My next Surface Project involves stealing a design of a vintage poster, ranging from war propaganda, 1950s scifi posters to circus posters, and insert a new concept to it.
As a result, besides searching for a bunch of images online, I made a trip to the library and found some visual treasures.
War is my favorite topic so I looked up many posters from World War 2. The collage includes my top favorites. The reason they draw my attention range from the concept, the perspective, the humor and the potential for me to impose a new concept on them.
Talking about the war, it would be a disgrace if I did not look up Vietnam War posters. And so I did. The design of Vietnamese propaganda posters at that time blew my mind with their creativity, concept and design.
I also looked up many scifi posters. Their complexities and intricacies intrigue me. But most importantly, all of them have great perspectives that draw my eyes in.
And lastly, I researched some circus posters. To me, it felt like travelling back to the golden age of circus while looking at these posters.
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