Polish graphic designers are really talented- I said that many times before but I will say it one more time now. I already wrote about some Polish artists (
Maciej Mizer,
Maciej Blazniak,
Pawel Nolbert,
Peter Jaworowski,
Kacper Spala,
Jan Felisk Kallwejt). Now it's time for Tomasz Opasinski- graphic designer who succeeded in being one of the most popular and productive poster designers in Hollywood movie industry. His posters worked as advertisement for so many famous movies- at first when I browsed through the
Tomasz Opasinski's portfolio I couldn't believe that all of those posters could be done by one person. The movies that were advertised by Tom's works include "The Fountain" (directed by Darren Aronofsky), Disney's animated "Cars", "I am Legend" (starring Will Smith), "Bandidas"(starring Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz), "Hulk", "Memoirs of a Geisha" and many more. Tomasz Opasinski has received many awards for his works: Guru Award on PhotoshopWorld conference in 2002 (category: "collage"), 3 Golden Web Awards given by International Association of Web Masters and Designers and
many more.
In one of the interviews Tomasz Opasinski says that posters' industry is really hard and that it's not only about Photoshop and graphics. One needs to have the ability of thinking strategically, talking with the customers and this is really hard to do in Hollywood's business. He also admits that work of poster artist in Hollywood movie's industry is difficult because of the amount of work that has to be done in relatively short time.
The most exciting part of Opasinski's
portfolio is the "evolution" where you can look at what was the starting point of the works (mostly posters) and the final version after all the layers, details and colours were added. It reminds me of the
"before" and "after" known from the commercials of dietary programs :).. But here such a comparison really makes sense and gives the idea about how much work has to be done to achieve such astonishing effects. Below you can find 3 examples I have selected- please visit
Tomasz Opasinski's website to have a look at more of them- the collection is really huge.
Apart from commercial works made for Hollywood movie companies it is also worth mentioning that Tomasz Opasinski created many interesting experimental works. The amount of details present in those pieces of art is incredible- Tomasz has said that it's really a great experience if you look at the work printed to fully appreciate the complexity of the elements and colours. The images below do not have the satisfying resolution but still you can get the idea of how beautiful they have to be. It's not surprising that Tom is an Adobe Certified Expert and a member of American National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Congratulations, Tom!
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