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Visual Metaphor Poster

Visual Metaphor Poster
Approach:For this assignment, we were tasked with crafting a poster for an opera, with a focus on creating a powerful visual metaphor. I opted to draw inspiration from Béla Bartók's "Bluebeard's Castle."
In the initial phase of my design process, I delved into the opera's storyline to gain a comprehensive understanding. After numerous sketching sessions, the concept emerged to depict skeletons subtly emerging from behind a door, symbolizing the main character's concealed secrets or having "skeletons in the closet." My objective was to create a poster that was both simple and impactful, effectively conveying the chosen metaphor. I integrated nuanced details, such as a hand-drawn bone font and a blood splatter in the bottom corner, to signify the presence of death within the opera.

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Poster on mock up
Mood board
Visual Metaphor Poster
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Visual Metaphor Poster

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