58. METHANE STUDIOS
Created for an Atlanta rock show featuring a five-guy band called the French Kicks, Methane Studios creative director Robert Lee went ahead and let his hair down on this project. “We pretty much had free reign with this one,” he says. “I’m a fan of the band and knew what I wanted to portray. The band has an upbeat sound for the most part. I wanted to create something playful and a bit sexy.”

Wanting nothing but the best for the French Kicks, Lee went for a certain look: a burlesque lady equipped with boobs, big butt, garter belts, and thigh highs to complement that certain aura hanging around the guys in the band.

The main challenges involved in creating the poster were to make it with only three colors, to avoid using an image seen a thousand times before, and to effectively combine sexiness and humor while remaining original. “The piece is a little twisted and odd, I suppose,” Lee says. “I’m a big fan of movie posters of old so I gave it that feel. I have had comments from many fans of the band stating that the poster felt like the band’s music,” says Lee. “But that’s always subjective.”
Romy Ashby