photo illustration ; graphic design
The folks over at Imagine Exhibition asked me if I could lend a hand to their upcoming pop-up bar that would tie-in with an already touring dinosaur exhibit. Directors Travis Allen and Ryan Cooper wanted to harken back to the days when dinosaurs were perceived more or less as mythical lizards. We discussed how the bar might have a carnival or sideshow lilt to it.
Time being the incessant knee-capper, I couldn’t produce the horribly inaccurate dino illustrations discussed. Instead, I scoured every stock site for vintage illustrations I could chop up and smash together worse than John Hammond and Dr. Moreau combined.
In addition to the posters for the main four attractions, they asked for a handful of posters that would promote various other mini-stations within the room.
Gertie’s poster in particular was a blast to work up because i got to play around with all those verrrrry early century design trends.