Creating a band poster can be both a cost efficient as well as an effective and creative way to advertise an upcoming concert by your band. Whether you and your friends have just formed your own college band or you've a member of an existing band, create a poster that embodies the spirit of your band's music can help to get the public interested in seeing your band perform and, hopefully, afterward pick up a copy of your CD. Try to incorporate images of the band. If the band plays a particular genre of music, you might photograph them in appropriate setting (a county band in a field or a heavy metal band in a factory).
If you know that a friend or family member absolutely loves a particular musical group or even a specific genre of music, then a terrific and unique gift idea may be to develop a poster especially for them in a graphic design program. This type of personalized gift can really show someone that you wanted to go the extra mile to create a gift that really embodies their personality, in terms of their musical tastes, and that you appreciate them enough to create a gift for them,. You can choose a professional level graphics program if you have a lot of graphics experience, or you can opt for a more basic, user-friendly program. You can also find free graphic designs programs, some of which are comparable to more costly professional software.
A wonderful way to jazz up a kids room, your own bedroom or other space in your home or office is to create your own poster artwork. You can create the artwork in a graphics program, cropping it to the size you want, and then purchase a frame for it. For a kids room consider just putting it up unframed. You might even want to transform a photo, using filters and other changes, to a painterly image. For example, if you have taken a photo of a concert at the park, you can apply filters to transform it to a watercolor or an abstract. This will make for a unique music poster that can both serve to remind you of an enjoyable evening but also can make for a marvelous conversation piece.