Macbeth Opera Posters
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Challenge:
For this project we had to design three Macbeth posters for the Canadian Opera Company using Adobe Photoshop skills acquired in class. We incorporated royalty-free stock images to create visually compelling compositions. Through thoughtful layout and typography decisions, we established a cohesive visual language that ties the posters together as a set.
Solution:
I created a visual narrative based on Macbeth using three poster designs.
The first poster shows the three witches with fire and a skull, foreshadowing destruction and death. I combined three images using blending modes, dodge, burn, and opacity to create a dramatic, layered scene.
The second poster features a man with blood on his face, black and red paint pours, and a king chess piece—symbolizing Macbeth’s violent path to power. I used four images and blending techniques, leaving negative space to draw focus to the eye and chess piece.
The third poster shows Lady Macbeth holding a golden crown, gold tears and blood dripping down her arms, symbolizing her guilt and downfall. I blended two images to show her melting into a pool of greed and regret.
For typography, I used a clean sans serif font and placed all required info (title, dates, COC logo) in a white box at the bottom, keeping the visuals as the focus.
The first poster shows the three witches with fire and a skull, foreshadowing destruction and death. I combined three images using blending modes, dodge, burn, and opacity to create a dramatic, layered scene.
The second poster features a man with blood on his face, black and red paint pours, and a king chess piece—symbolizing Macbeth’s violent path to power. I used four images and blending techniques, leaving negative space to draw focus to the eye and chess piece.
The third poster shows Lady Macbeth holding a golden crown, gold tears and blood dripping down her arms, symbolizing her guilt and downfall. I blended two images to show her melting into a pool of greed and regret.
For typography, I used a clean sans serif font and placed all required info (title, dates, COC logo) in a white box at the bottom, keeping the visuals as the focus.