Part 3: Assignment 3 (Concert Poster)

Final illustration: Ideas Development Getting started I decided to base this assignment work around a friend's band, Ivy Fire. Rather than make something fictional for this assignment, I felt would be much better to use a real band who do real performances. I also think it is quite important that I can ask them questions, and then gauge their reaction to the final illustration at the end of the assignment. They describe the style of their music as being "quite rocky with funk". The poster is for a performance at an Eastbourne town centre pub. Visual Research I collected together a wide variety of different gig posters onto a Pinterest board. I was struck by the incredible diversity of the illustrations and artwork. I'd say that this particular field of illustration seems particularly alive, vibrant and exciting. A side thought occurs to me - why do most movie posters use photography to catch attention, whilst gig posters are more inclined to use il...