Art Deco Poster

First post in a while…
I had a client last week who needed a poster for an event titled “A Night in Monte Carlo”. The challenge was they did not want to emphasize the gambling since they were trying to appeal to a family crowd and it’s an organization that tries to help children get adopted. So I suggested an art deco style poster in the vein of the old travel poster and they loved the idea. So here is the result. Could have been better, but it could have been worse!

A lot of times I see people do Art Deco Style images and they use illustrator to get the perfectly straight lines. I do that sometimes myself but if you actually look at the old Art Deco Posters close up, they were far from perfect. That’s part of what I love about the style, the mix of fine lines and thick brush strokes. Here is one of my sources for this piece.