Space Monkey Gala Grand Prix

Design Process

For this poster design, I made an ad of a makeshift grand prix that travels throughout the solar system. I was inspired by a vintage space travel ad, so most of the elements were included like the layout and the limited color palette. But of course, I have my own spin on it.

I loosely sketched out the racers and their vehicles by hand, then transferred it to the document and adjusted. I also studied the different vehicles more closely to get a better idea how the vehicles work, even though some parts of it wouldn’t have been shown in the final piece.

There’s a theme of threes throughout the poster; Three racers, three planets, and three overall destinations the race will take place. Simplified the color palette, to make it more uniformed and more accurate to actual vintage prints.

For the name’s sake of the poster, I’ve mostly come up with it out of the blue. But sending monkeys to space back in the day, since this is vintage styled, isn’t too far fetch. I kept up with the monkey theme by naming each destination after monkeys. Though I misspelled it to make it look and sound like a futuristic town. The racers’ manager is named after a monkey too, to further the monkey business.

This poster could easily be translated into a Mario Kart-style racing game or a short animation of the race day. But for now, it’s just a poster that advertise a race on a day that doesn’t exist as of right now.

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