Chloe Roloson

Guerilla

This series is inspired by the album “The World EP.1: Movement” by ATEEZ.

I took the most inspiration from the title song, “Guerilla” and my favorite song from the album, “New World”

I have wanted to create something for this album since it came out earlier this year, but I wanted to take my time and get to know the music and concept. Recently I got to see these songs performed live in concert, and that was the final piece of inspiration for me.

The concept and lyrics for this body of music are extremely meaningful and powerful. I wanted to emphasize the message in the artwork by incorporating phrases from the lyrics into the design. Elements from the music video were incorporated as well. There are also references to ATEEZ’s storyline in the artwork.

One of my favorite moments in the choreography is San’s solo dance. The way he interacts with the camera really stands out and seems to emphasize that they are sharing their message to whoever is viewing their performance. I wanted to take this moments from the choreography and make it to focal point of the poster. So, this design is more simplistic in order to emphasize the imagery.

In this design, I took several different elements form the music video and tried to piece them together. The concept for the album is revolutionary and chaotic, so I wanted to create a busier design with multiple different elements. It is my least favorite of the three designs, but I like the way it incorporates things from the video.

Paint Me Naked

This set of posters is inspired by Ten’s song “Paint Me Naked”

This is one of my favorite songs to recommend to people who are trying to get into K-pop. I love the meaning in the lyrics of being your true self and embracing being vulnerable and authentic.

This is the final design. I wanted to take photos from the concept photoshoot and music video, and work them into the poster. I did a lot of masking to make the photos look like they are painted on to fit more with the theme of the song title. Ten’s individuality and style are what set him apart from other artists, so I incorporated his signature and some of his designs into the poster, and I made his image the focal point.

At first, I was going to have the image be smaller so that more of the background would be visible or easily recognized, but I opted for having him stand out more in the final version. In both versions, you can see how the blue color scheme that is primarily used for the background artwork helps to make Ten’s image standout on top. This is the first time I’ve focused on using color to set apart a certain segment in a poster.

This design is a more minimal approach. It shows the images from the official content for the song, and everything blends together pretty well. The reason I chose to add to this is because the music video is very busy and has a lot of contrasting and bright elements. So, I felt like this design was too simple to convey the spirit of the song.

Case 143

This poster is inspired by the song “Case 143” by Stray Kids.

There are many elements in the music video and lyrics that I wanted to incorporate into the artwork. I incorporated elements from the performance video and live stages as well. As this song is something specially made by Stray Kids for STAY, I wanted to add in all of those unique references that fans will be able to recognize and pick out.

This is the final design that I chose for my personal print of the artwork. In one of the album versions, the members of Stray Kids each designed a heart prop to use during the photoshoot. That is why I chose to make the heart stand out as the focal point.

In this alternate design, I wanted more subtle colors, and I made the heart in the “143” design transparent.

Monroe | Taeyong & Baekhyun

This poster is inspired by a song that I really love. Monroe is part of a collection of songs that NCT’s Taeyong has released on his SoundCloud.

The contrast of Baekhyun’s (EXO) vocals and Taeyong’s rap make this song engaging to listen to. I tried to incorporate elements of the single’s cover art as well as photos of Baekhyun, Taeyong, and Marilyn Monroe (who served as the inspiration for this song).

The poster also includes their signatures.

This is the final design for this series that I chose for my personal print of the artwork. I like the color scheme of the second design, but the higher contrast in this version helps the artists, and also the title font, to stand out more.

This is the original design. I altered it to create the final version with more contrast. You can see the detail of images of Marilyn Monroe within the title font. These images also correspond to some of the lyrics in the song. “I’m still smoking cigarettes, and I keep my poker face., is one of the lyrics I took inspiration from. You can spot the image of Marilyn smoking on a rooftop in the second letter.

MOTH

This poster is inspired by the album “Moth” by Woosung.

I really loved each song on this EP and I enjoyed the concept of the music videos for songs on the album. I didn’t have much of a plan for what I was going to design for it, but in the end I wanted there to be a relaxed look to it.

MOTH Poster

Don't Call Me

This series is inspired by the song “Don’t Call Me” by the group SHINee.

This album was one of my favorite concepts I’ve seen from a k-pop group. I really loved the style and imagery used in the music video as well.

The colors used in each design are from different scenes in the music video. I’ll add comments about individual designs underneath each picture.

This is my favorite of the designs from this series. My favorite feature is the silhouette of the group placed underneath the handset of the telephone. It’s a subtle detail that has a lot of impact. The color scheme for this poster is inspired by the “Don’t Call Me” album cover.

The main feature of this design is the rotary dial which features photos of SHINee group members. You can also see the group silhouette in the center of the dial. The color scheme is inspired by Key’s outfit in the music video.

This design is more minimalistic than the others. It features a silhouette of the group. The color scheme is inspired by the phone booth in the opening scene of the music video.

Maverick

These are a couple of the designs I made that are inspired by the song “Maverick” by The Boyz.

I wanted to try something different with this poster set than I usually do. The arrangement is inspired by the style of magazine covers.

Advice

These poster designs are inspired by the song “Advice” by Taemin.

I really love this song and the music video that goes with it, so I wanted to make my own designs inspired by it.

The first design combines several elements from the music video (piano, chess pieces, and smoke). The color scheme is based on the final scenes of the video.

The second design here is a more minimalistic design than the first. I mainly wanted to focus on the black and white concept with this one.

Cheese

This poster is inspired by the song and music video “Cheese” by Stray Kids.

The yellow poster is the primary design. I wanted to focus on a single element from the music video that captured the aesthetic of the video well, and I wanted to use a yellow and orange primary color scheme.

The second design here is a multi-colored design featuring more elements from the music video. This design is inspired by scenes from the video that feature the Stray Kids group member: Felix. Specifically, this includes the color scheme, cupcake, and microphones that all appear during Felix’s scene in the music video.

This was mostly incidental because Felix’s part of the video just happened to have so many interesting things featured that I could easily incorporate, but it has opened me up to the idea of posters being individualized for bias members of a group. It would be similar to the way that an album could be released with multiple cover art designs (one for each band member).

Domino

This poster is inspired by the song “Domino” by Stray Kids.

I took inspiration from he album artwork, music, and music video.

For this design process I created several versions of different pieces of the poster, but the ones included in the poster were what I chose for the final design.

Sticker

This poster is inspired by the song Sticker by NCT 127.

I created several designs drawing mainly from the music video visuals and themes. These are my favorites from the set.

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Lemonade

This poster is inspired by the song Lemonade by NCT 127.

I created a total of fourteen designs for this project, and the final decision came down to these two.

Inside the lemons you can see the members of the group and the visuals (color and font) are meant to compliment the music video and overall album design.

M.

This set is a couple minute sketch I made. I used Autodesk Sketchbook. I have been working on simplifying subjects in order to create cartoon characters that have unique features (features that hopefully help to express the personality of the character).

This is Milo.

Friends Forever

This is a cartoon portrait inspired by my close friend. She has been like a sister to me for years, and I wanted to capture her style and personality.

This was drawn in January of 2021.

Vision

This series is inspired by WandaVision (Marvel 2021).

I thought about the events in the MCU that led to WandaVision and wanted to capture some of them as drawings in a unique style.

The series includes the infinity stones, Thanos, and Red Skull.

Drills

These are some timed character drills that I do to improve the diversity and quality of my characters. Each takes three to five minutes of time. I use the shapes as a creative limit.

These were drawn in January of 2021.

timelapse watercolor shapes

timelapse shapes first attempt

Fallin'

This poster is inspired by the song Fallin’ by Why Don’t We.

The key design element here, in my opinion, would be the White Claw can that I incorporated as the letter “I” in the title font. The band specifically mentioned in interviews that they drank this beverage together while creating this single, so I wanted to add this into the poster as an easter egg for fans of the group.