This is a poster I did for a Broadway play called "Defiance".  It's by the writer of a previous play called "Doubt".  The plot revolves around trouble in a military family.
I like doing projects where I do some of the type by hand.  I thought the soldier's medals would be a great spot to work in all the type.  I also wanted to go with a simple color scheme on the main art so that the colorful medals would stand out.  The client went for that idea.  I think I did about 60 different thumbnails for this poster.  That's my usual process on large poster projects.