Final outcomes - Title page

I've really enjoyed working with block shapes in my 80s investigation of Norse mythology. I bought a font called Thunderstorm (totally radical) to experiment with and it proved to be successful for the look I was going for.

 

I used common imagery and tropes from that period of popular design to try and create an immediacy in my own designs and root them firmly in that colour explosion of a decade.

I've never used this kind of shape exploration prominently in my work before, so I thought it'd be a good idea to do some research into the style of composition first. I came across this design from 1922 by Iakov Chernikov, who was a Russian architect and graphic designer. This constructivist design is something I never would have thought to look into for inspiration at the start of this year, but the way that shape and colour are so carefully considered leapt out to me as an interesting way to tackle my illustrations for this project.