EMP Poster 3: Small Town Folk

No messing around with this one. Get it done. Took my inspiration for various other horror movie posters where the killer is visable in centre frame but is obscured in some way, either by their back being turned or something hiding them to leave some suspense to finding out what they look like. I went for a simple fade out on three edges and the sickle coming forward on the right. I went for a simple colour palette this time. After creating two heavily coloured and heavily detailed posters I felt that I needed to try my hand at something a little more refined. White, grey, black, two shades of blue, red & a flare. I sat the figure on a black background to allow the fade. The typography again is the same in terms of the information text and the title typeface is Arno Pro (display) which is close to the typeface used in the original artwork. I chose to use only a single splash of red so that it really stands out from the rest of the image, it can be easy to use too much red which ruins the balance of a piece and I wanted to keep it minimal and suggestive rather than painting blood all over the place.

EMP Vinyl Toy - Small Town Folk - Axe Killer (not quite finished)

Killer Mask Guy from Small Town Folk. If you don't know the movie you should check it out, it was shot in my hometown.

This is made using a 4inch glow in the dark DIY Munny toy which obviously I've customised by cutting the ears & tail off, painting & sewing the mask. There's also an axe to go with this but it's not painted yet, I may add some detail underneath the mask and I'm also going to make a second mask as this one is removable. I tried some different techniques to paint this from last time. I used fewer colours for a start which proved to make it a lot easier as you don't have to constantly be waiting for it to dry. I also watched some tutorials on painting vinyl toys and was convinced to use a wash. I painted the dungarees in a cerulean blue, then washed over that a couple of times with an ultramarine to pick out the detail, and then once more with a brown to give a muddy appearance. Then I did a little dry brushing to a couple of areas in a white to make the clothing look worn. After inking in the outlines I added a really light splatter to the front & the hands. The key to painting blood splatter is to be sparing, otherwise it looks really unrealistic.

Face zipped up.

Face unzipped.

 

Left hand side.

 

Back with buttons on mask.

 

Right hand side.

 

The point of getting the glow in the dark vinyl was so that it would shine out of the eyeholes & mouth. Unfortunately taking photos of this has proved to be fairly difficult. I will sort this out.

April 24th 2010: Barbara Allen

It being the springtime of the year

The flowers were freshly blooming

A young man from my home country

Fell in love with Barbara Allen

This young man took sick and went to bed

And he called out for Barbara Allen

She came to him and softly said:

Young man I think you are dying

I am not dying! the young man said

One kiss from you would cure me

One kiss from me you'll never see

Though I thought that you're heart was breaking

Or do you not remember last Sunday night

Out in the ballroom dancing

You danced all night with the village whore

And you slighted Barbara Allen

So she went back to her father's house

And she heard the church bell tolling

And each toll that the bell did ring

Called out for Barbara Allen

Now she'd not gone back so very far

When she saw the funeral coming

Lay down, lay down the corpse she cried

So that I may gaze upon him

Oh father, father, dig my grave

And dig it deep and narrow

A young man died for me today

I shall die for him tomorrow

So they both were buried in the old churchyard

But she was buried higher

And from her grave a red rose grew

And from his grave a brier