ZIEGLER DECODED #10 – “Bürgerbräu-Putsch 1923”
We celebrate the anniversary of the Beerhall Putsch these days, so I’ve decided to decode of my posters devoted to this specific date. Learn and enjoy!
1) Reference Image – Blade Runner Movie poster
2) Fonts used: Tw Cen MT, Blade Runner Movie, BigNoodleTitling.
3) Seven layer groups – Background, Portraits, Adjustment, Camera Raw, Coloring, more Adjustment
4) Background - Photo of the Bürgerbräu Putsch events enlarged and blurred a bit + shadow below the future text, in the bottom part of the poster (Rectangle Tool with Gradient Fill) + custom Light done with basic brush + Gradient Fill for the visual division of the poster in two parts.
5) Portraits – all of them are adjusted to be black and white, after which colors from the gradient fill layer are applied in order to both show the visual division of the main characters and harmonize the original photos with the color palette of the poster. Be sure to check the blending modes and layer subjugations.
6) Text – the name of the “movie” is stylized to a Neon theme. This was not done in the original poster, I just decided to experiment a bit. This Tutorial and many others will teach you the basics of the Neon Font – go and check them out!
7) Adjustment – I was trying to lighten up the picture with those adjustment layers and, quite frankly, did a very poor job. But you can do better, and experiment more. Camera Raw filter is very traditional in my works, so nothing much to say here – just check all valuables and bookmarks in the Camera Raw filter window.
8) Coloring was done in order to turn dual-toned image in something a bit more colorful. It was done in the following way – firstly, I created a Solid Color and then made a layer Mask our of a Color Range selection (Sample Colors option). Of course, I adjusted them a bit later, where needed, using brush on the Layer Masks.
9) Finally, some color adjustments and dark beams, trying to imitate the original poster.
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