Voice Actor Posters for my Short Film

Poster #1: Misha

This was the first poster I made using this concept and I'm very pleased with the final results. I'm very happy with the layout, composition, and execution of this poster. I wanted this poster to be realistic in terms of size, so these posters could give viewers the perspective of how big some of these characters are compared to the voice actors. I decided to have Misha sit down on the floor as this character, Plushtrap is the smallest in the film and I wanted her to match the same level as Plushtrap. I'm also very happy with the picture of Misha I used for this poster, she was very professional and did everything exactly the way I was wanting her to do it. The only problem with her picture I have is the quality and lighting, this made things a little difficult to work with as she was further away from the camera as I needed her full body to be in the shot, so when masking her out, it was difficult for me to get the best result. It was most difficult around her hair as I struggled to make her hair look good whilst not making it seem as if she's been cut out, I wanted to make the cut as seamless as possible. Despite the poor quality of Misha's picture, I'm still very pleased with how this poster came out. I'm also very happy with the shadows I made in the poster, it really helps make Misha and Plushtrap seem like they're sitting/standing on a surface and adds realism to the poster.

Poster #2: Loris

This is the second poster I have made using this concept, I personally prefer this one a lot more than the first poster. One reason why this is my personal favourite is that it's a lot more up close with me and the character, getting a better look at the both of us and the quality of my picture is better. I was able to mask myself and make my hair look presentable and not look rushed and no effort was put into it. Using the refine edge brush tool in Photoshop, I was able to refine the mask around my hair and bring back some detail so it didn't look as flat. Another factor about my photo is because of the lighting and my pose, having my face down made lighting in the original photo harder to work with and looks a lot darker compared to Misha's picture being more brighter and not as many shadows on her face. I managed to use some exposure and levels adjustment layers to help fix this issue and match the lighting with the poster. The highlights aren't too much and this adds a little more colour into the poster, but not too much, it's a small bit of detail but makes a big difference to the poster. I'm also a fan of how I managed to make the glare effects coming off of Nightmare Foxy's eyes and his teeth to show they are shiny and a bright source of light. To help with making viewers believe Foxy's eyes are a source of light, I added highlights to the front of his face where his eyes are facing, so it looks natural, as well as a very subtle glow on my shoulders. Overall I am really pleased with the composition and execution of this poster and I'd definitely like to make more of these types of posters for future projects or just for fun.

Original Photos:

Loris and Misha:

Nightmare Foxy and Plushtrap:

Posters before Camera Raw:

These are what the posters looked like before I added the final camera raw filter to it to give it the proper cinematic look and make some final adjustments to exposure, color correction, etc. Camera Raw definitely helps with giving the poster more definition and detail to the whole poster.

Poster #3: j-gems