A totally different take on the look and feel for the posters with this one. With TF2 it was the focus on the cast, hence the very stylised look borrowed from the Burn after reading poster. This one is something more akin to the games rather than directly lifting from Bass's own style.
Portal (at last the first one) has a large section of the game set within the test chambers. The colours are bare with flecks of reds blues and tones of greys in there for good measure. But on the whole, typical looking lab colours. I decided to use this to my advantage in giving the poster it's own feel that relates to the games. Instead of smaller gritty details I really went all out with the idea of white minimal feel.
If I listed all the variations of the portal placements as well, we would be here for a while. Suffice to say, there where a few, ranging from text going in the right side of the page and coming out the top downwards, some text being throw in at odd angles. But all the while maintaining the link between the two shapes.
Of course if there is one gripe I think people will pick up on is that it's Portal not Portals. Well yes this is true, but I consider these Posters more of a tribute rather than a means of selling a product. It's more fun than anything else.
And there will be a special bonus for those who stick around, there is an alternate poster design for this kicking around - it uses far more Bass like elements but it was scrapped because it didn't feel as unique as it could have been, the it still lingers somewhere on my hard drive. So when all of these are done I might dig it out and show the world.
Until then, it's off to Garry's Mod and Half Life.
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