Q-Con XXII Poster

OK, OK, last Q-Con related post for now, I promise! I've been crazy busy lately and so am only getting around to uploading these all at once! Anyway, as you all know, I like to create a poster for every con that I attend, to help commemorate it in some way. For this latest one, I settled on a very minimalist style. I chose to represent my three cosplays in their most basic way, with only the respective tops and bottoms being shown in a flat, vector style. I also decided against showing any props, to help the piece not look overcrowded.

Initially, I attempted to put them on a clothes line, showing the costumes in a more 'natural environment' but it just looked stiff and awkward, so I went for a straight up and down layout instead. The Croft costume emphasises how short the shorts were, the Ventura one shows how oversized his shirt is and the Williams one shows the intentional damage to the shirt! Therefore, the three iconic parts of the actual costumes is displayed in a concise, visually appealing manner.

World of Warcraft cards

Long time no update! OK, so these were technically my first commission! Two friends of mine were also attending Q-Con in World of Warcraft Alliance costumes that they had made themselves. To add to this, they asked me to design some business cards to act as a 'Call to Arms' to join them.

I know barely anything about the game, so I had to rely on my friends for guidance. Essentially, all they needed was the Alliance lion emblem, with a passage from the game's lore below it. Because I was very pushed for time before Q-Con, with work (and working on my Ace Ventura performance!) I was actually nervous that I wouldn't complete this in time, but welcomed the challenge. I got a few reference images of the Alliance emblem and found that they usually have a metallic texture. I decided to emulate this, but also keep within my usual flat, graphic style. So I played around with a few gradients and shading techniques, but still keeping it simplistic looking. As for the font, I wanted to keep it all caps and sans serif, so I chose Futura. This kept it legible and also kept it within the style that I was going for. Then I added a few lines to help frame the message and added a subtle gradient to the background to finish it off.

Overall, I was proud that I was able to finish this in such a short time span and get them sent to Nathan in time for printing for the con! Above, I've shown a few photos of the cards beside my friend's Warcraft hammer prop for scale and to show the theme.