Being intensely immersed in a tv show, book, film or video game has always given my output a big jolt. I quite liked the vibe of the first season of ‘The Mandalorian’ but really paid closer attention with season 2. As is always the case with inspiring things, it found it’s way into my work fairly quickly and I soon found myself in the middle of a poster project. Inevitably I would view this as a chance to improve my layout skills and spend further time figuring out how to merge my drawings with my layouts. Honestly though, I think it was just nice to draw a character with a helmet on! I’ll give each poster a description below…
This first poster is one of my favourites in the series. It presents the central conceit of the story in an engaging way whilst letting the layout breathe. I feel good about the palette as it gets away from the muddy desert Western tones I’ve come to associate with the character.
This piece was my attempt at a dramatic front on ‘duel’ stance with particular attention paid to keeping a very strict palette. It’s functional but uninspired and the decision to apply a halftone filter to everything dissipates the impact somewhat.
I was trying to create more engaging subjects here and maybe subvert colour expectations again. I’m a fan of a pink multiply shade but it’s been left too saturated here and jars visually.
Being displeased with the last poster I changed up the colour scheme and added a gaussian blur overlay layer to the white areas. It’s always interesting how the mood of a piece can change completely by presenting it in a new light. This dusky foggy image seems to link more easily with the more mythic heroic qualities of the tale than the last piece which was garish in it’s execution.
Another favourite. I quite like this piece bar two mistakes 1) Adding such a strong halftone over everything 2) having the frog lady text in highly saturated pink means it gets lost in the surrounding areas. Saying that I let my drawing go here and had fun with proportions, which can give the end result some charm I think. I added a small design element I’m happy with; the eggs from that episode float above the title as a small nod to the plot as well as being a nice pattern. The bright colours were another attempt at departing completely from the associated colour palette.
The balance of the pose isn’t at enough of an angle to show relaxation. He could be leaning with his arms folded and his shoulder against the wall for example. The halftone is restrained here and the line work is better for it, has more solid black impact where it needs it. The Baby Yoda and satchel may be the nicest line work in the whole project.
I went with the obvious Clint Eastwood pose and poncho look from ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ but contrasted it with what looks like a malfunctioning guidance system from one of the spaceships in the series. This basically turned into an exercise in seeing how far Procreate could go with this type of aesthetic. Pretty far!