MOODBOARD Below is a moodboard created to showcase the stereotypical “look” of the horror genre, including movies and illustrations. Links/ References: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YQJPd. Staake, Bob. “Hell Train.” The New Yorker. July 31, 2017. Accessed November 10 , 2021. https://www. newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2017-08-07. “Poltergeist (1982).” IMDb. https:// www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/. “The Silence of the Lambs (1991).” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/. Cavalcanti, João Pedro Alves. “Suspiria (2018) movie poster.” Behance. Accessed November 10 , 2021. https://www.beh a n ce . n e t / g a l l e r y / 7 0 2 5 9 8 7 5 / Suspiria-(2018)-movie-poster.v
ARTIST STUDY: STEVEN RHODES Steven Rhodes is a Brisbane, Australia-based illustrator and graphic designer. He is hugely interested in mid-century modernism and kids book design from the 1970s and 1980s work. He began to experiment with curved borders, typeface and overall design of the era. He then combined that interest with subversive horror themes to produce and create darkly humorous retro designs. In the two posters below, a relatively stereotypical typeface is used for the title. The overall tone of the poster design is relatively dark and a black background. Looking into how Rhodes changes the posters of horror movies into witty graphic designs, one of my initial ideas for this project was to recreate some psychological horror movies in the style of romance movies. “TDK Original Interview: Steven Rhodes.” The Design Kids. November 2018. Accessed November 10, 2021. https://thedesignkids.org/interviews/steven-rhodes/. posters from https://www.stevenrhodes.com.au/. 08
