Poster DesignKeira / Tien Bui

In this project, I will apply the elements and principles of design to create a poster for season 4 of Orphan Black.

ABOUT OUTCOMES

- Develop ideas through brainstorming of related concepts and ideas.- Document work in progress, including idea generation, creation of design variations, and selection of a final solution.

Ideation

10 Possible Concepts

1. Clones are the main subject matter of the show and they are called orphans. Characteristics: manmade, confused, identical, scientific, mysteriousColor scheme: cold, analogous

2. The clones have a close-knit sisterhood.Characteristics: united, familial, sacrificial, supportive, closedColor scheme: warm, analogous

3. Science is important to decode and analyze the genome.Characteristics: precise, complicated, logical, methodical, powerfulColor scheme: complementary

4. LEDA and CASTOR were initially military operations.Characteristics: brotherly, uniformed, cold-hearted, powerful, secretiveColor scheme: cold, analogous

5. The show has many unsolved mysteriesCharacteristics: secretive, dangerous, murderous, suicidal, confusedColor scheme: complementary

10 Possible Concepts

6. The clone sisters are very different from each other. Characteristics: contrasting, different, varied, complicated, complementing Color scheme: complementary

7. Sarah is very protective of her daughter. Characteristics: loving, motherly, strong, powerful, caring Color scheme: warm, analogous

8. Sarah returns home to track down a new ally. Characteristics: reclusive, mysterious, reluctant, informative, dangerous Color scheme: cold, analogous

9. Sarah is being chased by Topside. Characteristics: thrilling, unpredictable, precarious, insecure, threatening Color scheme: complementary

10. Sarah loves her daughter and her sisters. Characteristics: protective, sisterly, burning, passionate, attached Color scheme: warm, analogous

The Show

Icons

20 Concepts

1. Sarah returns home from her hideout.

2. Sarah is being chased by Topside.

3. Sarah tracks down an elusive, mysterious ally named MK.

4. The clone sisters are being pulled in disparate directions.

5. Sarah is being lost and estranged.

6. Sarah tries to put the broken pieces back together.

7. Beth’s death at the train station started everything.

8. The close relationship between Sarah, Beth Child and the new clone.

9. The new clone’s name is MK, a mysterious name for a mysterious character.

10. MK is reluctant and traumatized by her past.

20 Concepts

11. MK knows more than any other clone.

12. Sarah is facing a potent enemy and heading in a horrifying direction.

13. Kira, Sarah’s daughter, is in danger and her toy is shown in flame.

14. MK wears a sheep mask and hides in a forest to conceal her identity.

15. Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be cloned.

16. MK has been self-aware for a while.

17. Sarah is going back to the beginning and reverting to her old habits.

18. More clones will be introduced.

19. MK will reveal new truths that change the sisters' lives.

20. MK is dangerous, complicated and very smart.

3 Chosen Concepts

1. Sarah tracks down an elusive, mysterious ally named MK.

2. MK will reveal new truths that change the sisters' lives.

3. MK wears a sheep mask and hides in a forest to conceal her identity.

10 Textures / Patterns

3 Color Schemes

Visual Research

Design Variations

Rough Variations

3 Best Variations

Process

Bass, Saul. Such Good Friends. 1972. Color silkscreen. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

Bereny, Robert. Modiano. 1927. Lithograph. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

Bradley, William H. The Chap-Book, Thanksgiving Number. 1895. Color lithograph. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

Bradley, William H. Victor Bicycles - Overman Wheel Company. 1895. Color lithograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

DENIS, Maurice. La Depeche de Toulouse. 1892. Color lithograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

Perrin: Gant Perrin et Spécialités Couture. 1946. SCAD Digital Image Database. Web. 31 January 2016.

Works Cited

Final Design

Analyzed Poster