Howl's Moving Castle Poster

The main goal of this project was to craft a poster inspired by a historical graphic design style while focusing on a topic of personal interest. To begin, we delved into researching graphic design across different historical periods. After researching choose a graphic design period to make our poster based off of.

I found the Victorian style to be interesting, and I decided to pair it with a quote from Diana Wynne Jones’s “Howl’s Moving Castle.” The Victorian era was renowned for its intricate and elaborate book covers, which went with my topic of personal interest. Graphic design during this period was characterized by ornate and detailed imagery, maintaining symmetry while favoring curves over straight lines. To enhance my design, I incorporated elements from the book and its corresponding movie. Drawing inspiration from the Victorian book covers, I drew elements of the detailed backgrounds from the movie to add detail to the poster design. I initially hand-drew decorative elements before digitizing them and during my research, I observed that Victorian book covers often employed a single color for the design and another as the background. This insight guided my approach, ensuring that the intricate details I illustrated remained discernible even if the design was limited to a single color. The outcome of this project integrates the Victorian graphic style poster, drawing from the era’s detailed book covers and the “Howl’s Moving Castle.” book and movie.