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9-1-1 Begins episodes as grunge(ish) posters

i got really into poster making over the last month for my freelance work and i kept saving really cool reference posters on pinterest and i was super excited to make stuff like that but the client didn't like any of the ones i saved and i got sad but then i remembered i have free wil so. weewoo poster time

assets i used for all the posters:

i used paper + scanned texture + film burn sample packs from wave index

i made these 9-1-1 and fox logos and distressed them

1. Hen Begins

i decided to follow the chronological order of the show so hen begins was up first.

pros: i knew the exact kind of poster i wanted to model all of them after and i had a clear vision - i wanted them to look like those noisy brutalist/grunge movie/musician posters, like these:

breakfast club by hozergovia on ig | lady bird by jempg on pinterest | aftersun by justbychris on ig

cons: i was teaching myself how to achieve those effects + i went through many variations because it wasn't looking the way i wanted it to. here are some half-finished variants:

i think the issue w doing this ep first - much like the show - was that i was still experimenting so it ended up being the most basic poster of the lot. i really like where i ended up even though it wasn't looking super grunge; i kinda gave up on the monotone look at that point bc it wasn't working for me (i love colour too much)

also i realised what the colour scheme reminded me of lol

the yellow circle behind hen is a sticker png i picked up from @thepngpixie (x) and the stars are from @pngblog (x)

2. Chimney Begins

gonna #tbh i think this is my favourite one of the lot haha. this is the best begins episode and the second i saw the opening frame i knew what i wanted to look like

i made a version without stars bc i thought it might've been overkill. i went super heavy w the textures for the background and it turned out well, i also love the untextured drip of blood as a nod to him bleeding out (also hello red theory)

overall a solid ass poster i'd say.

the stars are from @pngblog (x)

3. Bobby Begins Again

i wanted this poster to be really be blended more than anything, so i picked screencaps and played with the colouring and gradients till it looked like it was smooth. i'd say this style is much more "classic" in the sense that this is what i'd do for making gifs and it's not necessarily the contemporary poster style i was going for. it felt more timeless than the rest. i liked the idea of keeping the fonts minimal and letting the imagery stand out. this had the most number of usable quotes i could find in the episode and i ended up using them all.

4. Athena Begins

this kind of looks like a magazine cover?? which i don't hate but it doesn't necessarily fit athena's character. i was going for a refined feel so ig i was naturally drawn to what i find fancy (architectural digest, seemingly)

anyways. angela bassett front and centre as she should be. i like this but it's not my fav

5. Eddie Begins

i had made 2 variants (4 actually bc when i saved these the first time i forgot to add ryan guzman's name) bc i wasn't sure i liked how small the strip of photos was in the first one. changing that meant changing the text hierarchy tho which i didn't like

i think this also feels very magazine-esque - i think the fonts are what's throwing me off. they look cool as hell tho.

6. Buck Begins

i intended to make it look like postcards were taped to the bottom of this poster but this specific screencap really reminded me of this poster for the movie one fine morning

i think it's the colours. i got super attached to this concept lol so i modeled the poster after this. i think it's very soft and pretty and i like it a lot :)

star png from @liltingaway (x)

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