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Design Trends Used In Action Movie Posters from 1960-2010

Movie posters are one of my favourite sources of inspiration, and I love to look at how they have developed over the decades. In this post, we will be looking at how the designs of action movie posters have changed since the 1960′s. You’ll find one poster per year so we can closely monitor the changes, and a small selection of current trends that we’re going to be seeing over the next year (2010) or so.

Action movie posters in general are typically very interesting – captured images of fight scenes, guns, explosions and of course the odd flash of naked flesh are all things that express action films well. The design of a movie poster is commonly underestimated – even with the internet and social media sites, posters are still one of the most effective ways of advertising a new blockbuster film.

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Design a Grungy Minimalistic Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will be making use of simple but very powerful Photoshop tools to create a grungy minimalistic poster. We will be combining triangle shapes, textures and lots of blending modes to create what you see below. Let’s not waste any more time and get started!

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How to Design a Vintage Horror Movie Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll be teaching you how to use basic tools and photo manipulation techniques to design a vintage looking horror movie poster similar to the classic Zombie film ‘Day of the Dead’ by George A. Romero.

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18 Earth Inspired Illustrations & Manipulations

In the final post from the 4 Elements Inspiration series by Jasmin, we have 18 great looking earth inspired illustrations and manipulations. To view more work by a particular artist or designer, just click on their design and it’ll take you to their Flickr, Behance or DeviantART portfolio! 1. Canyon Floor Colorado River Sunset by [...]

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How to Create a Retro Hippy Van Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial you’ll be learning several Photoshop tools and techniques, as well as a couple of Illustrator techniques to create a trendy, retro/abstract style Hippy Van poster from scratch. I use my Hippy Van Vector in this tutorial, which you can make yourself by following a tutorial I wrote a few weeks back called [...]

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