MILES DAVIS
VISUAL POSTER
Objective
Miles Davis is an American jazz musician and trumpeter. He is considered an artist who has had a tremendous impact on popular culture itself, beyond the jazz world. He pioneered a new genre whenever jazz was stagnant, also presented a revolutionary breakthrough, and boasted outstanding skills. On the other hand, Miles Davis was a man who could not be said to be good as a human being apart from his musical talent. He was quite arrogant, was a playboy, and was a heavy drug addict. This artwork was created to express all of these aspects of Miles Davis.
Solution
Used iconic patterns to represent the African-American spirit and freedom that Miles Davis portrayed in his Jazz, and utilized element of direction to convey the powerful and vigorous playing style of Davis. Blue and red silhouettes are his two of biggest genre he created: ‘Cool Jazz’ and ‘Modal Jazz’. Then, collage effect and posterization was applied over the artwork to imitate the look of a crumpled poster to represent the rough and eventful life of Miles Davis.