Cinema has always been a big part of my life, shaping my love for storytelling, composition, and visual design. As part of my wedding stationery suite, I created a set of hand-illustrated movie posters—each representing a film that holds special meaning in my relationship. What started as a wedding detail evolved into a stylized poster series, where I explored minimalist storytelling, composition, and symbolism to distill each film’s essence into a single frame.
Design Approach
Rather than simply recreating existing posters, I took a symbolic, minimalist approach, focusing on:
🎥 Iconic moments & themes – Each poster distills the film’s atmosphere into a single striking image.
🎨 Cohesive visual style – A warm, textural color palette with strong silhouettes creates a unified series.
🖌️ Hand-illustrated details – Each piece was carefully crafted to balance simplicity and depth.
The Posters
• La Vita è Bella – A delicate bicycle surrounded by blooming flowers, capturing the film’s bittersweet beauty.
• The Godfather – A silhouette of a horse head with a hidden revolver, referencing one of the most infamous scenes.
• The Thing – A husky atop a snowy hill, his shadow morphing into something sinister—subtle, yet instantly recognizable.
• The Lord of the Rings – The Witch-king of Angmar and his fell beast looming over Gandalf and Shadowfax in a moment of defiance.
• Princess Mononoke – A dreamy, layered forest scene capturing San and her wolf sibling gazing upon the Forest Spirit in the distance.
• Jurassic Park – The hulking silhouette of a T-Rex in pursuit of a Jeep.
• Harry Potter – The ethereal stag Patronus emerging from the Forbidden Forest.
• Shrek – It was very difficult to find a sophisticated rendition of this movie in particular—I chose to depict Donkey staring at the moon in a field of sunflowers.
This project was an exercise in visual storytelling, composition, and world-building—but mostly simply for fun! It pushed me to think about how to communicate meaning through form, shape, and color, much like in interface and experience design.
