BMA243, Digital Illustration, music poster development, 19 August

"STAGE" in lights, with the figure that will dance in silhouette.  By happy accident, it reminds me of neon lights, so I start developing that.  "SCREEN" is added next, because Stage looks lonely without it.  I can't get the bevel function to work like I did with "STAGE", but that's fine.  There should be a difference between the two sets of words.  It's starting to look like the mish mash of signs that decorate Times Square and the Theatre District, which is good.  After some visual research, more development of the neon dancer. She now has the illustion of flesh which sets her jacket, hat and shoes apart from the rest of her body.
"&" is added in and "SCREEN" gets widened, the backside? of the letters get thinned down.  I realize that I've got some more decisions to make about the dancer: should she be just the bulbs, which allows the full signage to be read through her body, or should she be backed with black, which is how the signs are actually made?  I printed them out to troubleshoot problems and get some opinions.   Chris voted for bulbs and Rachel surprised herself by choosing black.  I realized that a third option existed, which tutor David said was more dynamic, and that was to black the upper body, which doesn't cover much, and leave the legs clear, which covers quite a bit.    

This poster will go in "the Dungeon" in the Music Department.  It will probably go between the Heavy Metal and Reggae posters to horrify the teenage musos and reassure the grandparents who come to their concerts.