“What is Creative Mondays?
Monday’s are always a drag. The start of a new week, you have to go back to that routine of going to bed early/get up early. If (like me) you have to commute then you prepare for that long journey into work and that long journey back for the first time after a nice two day break.
So to kick off those lousy Mondays, I’m going to get my creative mind flowing in a positive way. Creative Mondays. A chance for me to show off something unfinished or finished that I’ve been working on throughout the previous week.”
Films and stories have always been the most powerful of influences on my creative work. It’s quite often the source of my inspiration and just this past weekend I went and saw The Great Gatsby. As with most Baz Luhrmann films you’re guaranteed to see something quite spectacular and visually this film was no different. As I was watching the creative bug caught me and I had to create my own poster. This design represents a scene in the film that is quite symbolic of the characters and their struggle. It’s beautifully captured on-screen and I wanted to replicate this digitally.
This piece is created entirely within Photoshop with the exception being Gatsby himself. He was created as a vector in Illustrator so I could easily adjust the size to fit the composition.