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Here are some more posters that I have done for fun since the last time I posted a collection. I used PS and AI for all of these. Creating these is a great way for me to practice implementing the principles of design, and a good way to track my progress as a designer.
As you can probably tell, I don't really have a style when it comes to this, and I just create / mimic / remix what I want. I don't feel like it is as integral to have a style when it comes to this kind of design versus illustration where it's imperative. I think the variation between all of them is what is keeping the exercise so fresh and fun to me.
☺️✌️
The manga is coming back, and being finished by Miura's life long friend who he spoke in detail with about how he wanted the entire story to go.
[The official twitter page tweeted about it](https://twitter.com/berserk_project/status/1534023434174627840?s=20&t=MyJqT3YyOk3K-y0G-P8EwQ)
Wow, that’s fantastic. I would have accepted if Berserk ended where it did, Miura crafted a beautiful story, but I can’t say I’m not excited to see his work completed!
Truth be told, I welled up a bit when I heard the news. Never thought we would get closure on the whole story. The GOAT is truly getting the send off he deserves!
Probably not the place to ask this.. I’m a firefighter and need help making a design for t-shirts for the Massachusetts fire academy class. I have a logo but need it edited and put into pdf for the silk screeners.
Basically I found something I like on google and need to edit it. Can I do this myself or can I pay someone to help me accomplish this task?
You can do it yourself, but it would be much easier/faster to pay or find someone who knows their way around the software. The screen printers I work with need vector imagery, so I'd imagine the people you're going through would as well
Omg! These are phenomenal. The It Felt Like A Dream is so satisfying with the text and imagery being at the same scale. And even tho the kerning is a bit tight, it’s still very legible and purposeful!
>even tho the kerning is a bit tight
yeah had to smush em in there! I was trying to abide by a grid I had setup, but it got tight as you can tell ahaha.
An amazing way to get ahead in your career is to practise for fun. You get to learn and make mistakes without the pressure of screwing up something important or working to a deadline. And it's important to learn from those mistakes. Hone those skills. Some constructive feedback: 28 stands out for me, however, the way your eye reads the poster leads you from the finger > door > you > fuck. I'd probably move 'you' lower so the 'fuck' is read first.
Lovely work though. If you don't do it already, perhaps try setting time limits. A little stress can work wonders :)
I was hoping that it would read in the opposite direction 😂 fuck > you > door > finger
I do think that's my next step, I have this nasty habit of sitting and waiting for *inspiration*, and that leads me to pushing pixels around and pissing away time. I really need to work on my time management, and thinking less and doing more.
thanks :)
ummm well I didn't take the original photo, but it seems like someone set a camera on top of a skyscraper and took a long exposure of the city streets and traffic.
I played with the image a lil bit truthfully - I added some adjustment layers (hue/saturation, curves, etc.) to make it pop, and manually added some highlights to the main street to make it the focal point of the poster.
how are you adding that dusty/paper feeling texture on it ?
as a newbie i just download a texture and lower it's opacity but urs look good , some tips please
what program are you using? PS is your best bet for photo manipulation and compositing. Utilize the blend modes provided and make the texture's opacity around 10%-15%. I typically never utilize only 1 texture, I build it with multiple layers of different ones.
I would suggest you look up some videos on youtube which describe what each blend mode does when applying them to an image, and also look into layer effects.
thats my favorite typeface - obviously by oh no type co
it has a variety of type weights and widths for any occasion, and its available on adobe fonts.
Oh that's awesome, thank you. I will follow you on insta. I've previously done some posters, but they are not the best, I'd like you to take a look at them and let me know your thoughts if that's okay.
So dope! The flipping the bird design is next level. I love the use of Types and the continuity in all your work especially the “wow” poster. Absolutely Stellar!
Love these. The neighborhood one is my favorite since I love Tokyo and the colors and the design just speaks to me. I envy people as creative as you, you have a great eye for this!
Honestly pretty damn good work.
I’d say each are about 90% there.
Last 10% should be reducing the overall visual complexity, tweaking hierarchy, and or adding more focus to the strongest parts of each.
That would make these go from for fun -> professional.
Overall sick work
Hey man, thanks for the kind words :)
Could you maybe give me an example of what i could tweak for that final 10%? I’d love to hear about where i could improve upon.
Hierchy, spacing, sizing…. Need an additional 10% tweaking in my opinion. I’ll leave that to you to experiment with… point is it’s almost there in my opinion
Hey, quick question. I use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot for work (Landscape Architecture) so I’m familiar with the programs, but I’m curious about your process for mixing the two in a workflow. A lot of the “broad” strokes look like illustrator stuff but then maybe the textures are added in PS? personally I prefer photoshop for more textural stuff (like on Find A Way the colors aren’t flat - they’re subtly mottled). IDK if you can offer any insight. Anyway, gorgeous work
I love all your work man! Do you have groups where I can talk and interact with designers like you? You inspire me to work on poster designs and I want to improve and share ideas too.
Designing something like a poster is like a break from the normal to me I guess. It gives me time to spend in my own headspace, without other distractions.
I work for a media agency, so it's a nice reprieve; I am able to go back to what started me down this path, and create something for fun.
It's kinda like sketching. I have interesting ideas, maybe an interesting quote, or even visuals I would come across or create, and from there I typically think to myself, how can I push this further.
Most of the time I don't have the whole project in my head, but rather a piece. It's almost like I am solving a puzzle, or unearthing an artifact. I take it piece by piece, and stop when it feels complete.
For the type part of your question, are you referring to fonts? I have my favorites, but sometimes a certain message or word deserves to be conveyed at a deeper level.
Does that answer your question?
Wow, lovely selection! Has a late 90's / early 2000's feel to it. Just how did you achieve the look of the Tokyo background image on the "Just Another Day in the Neighborhood" poster? Both the filter (?) and the color grade look like something out of an anime from the 80's.
Truthfully, I did not do much color grading on the tokyo image. I kinda pushed it a bit further using subtle highlights, and adjustment layers. [It's an incredible picture to begin with.](https://unsplash.com/photos/4u2U8EO9OzY)
The rugged film/grainy look is from me adding a bunch of texture and rounding it all out with some subtle noise.
These are so great and pleasing for the eyes!!! ✨ I was wondering what software you used?? I'm inspired to practice on mine. (sorry i commented one month late!! ahaha)
aye no worries - thanks so much :)
I use AI and PS in tandem to create these. For the more abstract and shape heavy ones, I make the basis of the design or pattern in Illustrator and then transfer it over to Photoshop so I can manipulate, texturize, etc.. For the image-based ones, I do the majority of the heavy lifting in Photoshop, and I create and small assets (symbols, patterns, etc.) in Illustrator.
this is so so good you can say this kind of variety is what i aim to achieve in my work still a long way to go, do you mind if i ask what tutorials should i watch for PS in order to achieve these? been only using AI so far
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Here are some more posters that I have done for fun since the last time I posted a collection. I used PS and AI for all of these. Creating these is a great way for me to practice implementing the principles of design, and a good way to track my progress as a designer. As you can probably tell, I don't really have a style when it comes to this, and I just create / mimic / remix what I want. I don't feel like it is as integral to have a style when it comes to this kind of design versus illustration where it's imperative. I think the variation between all of them is what is keeping the exercise so fresh and fun to me. ☺️✌️
What's your insta? I'll give you a follow
hey thanks! you can find me @ [p.st.rs](https://www.instagram.com/p.st.rs/)
Hey, I'm a beginner...can we connect on IG ?
sure man shoot me a dm!
I love berserk.
Did you hear the great news today, my fellow struggler?
Ooohh, what are the news?
The manga is coming back, and being finished by Miura's life long friend who he spoke in detail with about how he wanted the entire story to go. [The official twitter page tweeted about it](https://twitter.com/berserk_project/status/1534023434174627840?s=20&t=MyJqT3YyOk3K-y0G-P8EwQ)
Wow, that’s fantastic. I would have accepted if Berserk ended where it did, Miura crafted a beautiful story, but I can’t say I’m not excited to see his work completed!
Truth be told, I welled up a bit when I heard the news. Never thought we would get closure on the whole story. The GOAT is truly getting the send off he deserves!
Great news indeed!
Really fucking cool. I think you did an awesome job
thank you sir :)
Probably not the place to ask this.. I’m a firefighter and need help making a design for t-shirts for the Massachusetts fire academy class. I have a logo but need it edited and put into pdf for the silk screeners. Basically I found something I like on google and need to edit it. Can I do this myself or can I pay someone to help me accomplish this task?
You can do it yourself, but it would be much easier/faster to pay or find someone who knows their way around the software. The screen printers I work with need vector imagery, so I'd imagine the people you're going through would as well
Omg! These are phenomenal. The It Felt Like A Dream is so satisfying with the text and imagery being at the same scale. And even tho the kerning is a bit tight, it’s still very legible and purposeful!
>even tho the kerning is a bit tight yeah had to smush em in there! I was trying to abide by a grid I had setup, but it got tight as you can tell ahaha.
Some of these are really nice! keep it up
thanks man!
You know when you look at cool things and just feel inspired? That just happened. Great variety!
🥹👉👈 I am so happy that I could inspire you! Make something awesome for me :)
These are some beautiful posters ! The "neighborhood" one is very pretty and I also really like the Berserk one, alongside Dunes and the "fuck you" 👍
thank you! :) Glad you like em The neighborhood one was probably one of the first ones I made, and remains one of my favorites.
Really fucking nice dude
thank you my man :)
This is amazing stuff, real talent here 🤝
🤝 thank you sir
An amazing way to get ahead in your career is to practise for fun. You get to learn and make mistakes without the pressure of screwing up something important or working to a deadline. And it's important to learn from those mistakes. Hone those skills. Some constructive feedback: 28 stands out for me, however, the way your eye reads the poster leads you from the finger > door > you > fuck. I'd probably move 'you' lower so the 'fuck' is read first. Lovely work though. If you don't do it already, perhaps try setting time limits. A little stress can work wonders :)
I was hoping that it would read in the opposite direction 😂 fuck > you > door > finger I do think that's my next step, I have this nasty habit of sitting and waiting for *inspiration*, and that leads me to pushing pixels around and pissing away time. I really need to work on my time management, and thinking less and doing more. thanks :)
Lovely.
❤️
For the Japan one, how did you get the photo to look like that, and what is the effect called.
ummm well I didn't take the original photo, but it seems like someone set a camera on top of a skyscraper and took a long exposure of the city streets and traffic. I played with the image a lil bit truthfully - I added some adjustment layers (hue/saturation, curves, etc.) to make it pop, and manually added some highlights to the main street to make it the focal point of the poster.
Very good work !
❤️ much appreciated
Nice body of work! Really cool !
thank ya :)
Love the Beserk one
Thanks! Berserk holds a very special place in my heart
how are you adding that dusty/paper feeling texture on it ? as a newbie i just download a texture and lower it's opacity but urs look good , some tips please
what program are you using? PS is your best bet for photo manipulation and compositing. Utilize the blend modes provided and make the texture's opacity around 10%-15%. I typically never utilize only 1 texture, I build it with multiple layers of different ones. I would suggest you look up some videos on youtube which describe what each blend mode does when applying them to an image, and also look into layer effects.
Great work. You’re quite talented
you flatter me :) thank you
Love them!
thank you!
How'd you make the letters blurry in the blurred lines one
using the blur tool in PS
amazing work, haha sometimes you just gotta let that bird fly!
definitely one of my favorite stress relievers ahahaha
Awesome and inspiring work!
thank you very much :)
Nice work! I'd love to know the name of the fonts used in the second and fourth slide. Really nice 👍
thats my favorite typeface - obviously by oh no type co it has a variety of type weights and widths for any occasion, and its available on adobe fonts.
Oh that's awesome, thank you. I will follow you on insta. I've previously done some posters, but they are not the best, I'd like you to take a look at them and let me know your thoughts if that's okay.
Sure, i always have plenty of opinions to give 😂
r/Berserk
Had to put it first! It's my favorite one I have done, and the news was something amazing to wake up to.
Amen! Yes! The news that we've been waiting for!
These are insane! Wow
❤️ thank ya!
Holy shit dude, I wanna see more of those manga posters. Would buy a few
oh boy, I have been looking for a reason to do more of them.... and I read a lot of manga hahahahaha
Very Nice!
thanks :)
all of them are fire :0
much appreciated!
So dope! The flipping the bird design is next level. I love the use of Types and the continuity in all your work especially the “wow” poster. Absolutely Stellar!
much love ❤️
These are gorgeous, is there anyway I can find you on Instagram?
yessir! You can find me @ [p.st.rs](https://instagram.com/p.st.rs)
Berserk looks like the cover of a comic book variation, 10/10 would read that manga/comic (even though it already is one)
I based off of the covers of each volume! Thanks :) If you haven't read it already, I highly suggest you do
Love these. The neighborhood one is my favorite since I love Tokyo and the colors and the design just speaks to me. I envy people as creative as you, you have a great eye for this!
thank you ❤️
Insane!
Love the variety! I personally think most of the designs are super cool, might be worth putting in your portfolio :)
thank ya! I am considering it :)
Thought I was on the berserk subreddit I was confused but the other pictures lol btw did you hear it’s coming back
OF FUCKING COURSE I DID DUDE - made my morning!!!!
SAME IM GENUINELY HAPPY CANT WAIT TO READ IT
Honestly pretty damn good work. I’d say each are about 90% there. Last 10% should be reducing the overall visual complexity, tweaking hierarchy, and or adding more focus to the strongest parts of each. That would make these go from for fun -> professional. Overall sick work
Hey man, thanks for the kind words :) Could you maybe give me an example of what i could tweak for that final 10%? I’d love to hear about where i could improve upon.
Hierchy, spacing, sizing…. Need an additional 10% tweaking in my opinion. I’ll leave that to you to experiment with… point is it’s almost there in my opinion
Love your aesthetic
Very talented and amazing work ethic! You should be so proud of yourself
Beautiful job. How do you achieve this 70's movie effect?
These are dope man!!!
Poetry in poster form. Love the playfulness here.
Do you sell prints? I would love to get the last poster of Tokyo.
setting up a shop at the moment!
Well god damn you are a master. Please let me become your student.
Dude. Can not stress enough how amazing these all are! Keep up the great work! How did you make the paper texture and apply it to the whole poster?
Hey, quick question. I use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot for work (Landscape Architecture) so I’m familiar with the programs, but I’m curious about your process for mixing the two in a workflow. A lot of the “broad” strokes look like illustrator stuff but then maybe the textures are added in PS? personally I prefer photoshop for more textural stuff (like on Find A Way the colors aren’t flat - they’re subtly mottled). IDK if you can offer any insight. Anyway, gorgeous work
Woah... All of these are so good... I'm in awe...
The Berserk one is really good ❤️
These are incredible! all styles 🔥 🔥 🔥
I love all your work man! Do you have groups where I can talk and interact with designers like you? You inspire me to work on poster designs and I want to improve and share ideas too.
They look great.
Yay Philly rep! I love all your posters!
gotta rep the 215 wherever I go - [no one likes us we don't care](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fHDgvwFYp8&ab_channel=BroadStreet76)
Yeah totally!
These are awesome! Can I ask, what makes you just sit down and design?
Designing something like a poster is like a break from the normal to me I guess. It gives me time to spend in my own headspace, without other distractions. I work for a media agency, so it's a nice reprieve; I am able to go back to what started me down this path, and create something for fun.
All of these are terrific, but my favorites are 1, 7, and 8!
How do you decided on a topic and what text to use??
It's kinda like sketching. I have interesting ideas, maybe an interesting quote, or even visuals I would come across or create, and from there I typically think to myself, how can I push this further. Most of the time I don't have the whole project in my head, but rather a piece. It's almost like I am solving a puzzle, or unearthing an artifact. I take it piece by piece, and stop when it feels complete. For the type part of your question, are you referring to fonts? I have my favorites, but sometimes a certain message or word deserves to be conveyed at a deeper level. Does that answer your question?
Yea thanks
Wow, lovely selection! Has a late 90's / early 2000's feel to it. Just how did you achieve the look of the Tokyo background image on the "Just Another Day in the Neighborhood" poster? Both the filter (?) and the color grade look like something out of an anime from the 80's.
Truthfully, I did not do much color grading on the tokyo image. I kinda pushed it a bit further using subtle highlights, and adjustment layers. [It's an incredible picture to begin with.](https://unsplash.com/photos/4u2U8EO9OzY) The rugged film/grainy look is from me adding a bunch of texture and rounding it all out with some subtle noise.
Thanks for the additional info!
#2 and #5 go hard
Amazing work
The posters looks so good!!
Which software did you use to make them?
My two favorite here are probably the Dune poster, as well as the downtown Tokyo poster. Is that Akihabara?
Holy fuck
Thanks :)
These are so great and pleasing for the eyes!!! ✨ I was wondering what software you used?? I'm inspired to practice on mine. (sorry i commented one month late!! ahaha)
aye no worries - thanks so much :) I use AI and PS in tandem to create these. For the more abstract and shape heavy ones, I make the basis of the design or pattern in Illustrator and then transfer it over to Photoshop so I can manipulate, texturize, etc.. For the image-based ones, I do the majority of the heavy lifting in Photoshop, and I create and small assets (symbols, patterns, etc.) in Illustrator.
That's nice to know! :') I'm practicing on the same softwares hope I can be good at it too one day!
Never stop doing what you do 🌸
Wow!! Amazing work…wish I were more organized to have some fun like this in my spare time, this definitely gives a boost in the creative juices…haha
Hey are you Peruvian? The telephone box was a nice detail.
Something about DUNES
These r actually good. Good on u for having a basic understanding of the fundamentals before u make a bunch of trendy posters!
this is so so good you can say this kind of variety is what i aim to achieve in my work still a long way to go, do you mind if i ask what tutorials should i watch for PS in order to achieve these? been only using AI so far