This poster is simplistic, and is done in a black and white fashion so it’ll be cheaper to produce. The event this will be used for is a charity event in memory of a popular Super Smash Bros. player in Minnesota. His name was Kjell Peterson, and he went by the tag “NaPPy” when he played. He passed away November 25th, 2011 due to a seizure. Players in the MN Smash community wanted to commemorate his life with an event, and this event is the byproduct of their love for not only the game, but their friend Kjell.
The characters in this poster (from Left to Right) are Sheik, Snake and Diddy Kong. These characters come from their own respective games, but they are also featured in the Nintendo mashup party game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The lighting strips done around these characters are to frame them in a non-constricting way, and the design behind them is similar to the Smash Ball that can be found as an item in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. These characters are featured due to Kjell’s frequent use of them in the Smash games.
Typographically, everything was to be simple, yet get a lot of information out there. I put the most important information right under the characters due to them being the focal point of the piece. Everything else under that is sectioned off due to the nature of the information.