The first thing I needed to do was take one of the sketches I had drawn previously and re-draw it on Photoshop. So I have re-drawn the alien's head in full, so I had freedom to put it anywhere. I used a graphic tablet and the brush tool to sketch my design.
Once I had drawn it out, I then wanted to add colour, including highlights and low-lights. Even though I didn't want it to look super realistic I still wanted to work a lot of detail into the drawing.
Once I was happy with the colour and the alien itself. I continued to work on the whole design. I first made a huge X which I cut out from the black background, so you would be able to see the alien's face through it. I then used a font I had downloaded from dafont.com 2015 Cruiser and Planet N, which were both 'space' themed and I think work well on the poster.
I thought I would try another font for the title of the film, so it wasn't all the same, and making the film title standout against the other text. I also thought about changing the colour of the X behind the face, as I thought it was a bit too white. I thought the red would work well, as it works well as a contrast against the green and black. It also represents warning, and danger which is what the alien is about and bringing to the world.
I think this idea does work well as film poster, I think it gives only enough information to entice the viewer to go and see the film, to find out what this poster is about. I like the red, I think it is a lot more eye catching then the white and represents the film in a better way than the poster with the white X.
I will now design a different poster, so I do not just keep looking at the same one. I could also come up with a better poster. who knows!
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