If you were asked to design a Pearl Jam Poster...

BlackCircle
BlackCircle Charlotte, NC Posts: 371
edited March 2023 in The Porch
What would you draw inspiration from?
What theme or idea or concept would you use?

I'm asking, because after 32 years, it seems as though most concepts have been explored to some degree...
Sports Teams, Animals, Space, Skulls, Death, Trees, Stamps, Postcards, Skulls, Birds, Vintage Ads, Cartoons, Cowboys, Indians, Psychedelic, Modern, Video Games, Race cars, Boats, The Ocean, Punk, Industry, Politics, Religion, Playing Cards... 

What hasn't been done and what would you do differently that another artist hasn't done?  

Just curious, since there seems to be so many "critics" of the posters the last few years... how would you design a poster?  
What would it look like?


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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,428
    Patterns that are so complex
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,208
    Local connection maybe


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  • matt3846
    matt3846 Atlanta Posts: 205
    I don’t know what it would look like, but after watching the signed posters thread I’d make it a rule to have plenty of blank space for autographs.
  • JojoRice
    JojoRice Kennesaw, GA Posts: 4,554
    I would do a design that incorporates the city/area that the show was taking place.  
    "I got memories, I got shit"
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 10,090
    One of those 3D images that you have to stare at and maybe get.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,208
    Yeah definitely  country and city  relevance and some gold  on there 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,398
    Pearl Jam should hold a contest for 10C members to design a poster. Winner gets their poster made and sold at a show. I would love to see the entry's for that.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,320
    lastexitlondon said:
    Local connection maybe

  • apirk72
    apirk72 Posts: 506
    Tim Simmons said:
    Patterns that are so complex
    Maybe next tour Dan Flashes could do a poster
  • motleygunner
    motleygunner Arizona Posts: 272
    mace1229 said:
    One of those 3D images that you have to stare at and maybe get.
    I have years of hostility pent up from never being able to see them due to an issue with one of my eyes.
  • hairgrowth2001
    hairgrowth2001 Posts: 465
    lastexitlondon said:
    Local connection maybe
    Always like to see connection to the city.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,320

  • pjruss
    pjruss Posts: 665
    I’d have the Blimp hovering/flying over a city. In the city below, you’d see a couple things that made the city recognizable (like if it was St. Louis, you’d see the arc, as an example).
    The Pearl Jam and other pertinent info would be on the blimp. 
    Or one of those planes that has the advertising sign flying behind it, whichever looked better. 

    I couldn’t even come close to being able to draw it myself though. I can barely draw a stick figure. 

    And I’d imagine this, or something very similar, has been done by some artist for some band at some point. If not….BK…..all yours 😂
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,351
    Like others have said, the subject matter should be tied to the area that the show is held. It should be an artist local to the area/region. I also prefer designs that have space. The super busy, overly detailed posters are unappealing to me. Not really into cartoony images all that much. I know most people like the hot dog poster, but if I got that I'd sell it in a minute.
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  • motleygunner
    motleygunner Arizona Posts: 272
    pjruss said:
    I’d have the Blimp hovering/flying over a city. In the city below, you’d see a couple things that made the city recognizable (like if it was St. Louis, you’d see the arc, as an example).
    The Pearl Jam and other pertinent info would be on the blimp. 
    Or one of those planes that has the advertising sign flying behind it, whichever looked better. 

    I couldn’t even come close to being able to draw it myself though. I can barely draw a stick figure. 

    And I’d imagine this, or something very similar, has been done by some artist for some band at some point. If not….BK…..all yours 😂
    IMHO, this thread is exactly what online art generators are for. I pasted in your post and added a few keywords (pearl jam, etc.) and here is what came out...Pretty postery if you ask me.


  • pjruss
    pjruss Posts: 665
    motleygunner said:
    pjruss said:
    I’d have the Blimp hovering/flying over a city. In the city below, you’d see a couple things that made the city recognizable (like if it was St. Louis, you’d see the arc, as an example).
    The Pearl Jam and other pertinent info would be on the blimp. 
    Or one of those planes that has the advertising sign flying behind it, whichever looked better. 

    I couldn’t even come close to being able to draw it myself though. I can barely draw a stick figure. 

    And I’d imagine this, or something very similar, has been done by some artist for some band at some point. If not….BK…..all yours 😂
    IMHO, this thread is exactly what online art generators are for. I pasted in your post and added a few keywords (pearl jam, etc.) and here is what came out...Pretty postery if you ask me.


    Looks pretty cool to me. Especially considering one of these talented PJ poster artists would make it pop even more. 
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,553
    GlowGirl said:
    Pearl Jam should hold a contest for 10C members to design a poster. Winner gets their poster made and sold at a show. I would love to see the entry's for that.
    They did. Can’t remember the prize, it wasn’t the poster sold at the show, but this contest did happen.
  • RS65573
    RS65573 Posts: 2,506
    What program created this? Pretty cool. If words were 300% bigger, its not bad.
  • northern spirit
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  • motleygunner
    motleygunner Arizona Posts: 272
    edited March 2023
    Shutterstock did that one... There are a ton out there. hotpot.ai does some fun ones. https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img is a good one... 

    DeepAI.org can let you pick different shaped images... Here's a couple Washington DC ones using your idea:








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