Porn Rock business card design for theater show: front

I designed the main graphics in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The title was created in Illustrator and inspired by the parental advisory explicit content stickers that were warning labels which was an effect of the PMRC hearings. Besides the obvious recognizable attributes, the bold typeface is perfect for posters and ads. Then using both Photoshop and illustrator, I created a composite of Dee Snider face on a cut out of Uncle Sam from JM Flag’s “I Want You” posters to recruit solders for the World Wars. Uncle sam is the personification of the American government and represents patriotic emotion. The initial idea started as a tribute to Jamie Reid’s notable cover art for the Sex Pistol’s God Save the Queen, which has been described as the single most iconic image of the punk era. I used the cutout style, monochromatic color scheme and halftone pattern. The other characters were designed to resemble a courtroom sketch with a splash of haphazard green watercolor.The character names were added in a beautifully drawn cursive handwriting script to add a personal feel to the illustration. Finally, the “Bad Idea” text from the tagline was designed in Illustrator with a rubber stamp-like effect reminiscent of recognizable censorship and top secret design aesthetics.