Poster
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Fans may buy posters to hang on their walls, but some also create their own. However, not all fan-made posters are created to be posted on a wall; there is a genre of fanart that mimics the style of print posters, especially movie posters and propaganda posters. Music fans also create posters to take to concerts, and some of these are shared on Tumblr.
Fan artists have created both traditional art and digital art in various poster styles. Some fanart imitates specific posters. Fans also sometimes make print posters from fanart.
Example Gallery
Zine art in the style of a wanted poster by LaVena Kay Kidd, from TREKisM #17 (March/April 1981)
cover art for Courts of Honor, painted by Sat Nam Kaur Keahey, printed as a poster (1982)
Fan-made print poster of the Dark Shadows family tree
K/S zine art imitation of a Titanic movie poster, by I.M. Mueller (1999)
Digital art in the style of a propaganda poster (2011)
Poster inspired by two Tumblr memes, I Believe in Sherlock Holmes and the ubiquitous parodies of the British World War II poster Keep Calm and Carry On (2012)
Art in the style of a travel poster (complete with visible folds) for Welcome to Night Vale, created by tumblr user Musain. (2013)
Animated gif in the style of a promotional poster for Welcome to Night Vale by tumblr user phoenixhowl (2013)
animated "movie poster" gif art based on a Tony/Steve fanfic that was based on a gifset, by thesuperhusbands (2012)
A Zac/Taylor Hanson manip based on the movie The Bodyguard by Team Zaylor (2013)
Resources
- 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters is a documentary film which explores the history of movie posters, and dedicates a substantial part of its runtime to fan-made posters. Copyright controversies and tensions between poster artists who get licenses from studios versus non-licensed artists are discussed.