Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Rick Griffin (Shannon)
Rick Griffin was born June of 1944 and passed August 1991. He lived as one of the leading designers of "psychedelic posters" in the 1960's. He also contributed his talents to the underground comix movement. He is mostly known for his connection to "Grateful Dead", for whom he has produced some of their greatest and best known posters and record jackets. Taking a look at Griffin's work you can see he has a distinct style where the main focus of his cover art is centered on the platform. A circular clipping layer is formed and encloses the background while in the foreground lies the subject of his piece. A flat, solid color is also added just to the outside of his circular clipping layer, usually complimenting one of the prominent colors in the piece. To finish off his work, Griffin's titles are positioned in the top center of the cover, laying tactfully over the clipping layer, usually in a very bold font.
Hanuka 2 (Andreas)
This is probably my favorite from the brothers. My favorite thing about their work is the energy it brings. The lines and contours, in addition to the simplicity of the color scheme (highlights or shadows), just makes the piece come alive. I didn't realize how critical the backgrounds were to the composition until I tried to duplicate the style. Although the background is made of relatively drab colors, because they are complimentary, they stick out from the sky, and actually create depth in the composition.
Hanuka 1 (Andreas)
What I love most about this one is the color scheme. I love how you can get the sense of depth and dimension even though the piece is monochromatic. And I think its simply genius that they use virtually no local tones. Just highlights or shadows. It gives it this energy that I feel would be lost if they used more colors.
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