Japan poster

One of my early architecture school projects was to make a travel poster featuring one of the mid-century Case Study Houses.  I chose Japan for my CSH poster (don't remember why, they're all in the States I think) and ended up with this little gem with a nod to the Japanese flag and a poor attempt at making a generic Japanese castle.

It was probably done at the last minute and I can see a lot of mistakes but I liked the overall idea of the composition.  Much later, after graduation when I had more free time, I decided to revisit it.  I dropped the whole house bit and went with a more cohesive color palette.  I chose a square format and spent a lot more time on the castle (based on the Matsumoto Castle) and tried to get the shapes right.  What I ended up with was a neat design with "welcome to Japan" written in Japanese on one of the mountains.  It's not perfect, but it's better; and I like it.