How to Design and Illustrate a Concert Poster - Our Process Creating Gig Posters for The National

This video takes a behind the scenes "deep dive" into the DKNG illustration process. Dan and Nathan discuss their latest gig poster set for The National for their shows at the Greek Theatre Los Angeles and how they used Adobe Illustrator to create this diptych design.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Project background
1:57 - Working from a sketch
2:30 - Working with limited colors
4:20 - Batching illustration tasks to make progress
6:30 - Deciding on a style and level of detail
8:20 - Starting on the downtown urban scene
9:15 - Establishing the transition between neighborhoods
10:20 - Stylizing the height and perspective of skyscrapers
12:00 - Integrating typography into the composition
13:05 - The importance of working from a sketch
15:30 - Laying realistic shadows over surfaces with varying depth
16:00 - Preparing halftone separations for screen printing
17:23 - Combining geometric and organic elements in the same style
18:15 - Fusing illustration and custom text in the same style
20:30 - Specific shadow details and how to approach them
23:42 - Aiming for perfection vs. aesthetic balance
25:05 - Logistics of printing a diptych two-up on a larger parent sheet
26:28 - Outro

[@snellbeast_jasonsnell]

Awesome work you guys! Love the process -- Inspiring!

[@DKNGstudio]

Thanks!

[@doggonestudios]

The balance of extreme detail vs simple shapes is amazing, you guys are too good!

[@DKNGstudio]

Thanks Dylan!

[@shivamthapliyal2305]

Love the deep dive series! Brings back a lot of memories from years ago when I started and I used to slow down your process video to learn tips and techniques for illustrations. Learnt a lot. ❤

[@DKNGstudio]

Great to hear!

[@stevenreynersdesignillustr8199]

So good! You guys are such a big inspiration!

[@DKNGstudio]

Thank you!

[@naxmax]

WOW.. This Dope. btw how to design / draw a tower or high building in this kind type of design.

[@tylergibson7652]

what photoshop plugin do yall use for the Ps halftoning?

[@DKNGstudio]

It’s called Andromeda, but it’s no longer distributed and only works on older iOS… we’re working on making a tutorial on how to create a similar look using native PS tools

[@sanniametu6187]

Just curious how do you guys get to collaborate on the same project