#4 "Olympics" (Part 1)

This post's theme is "Olympics". I decided to design a poster based on one Canadian athlete in the recent Winter Olympics. I started with some quick sketches of basic layout ideas. The poster would have one large portrait of the athlete, and then a smaller full body image of the athlete doing their sport. I ended up deciding on a design that is a combination of the top-left, and bottom-right layouts, using the figure layout of the bottom-right, and the text layout of the top-left.

 Considering I would have to draw portraits of an actual person for this exercise, I went to look for some photo references of my athlete of choice that would fit my idea. Luckily, there were several

Using these, I was able to create a much more refined comp for my poster, as well as a base file for the final poster

The design idea to have a large portrait in the background with a smaller figure next to it is a rather common design that I have seen in many things. Here is one example of such a layout

For next time... I'll be turning this poster design into a full colour image