Ideas and Research leading to my Final Design

So i thought i would make another post about how i've researched into Steampunk aside from looking into posters.

After doing research into Steampunk concept art and other elements, i looked into common traits that were found among steampunk such as colour and fonts etc. and i put these together to create some mock ups and come up with some ideas.

Here are some examples of some Posters in a Steampunk art style. A common trait of Steampunk is a sepia tone to create the victorian style. As these posters are futuristic there is also use of bright bold colours to get the viewers attention. Another art style used in the posters is a burn tool to create the old effect that these posters are from the victorian era so that they are about 200 years old.

So here i looked into the different font styles that was used in Steampunk, as you can see a lot of the main fonts i looked into were for adverts of products or the circus. In the victorian era the Circus was a large event and was very popular so it is a recognisable font that would be associated with that era. That style of font would also be used with such things as tobacco or alcohol products to promote them.

 So after doing my research into fonts i went onto dafont.com and looked at different styles that were similar to the ones i found and took 5 of my favourite styles to present to the group. My personal choice i used for my final design is Carnivalee Freakshow as i feel that represents the Victorian era the best. The font itself is not too over the top and is easily readable by the audience. However i made sure the font i chose was a serif font as it is more formal and again represents the victorian era better than a sans serif font.

After my font research i thought i would have to put that font to use and come up with a slogan. Often with Steampunk slogans are often cheesy and slightly humorous so i thought i would play around with that idea to come up with some ideas. My chosen slogan is "Discover what makes you, you!" This is more towards the biology side of Science however in other elements of the poster i will use Chemistry and Physics to cover the 3 main areas.

So in my sketchbook i came up with a few ideas of some sketches that came to mind when thinking of a science theme for Steampunk. So my first drawing is of a doctor that you would find in the middle ages but with some Steampunk goggles and a few cogs to give it a Steampunk look. My second drawing is of a heart but with some valves and pipes, the heart would have been looked to be made of brass as that is a popular material used in Steampunk

Finally i create some Mock ups in Photoshop and put all of my ideas together to create these. My first idea was to play with the idea of skeletons but to add some Steampunk to it, so as you can see the detail to the skeleton as it has a few cogs added to certain areas of the body such as the skull and the hips. In the background there is also some goggles to represent lab equipment.

This is my second Mock up for my poster. Again playing with the idea of skeletons but this time it was dressed in a tuxedo to give it a victorian gentleman look that goes with Steampunk. In the background there are some very transparent skeletons along with some lab equipment to give it more of a science theme.