Film Noir Posters

I created a series of illustrated movie posters in the film noir genre. I realised that the existing official posters for most films in the genre do not convey the mood of the genre at all; many are garish technicolour paintings that seem to obscure the aesthetic of the movies themselves. I wanted to try to capture the feel of the films, the weather, the danger and the shadowy characters that populate them. I created these by drawing a full value tonal drawing in graphite on illustration board, and painting the images in Procreate