Wasn't expecting to find this at blizzcon...

So Blizzard Entertainments big convention, Blizzcon, was this weekend and of course I didn't have the chance to go.   So I spent most of my weekend watching videos and looking at pictures from the convention.

At Blizzcon there was an art gallery filled with posters for their latest games, including posters made to parody old movie posters.  

Thought this one was amazing.  It's a poster for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion "Cataclysm".  Obviously a Parody of the old Jaws movie poster.  Has a bit of a Modern Pictorial/Late Modern blend feel.  Not much to talk about, just thought it was awesome enough to include in the post.

A victorian gaming magazine? pt 2

The second of the collectors covers.  This one seem to be a slightly later design.  has some feature of Victorian and Early Modern

A victorian gaming magazine? pt 1

The latest game informer magazine is being released with 3 different collectors covers over a 3 week period.  I was really surprised to get the first one and see the cover.  The cover story is for a game that takes place in 1912 and the first cover uses a strong victorian feel with the varying type and type in banners.

16oz Coca-Cola

I've staring at these bottles for a while.  This is the design for the new 16oz Coca-Cola bottles.  I hated this when I first saw it, but it's really grown on me.  This probably isn't how it went, but I'd like to image a board meeting to decide on how to adjust the logo for the smaller bottle and someone has the guts to say "Why don't we just cut it off?"

Leaving that behind, I think it's a great idea for getting across the message that you're buying a little less of the same great product.

Paper Making

First time making paper.  Was fun... and messy.  Had to really fight the urge to cut this down to 8.5"x11" and see if it would break a printer...  Punched a whole in it, tore it a little, wrote my name on it, and also used a mat cutter to see how cleanly it would cut.

Photograms

This was my second time making photograms so I tried to get a bit creative with them.  There weren't that many letters ti choose from so I attempted making my own by overlapping different items in the first image.  If you look closely at the bottom of the second image you'll see that I paid a piece of fabric over my hand, and you can just barely see the design going through my fingers.

I know there should be 3 of them, but due to my own sheer stupidity, the third is somewhere on i65 between Franklin and Hermitage

Art Movement Examples

Art Nouveau:

 I chose this book cover as an example of art nouveau because of it's use of strong curvilinear shapes and floral designs.

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Victorian:

 Match box covers.  The defined borders, type in banners, and busy embellished designs make for great examples of victorian design.  The lower one shoes later victorian concepts with fewer curves in the lettering and a less busy background.

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Plakatstil: 

 Fond this image on a web article about the history of video games.  The poster itself is obviously missing the older look that it should for it's contents and attempted style; but the flat-color design, limited use of type and a strong central image still makes it a good attempt at mimicking the Plakatstil style.

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Art Nouveau:

The Tree of Life, Designed by Morris & Co.

One of the most recognized  tapestries designed by Morris & Co.  Elongated vertical subject depicted with "growing" organic movement.

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Art Deco:

X-Men Poster by Eric Tan.

A great modern example of Art Deco poster design.  Integration of the words as a part of the image, strong use of geometric shapes and limited color.