Silence is eloquent

Self initiated poster for Ido Portal

Andrey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:03:03 +0000

Task: Create a poster for Ido Portal

View the process...

Everything has started here:

A vector mock-up:

The first color scheme was creeeepy:

Here are my custom background ink washes:

Close process

for Ido Portal

Andrey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:54:44 +0000

I’m stoked to announce my most recent poster! Anyone who has ever trained with Ido Portal knows his famous phrase: “You are weak, my friend… ” So here it is, my silent motivator which I will print in the nearest future and hang it at my training place. Thank you, Ido Portal, I am really fortunate to know you. You are the pure inspiration.

I want to thank Chris Linhares for the great photo of Ido he took during one of the workshops which I used for reference. Thumbs up! I’ve also included some high-res and process screenshots down there if you are interested. Enjoy!
Can you imagine this printed on T-Shirts, event brochures, event posters …Ha!

Everything has started here:

A vector mock-up:

The first color scheme was creeeepy:

Here are my custom background ink washes:

Typewriter tip-tip

Andrey — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:33:57 +0000

One good friend of mine has lent me her retro-shining typewriter. So let’s see what do we got here: a pack of handmade paper from Thailand, neatly carved Chinese seal with my character/logo on it, super-duper typewriter and one long, rainy evening. Hmm.. definitely leads to something interesting.

Funny thing, I have just realized that I never made any business cards for myself.

Hero!

The witty mechanism of this typewriter made such way that type bars are hitting the same spot twice every 7 letters (and there is no backspace). Wasted two cards to eventually print a good one.

And that’s how we rock: