Firebelly Design

October 28, 2009 by Antonio Garcia

I am a huge fan of horror movies. More specifically, the gore-terror-survival horror genre. I love the ultra-violent blood bath stuff that comes over from Europe and the twisted sadistic torture imports from Asia. In other words, I don't mess around with anything less than R and prefer unrated and/or banned.

As I was looking for inspiration for my annual Halloween movie marathon invitation, I stumbled across director Ti West's poster design contest for his new film The House of the Devil. (Although this flick is pretty tame compared to what I described above, I thought it was an absolutely perfect homage to classic '80s scary movies—you should see it when it comes out on Friday). The 6 contest winners can be seen here and I think you'll agree they're pretty much all awesome.

I also found this great set of color schemes inspired by vintage horror movie posters. So tell me, "what's your favorite scary movie (poster)?"

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relevant links

• 60 Classic Horror Movie Posters
• 100 Illustrated Horror Movie Posters

November 07, 2008 by Antonio Garcia

Jeanie's mention of her friend from Bombay (in the post below) reminded me of several items I've been meaning to share for a while now—all having to do with India.

Starting with the work of Archan Nair a 26-year-old, self-developed artist/illustrator and cofounder of the New Delhi-based art agency, Cropped Circles. With commissions for Pepsi, Tiger Beer, GQ, Vanity Fair and even Kanye West, Archan's highly intricate painterly visuals really get me amped about color.

Which leads to my next two mentions, both upcoming Indian films. The first is Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later). The other is a small indie film, still looking for distribution, called Patang. Both use beautiful, deeply saturated color and intricately interwoven relationships to tell powerful human stories.

If you want to supplement all this Indian influence with some American hip hop, check out Madlib's Beat Konducta in India series for some serious Desi-style diggin' in the crates.

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