PicTure RefreNces

These are some of the refrences I will be using for my postcards. I originally wanted to go for a soft kind of contemporary style but I quickly changed my mind when I began to really dig in to my concept and got a better look at all the different styles I could choose from. So the first four pictures show the kind of concept I will be going for with my squid postcards. I want a more edgey and dark colors because my concept is very dark. My vision is to see my squid taking over various places in southern california. My squid will be taking over places near the ocean because I really dont want to take him from his natural element,the water.I want pull the colors I use from the first four picture above. I love the was the background is illustrate in the first picture so I want to include that in the San Fransico, Golden Gate Bridge take over. I really love how the color plays with your emotions in the second picture. The contrast between the dark and the brighter colors is something I want to play around with when my squid takes over Sea World and fights shamu. The third picture is my personal favorite. I love the use of colors plays with you eye and gives the picture depth and really stands out against that heavy boarder. I really want to use the colors in this one to give help build the beachy feeling when I have my squid take over the beach or the queen mary. The final picture of the ravens is the style I really want to work with all my postcards. It a water color picture so I want to use that effect throughout the whole project. I love the value watercolors give so I belive that well give some great variety with the colors I will be using. Plus I think it would be  a cool effect on a postcard.