Saul Bass

You know those posters that have only shapes and colors? That is an art form called minimalism. Saul Bass is pretty famous for his minimalist movie posters. His posters usually only include 3-5 colors including black and white, 1-3 elements, and the font Hitchcock. In his movie poster for Rocky, you see three colors, and 2 elements. There is Rocky running, the stairs, and  you can also see Rocky's victorious shadow which makes the stairs. What more do you need to say "Rocky"?

I chose to make a minimalist poster for West Side Story. Hopefully you can see that there are two opposing sides of a city, and that it is keeping love apart. Gangs, forbidden love, that's West Side Story. I created this poster in Illustrator with 3 colors and 2 elements. As simple as it looks, this ended up being kind of challenging, and of course there is still much to be improved. Sometimes the pen tool just doesn't want to listen to you. It still ended up looking nice, and it definitely conveys what I want it to. Thank you for the inspiration, Saul Bass. You inspire many teachers and artists alike.