Vancouver Opera Posters #1
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Back in November I was contacted by the wonderful folks at the Vancouver Opera about doing a series of images for their 2011 season. I'd like to send a humble thanks to both Doug Tuck and Annie MAck at the VC for giving me such rich material to work with and a creative environment that is truly rare.
The first of the series is for AIDA. This opera takes place in Egypt when a queen is taken into captivity by Egyptian soldiers. Doug and Annie asked only one thing - "We'd love to see you work a pyramid into there somehow."
Below is the final poster, the sketches, and a bit about how we distilled the image down to the final image. Annie and Doug also asked me to consider handling the title treatments as well. I rarely get to work typography into my work but jumped at the chance.
Over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting these as they become available.
The first of the series is for AIDA. This opera takes place in Egypt when a queen is taken into captivity by Egyptian soldiers. Doug and Annie asked only one thing - "We'd love to see you work a pyramid into there somehow."
Below is the final poster, the sketches, and a bit about how we distilled the image down to the final image. Annie and Doug also asked me to consider handling the title treatments as well. I rarely get to work typography into my work but jumped at the chance.
Over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting these as they become available.
