can be cool, it's really not a brave choice and generally doesn't tell you anything at all about the movie except who's in it.
I like this poster a lot, Aban. Even with her anklet, it has sort of a technicolor classic feel to it. Maybe it's the awesome valise. Again, I take issue with the title (seems sort of one sided and not really focused on where they're going), but with the design I can find no fault. Really nice job on the compositing. I'd guessed that the color had been tweaked, but not that they didn't belong there. Terrific composition and excellent typography.
Posted by Shakaar (Member # 1782) on :
Fantastic job indeed, and a very inventive idea! I'm ok without a rating, it clearly still has the feel of a movie poster without it- a rating on the poster would be like rating the marriage.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What about E: Exempt from classification.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Masao: The tag line in the sky is only hard to read in the small version I posted. It's quite legible in the printed version.
I did a bunch of research on the credits at the bottom, both for this one and for mine. I was under the impression that they were usually centered, but I've seen them printed every which way, including right justified, so I decided it was fine, and it just so happened to go great with the background photo.
BX: The title wasn't my choice this time. The client (the bride's mom) had it chosen already. The bride's last name is Hunt. So get it... she's "Hunt" no more.
Oh, and it's not an anklet. It's the strap on her shoe. Another little detail which is alot more visible on the printed piece.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
She looks flat. (This critique may be directed at her choice in bras).
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :
Do you think that could be 'corrected' in the wedding invitation? Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, one would hope that, of all places, a wedding invitation would be the place where you wouldn't worry about sex appeal.
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
quote:Originally posted by machf: Do you think that could be 'corrected' in the wedding invitation?
You perv...
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Oh you blurred the names and date... and I was going to fly from Australia to the US just to crash their wedding by sitting quietly in the back row!! Posted by jesus X (Member # 1201) on :
You clods, those are shoes with the ankle straps! AKA sexy shoes.
Aban: Looks fantastic. If they wanted a rating, "Rated H for Happily Ever After" Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :
quote:Originally posted by bX: You perv...
Well, I was actually asking Snay if he had that in mind, rather than suggesting it should be done, but...
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
Who's the more pervy the perv or the perv who...blah, blah, blah?
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Oh you blurred the names and date... and I was going to fly from Australia to the US just to crash their wedding by sitting quietly in the back row!!
The bluring isn't all that effective, I can still sort of tell the date.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I hope this doesn't go the way of Brad Pitt's and Jennifer Aniston's wedding rings.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I don't know what that means. But I'll get on board with any conversation about Jennifer Aniston.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: I'll ..... board ......... Jennifer Aniston.
The essence of that post.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Ew, no. Fucking hag. I can think of like 80 billion better-looking women than her. In fact, I bet I could find 10 in this room alone.
(So used to not posting, almost didn't.)
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
So, in one glorious premiere-a-post, I'm wrong, Jennifer Aniston is ugly, the word fuck gets used in my wedding invitation thread, and Jesus is a hentai artist.
Something's different...
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Different? ...or BETTER??
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
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