New VOD "Swamp of the Ravens" Now Available!!!

[losingmydignity]

The Swamp of the Ravens poster is just missing a head or two poking out of the swamp ; )

[Jason Martian]

I decided to use the ravens in a few of my poster designs for title's sake... there were also a few other promotional pieces done for the film that use ravens. I couldn't find an alternate title for the film... I think they were just idiots

I think from a design standpoint, this was probably the right way to go for the RT graphic. One of the things I've really liked in the last two and a half years is that they moved away from these sort of cliche Photoshop MKB's heads onto the movie poster to these wholly built from scratch illustrations that you do. I think it adds so much more credibility to the franchise. Not that they didn't have credibility before, but this "new" style of graphics, at least to me, say "What you're buying IS NOT the movie itself, but an original creating that was built on top of the movie. What you're getting is something that we have created that stands entirely on its own merits," and that they found a designer and a style that fits perfectly into what RiffTrax is and the sort of culture and canon that surrounds it.

If you don't mind me asking, what program are you using to create these? Do you function within the Adobe Creative Suite, or is there some other program that you use? I don't often get to talk shop regarding graphic design with other designers that are somewhat worth their salt. I know a lot of designers who can't even be bothered to build their own graphics, which is something that is a total paradox to me.

I think there are many opinions on what the best approach to these posters was, I for one thought that the original approach was very fitting... Mike Kevin and Bill are riffing a movie and the movie posters not only featured them but it also riffed the movie in a visual way. Whatever opinion people have I am happy to showcase my illustration and design work. I've had a great time creating these posters throughout all of their  incarnations. With most of these more recent posters I use a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator.

Oh, I wasn't trying to say that those old posters were BAD. They worked well, but I just really like the illustration direction that's been taken the last couple of years. I think it looks REALLY REALLY good.

Thank you! 

The Swamp of the Ravens poster is just missing a head or two poking out of the swamp ; )

That was in one of the posters I submitted for approval (which can be seen on my Facebook, Tumblr and/or Twitter feed).