I wanted this poster to be in its glory days, when the city was built and thus I used every art deco font possible. The color palette was really fun too. Some of her songs are soft and melancholy and some are dark and moody so I had to do a few different palettes. Check out the rest of my poster designs HERE.

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I really loved working on my MPP last year because it gave me the freedom to try new styles and do whatever I wanted with the music that inspires me. I decided to pick it up again and do a few this year.

I love this woman’s music and everything she is about, fun, good beats, crazy lyrics (sometimes inappropriate :/), but amazing nonetheless. I did two versions, a red and a yellow, which do you prefer?? I also had some fun messing around with actions in PSD and doing a glitch. Coolnesssss!

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LORDE    |    UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS

DAFT PUNK   |   BILLIE EILISH

BASTILLE   |   RITUAL

YOUNG SUMMER   |   TRANSVIOLET

X AMBASSADORS   |   THE CHAINSMOKERS

 SLEEPING AT LAST   |  KALEO

I was just talking to my mom about how lucky I am that I get to do what I love everyday (take care of my baby) and design cool things that express my creativity. This may sound weird but I have never felt like I was in my true element until now.The only other time was when I was a cheerleader in high school, I was so passionate about it and I loved being busy with something I loved. Since then I have been searching for that thing that truly fulfilled me. I thought it would be my husband, which did fulfill a different part of my life. Then my baby which has brought so much joy to our family but I think I have finally felt the creative happiness that I have been looking for for so long through design. In the past, I have loved designing but I think I felt empty without the other two things in my life and now I can say I truly have it all.

I chose to do this project because it wasn’t commissioned and I had 100% control over what I wanted to do. Music is my language and I am super passionate about it so choosing some of my favs to make fan art was so much fun. I also wanted to design some popular artists and some not so common, so those who followed my project would discover how great they are too. Well I hope you enjoy the completed Music Poster Project.

XOXOXXX

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I have loved this band for a very long time. They aren’t widely known but I feel like they should be because of their cool sound that gets me so pumped when I design.

I pictured a clean font for this poster before I thought of anything else. Since they are very modern but also very smooth I felt like they needed a deep moody color palette to work with. I love green, (I painted my master bedroom accent wall this color green) so I looked for an image that I could spice up and do the kaleidoscope effect to. I love pairing really complex artwork with really simple type, I think it adds an awesome balance to everything for a final product. If you get some time and you like unique music, you should check out my recommended songs below.

Ciao,

Kirsten

UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS

One Way or Another (cover)   |   Romeo  |   Pressure  |   Revolution Indifference (my fav right now)

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We are getting down to the last few poster designs for this year. I think I have decided to do book covers next year to get some practice in for my own book series that I have been writing since 2008! Ya i know it’s taking foreverrrrrrr but it has been so fun and come so far.

I chose to do Bastille because well, who doesn’t love their music? I feel like the name is classic which reminds me of my study abroad in Italy so I chose to use a sculpted bust as my focus. Since they have such a fun sound I added the watercolor splashes and the flowy typography to help bring that in a little more. I loved designing this poster, it just brought back so many memories from my European travels and design school; it’s crazy to see how far I’ve come since then. The links to my favourite songs are below and a link to a dance poster I made years ago inspired by their song Of the Night.

xoxo, Kirsten

BASTILLE

Fall into your arms     |     Of the night    |    Pompeii    |     What would you do    |     Skulls     |      Tuning out (a little christmas tune)

Dance Poster

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It’s been a while since my last Music Poster Project post (say that five times fast) but since I’ve been on maternity break I have had a few hours here and there to finish up the last few for this year so keep your eye out for the rest.

This design was inspired by a band called Ritual, which I discovered on Spotify (the best invention of my life…truly). They have such an elegant sound with beautiful lyrics so I really wanted to do a poster based on my favourite song Josephine. I used a vintage floral inside the elegant drop cap and then added the script text on black to add depth and drama to the image. Let me know if you get the same vibes that I did when you listen to their music.

In celebration of hitting 11k Pinterest followers, I thought I would tell you about Pinners Conference this weekend in Utah for anyone who wants to be inspired.  Honestly I don’t know what I would do if Pinterest hadn’t been invented, finding inspo before then was difficult and took five times the amount of time and now there is a conference where you can meet the people who make all the awesome pins and DIY’s (mind blown). It’s my first time going and I am super excited to meet all those bloggers!

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My Favourite Ritual Songs:

Josephine   |    Bottle Tops   |    Too Deep

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She is probably one you haven’t heard much of because she only has one song but hot dang that one song is good, good enough for me to want to make a poster of it. In fact I have most of her remixes saved in my go-to playlist right now on Spotify. I feel like her cool beat and pretty voice have a lot more to offer us in the future so keep an eye out for this girl.

Now for the poster design. Well since the song is about ocean eyes I just had to use blue and since eye symbols are popular and I have never had the chance to do anything with them, I thought this would be a good opportunity. As I designed the really graphic poster I wanted to add some softness to it by doing the hand drawn name in a scribbly way writing. I also added a gradient from light blue to dark to soften it that way as well as add dimension to the color palette. Hope you likie!

BILLIE EILISH

Ocean Eyes: Spotify  |  Youtube

Ocean Eyes (black bear remix): Spotify  |  Youtube

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Who doesn’t love Lorde and all the cool sounds she gives us. I am a huge fan of hers, and I love her unique style. When I was designing this I thought about her song Yellow Flicker Beat and how cool and and edgy it is. I used an ink blot (because I have always wanted to) and a geometric gold shape on top to add the bit of Royals into it. I picture her brand to be clean and creative so I really tried to do that with a lot of white space and then a focal point in the center. I think I have synesthesia that when you see words or letters you see color, except I have visions of cool designs or settings when I hear music or sounds.

If you haven’t heard of Lorde, which I highly doubt because she has gone really big in the last few years, than you must listen to the links below.

LORDE

Love club : Spotify  |  youtube

Team: Spotify  |  youtube

Royals: Spotify  |  youtube

Buzzcut Season: Spotify  |  youtube

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