Dartmouth Poster (Updated)

Recently my brother graduated as a Royal Navy Officer and I was lucky enough to attend his passing out ceremony in Dartmouth. As a memento of his time spent training at the college I wanted to create for him a poster, displaying the main college building. The 'British Royal Naval College' was designed by architect Aston Webb who also designed the façade of Buckingham Palace, so this was a really interesting subject to study. My brother has always been a fan of the travel posters from the 1950's, so I've used those styles as a template. To achieve it, I focused first on using block colour and shadow to give it definition. The first attempts resembled something a lot simpler and stripped back, but the detailed nature of the building meant that it lost something of it's grandiose qualities. More layers and colour where added to produce the final piece. I'm currently waiting to print at A2 and will post a photograph of the result.

Update, All framed and ready to go. Frame is a tad too large but all I had to hand.