My Final Illustration

This is what I finally went with for my Concert poster for Illustration class. I did the band Mates of State based on their one lyric, "Cool your politics for a while, let the color schemes arise." The American flag and newspaper background is meant to represent American politics, while they are being transformed with flowing colors. I made this with newspaper collage with gel medium onto canvas, the paper sculpted flag on watercolor paper and painted with gauche, and the Mates of State name created with newspaper cut out on watercolor paper and gauche. I sculpted the paper by bending it and gluing it to the canvas with hot glue. The Mates of State lettering is elevated with Styrofoam blocks underneath. Then Stephen, our illustration teacher, had the photographer at his studio take a photo of my piece and I pushed the background contrast with Photoshop. Overall, I think this is my favorite piece I have ever done.