Poster

Welcome to Outer Space

One poster, one wink. Outer space as a roadside attraction that warmly invites you back.

A poster reading 'welcome to OUTER SPACE' in soft chrome letterforms over a gradient of orange, teal and pink, with a green alien, a ringed planet, a comet and the words 'Please come again' repeating in a circle in lime green.
Project
Coursework, self-directed
Role
Type design, illustration, poster
Scope
One print poster
Tools
Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate

Chrome, but soft

The letterforms are the whole piece. Fat, rounded, a little wonky, filled with a pale chrome gradient that shifts from cream to blue to yellow so every letter shimmers differently. Chrome type usually means hard reflections and sharp highlights. Making it soft gives it the feel of an airbrushed van mural, the exact feeling this poster chases.

Everything sits on a printed texture with a visible fold line and grain, because a poster about a place you visit should look like it has traveled folded in somebody's pocket.

Then the last line casts the spell: “Please come again” set in a ring around the alien, running upside down through the bottom half so you turn the poster to finish reading it. The farewell of a gift shop, extended to the entire universe.