Weaving Through Design History: Psychedelic

Let’s go on a “trip” x3

So after playing around with the colors on this piece a lot I decided to make a two versions, a more relaxed one (above) and one that “vibrated” more (below).

The 60s and the 70s saw psychedelic design take center stage. The designers behind the music posters of that era were actually well educated graphic designers. They were well aware the colors they chose clashed hard, resulting in what is referred to as a “vibrating edge” to the borders between the colors. To also demonstrate their knowledge of the subject, the fonts they chose were very noticeably inspired from the Art Nouveau era, some were occasionally pulled and used directly.

Art Nouveau is one of the art/design styles I admire the most, but psychedelic might be the most fun to actually draw with. Ever since I was really young and before I even had a significant interest, I loved fitting shapes within and around one another. Taking type and stretching it and warping it almost beyond recognition is a rather amusing exercise 😀

For those of you who don’t know, this is actually the era that my favorite music comes from ^^
I have a very, VERY wide range in taste in music, but it’s the stuff from the 60s and 70s that I always come back to…

*IMPORTANT NOTICE*
If you look at it the second one long enough, it may burn a hole through your soul…

Bah! Who needs LSD when you can go on enough of a visual trip with these colors x3