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Hellraiser poster

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More movie posters! Again, this one was kept pretty darn simple.

Here's a few of my other "rules" I try to keep to with these designs:
- Try to keep from relying on elements from the official poster. Otherwise, what's the point of doing it?

- Try to pretend like I haven't seen the movie. This one is pretty tough to stick to and I often break it, but I try to pretend like all I had to go on was a script so I don't just use visuals from the film. In this case, I used a box but didn't bother with all the crazy designs on it--it's just white.

- Try not to rely on the same colors of the official poster. Again, this is one I can't always avoid.

- Always use the original tagline from the poster. Sometimes I have a design in mind before I research what the tagline was. Hellraiser is a good example. "He'll tear your soul apart" doesn't mean as much with this as it does on the real poster because there's a picture of a scary looking dude. We don't know who "he" is with this one. Maybe the ambiguity adds to the mystery?

UPDATE: Changed the font and removed studio logos.

If you're interested in buying this as a print, please go here:
society6.com/product/hellraise…
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DaraLC-artisty's avatar
I love how simple these are. Same with your tips.