M.I.A. Poster Design Contest

A fellow artist and good friend sent me the link to this contest and I was psyched! I looked at all the other artwork and I thought, "Oh, this is going to be EASY!" However, as I procrastinated the designs that were posting were getting better and better. So I had to get on the ball. I designed the poster with winning it in mind. I'm not particularly interested in any prizes, but I've be a huge M.I.A. fan for a long time now and I think I fit the description very well. Here goes!

Description:

M.I.A.'s third album "/\/\/\Y/\" drops July 13th on Interscope Records.

In recognition that music and art are agents of global change, M.I.A. turns to our community of Allies to create an epic large-format poster that commemorates the release of "/\/\/\Y/\".

The winning design should be truly revolutionary, like her latest video "Born Free". The winning Ally will receive a $250 activation fee and copies of all of M.I.A.'s releases. Designs are due by midnight on July 30.

This one is the very first one I did. Gross! My uncle made a good point, this one seems to just illustrate her new single, "born free" and I want to make a global point in my poster. so I did this.



and then some friends made some good suggestions about form and contrast. Which I fixed. Others made a good point as to how it doesn't have that particular "M.I.A." style. So I added a few things wanting to still keep my original style with a flare of M.I.A. I figure if she wanted a poster in her style she would have done it herself rather than putting out a contest to see who can imitate her the best.