The objective of this project was to select a film and create a custom typeface from scratch, then use that typeface to design a movie poster. Quiet Rapture is the custom typface created for the main title of the moive Iron Lung, made by YouTuber and now film maker Marck Fishbach, most famously known as Markiplier.

This project was created using Illustrator and Procreate.

Mock-up of poster frames up against wood wall.

Process work

Sketch one exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brush used: Turpentine
Sketch two exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brush used: Salamanca
Sketch three exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brush used: Leather Wood
Sketch four exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brush used: Larapuna
Sketch five exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brush used: Burnt Tree
Sketch six exploring with brushes on Procreate. Brushes used: Rectango and Black Burn
Sketch of uppercase typeface using Black Burn and Rectango brushes on Procreate.
Sketch of lower typeface using Black Burn and Rectango brushes on Procreate.
Sketch of symbols for typeface using Black Burn and Rectango brushes on Procreate.

Finished type

Vectorized typeface in lowercase, a to z
Vectorized typeface. Numbers 0 to 9, along with select few symbols.
Vectorized typeface in uppercase, A to Z

Illustration

30 Second speed-paint of the illustrated eye used within the poster.

Finished Poster

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Mock-up of a poster framed up inside a train wall between two windows.
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