Madame Butterfly Poster and Flyer
Brief One: - Black and White poster and flyer design
Brief One: - Black and White poster and flyer design
I have just started a Diploma in Graphic Design at Natcoll. Our first brief was to design a black and white A3 poster and a matching flyer to advertise an event of our choice. The opera, Madame Butterfly, is set in the early 1900's in Japan. It is a tragic tale about a young Japanese geisha who marries, and is subsequently deserted by an American Navel Officer - hence the American flag design on her kimono. I was influenced mainly by Japanese woodblock prints but also by Art Nouveau illustrations, particularly those by Audrey Beardsley.
![poster black and white opera Madame Butterfly](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/f39c2a25808113.5604d034a048a.jpg)
Black on white
![poster black and white opera Madame Butterfly](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/e0412b25808259.5604d0643ae91.jpg)
... and white on black
![poster black and white opera Madame Butterfly](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/1ddd183347749.560c24df77128.jpg)
Matching flyer
![poster black and white opera Madame Butterfly](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/1278d225757703.5604cde7ce8d6.jpg)
Concept sketches
![poster black and white opera Madame Butterfly](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/3aa2f125757705.5604cdb86a6ff.jpg)
Final concept rough for poster