'Stranger Things' poster created using Apple's iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
Netflix's 80s sci-fi/horror revival "Stranger Things" has garnered high acclaim since its debut in July, and it turns out Apple, or at least one of its products, played a role in creating the series' all important poster art.
Browsing through the thousands of movies and TV shows available online can be a tedious task, especially when studios provide teaser images that assume knowledge of a film's plot and its star actors. Posters for lesser known projects, like indie films, offer a bit more information, a hint at what audiences might expect when they buy a ticket or purchase a download.
Then there's "Stranger Things," a Netflix original set in 1983 Indiana that deals with shadowy government experiments, the Cold War, mirror worlds, telekinesis, a coming of age friendship and other 80s tropes, all while paying homage to sci-fi horror legends John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Stephen King and myriad cult favorites. Quite the challenge for a poster artist.
That was Kyle Lambert's challenge. In a rundown of his process posted to Adobe's Behance social network, Lambert was asked to communicate the intricate storyline from rough cuts of the first few episodes, some still photographs and a "loose composition" provided by the studio. He also had to accomplish the feat in a single image.
Speaking with Mashable, Lambert detailed the process, which involved iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.
"I used the iPad Pro to do the preliminary composition ideas and the sketch that became the final Stranger Things poster," he said. "I chose to use the iPad Pro for the drawing stage of the poster because I find that I am able to sketch in a very natural way on the device using the Apple Pencil. The device in general is nice to hold for long periods of time, it is really portable and Procreate, the app that I used, has some really great Pencil brushes for drawing with."
Lambert used Procreate to block the poster's basic color palette before exporting the file -- with layers -- to Photoshop, where he upscaled the image to flesh out color details using a Wacom Intuos tablet. From there, the image was flattened (adjustment layers were merged) and sent back to iPad and Procreate to add in layers of detail for what Lambert calls a fluid sketch style. He repeated the layer adjustment process between iPad Pro and desktop multiple times to achieve the final look.
Browsing through the thousands of movies and TV shows available online can be a tedious task, especially when studios provide teaser images that assume knowledge of a film's plot and its star actors. Posters for lesser known projects, like indie films, offer a bit more information, a hint at what audiences might expect when they buy a ticket or purchase a download.
Then there's "Stranger Things," a Netflix original set in 1983 Indiana that deals with shadowy government experiments, the Cold War, mirror worlds, telekinesis, a coming of age friendship and other 80s tropes, all while paying homage to sci-fi horror legends John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Stephen King and myriad cult favorites. Quite the challenge for a poster artist.
That was Kyle Lambert's challenge. In a rundown of his process posted to Adobe's Behance social network, Lambert was asked to communicate the intricate storyline from rough cuts of the first few episodes, some still photographs and a "loose composition" provided by the studio. He also had to accomplish the feat in a single image.
Speaking with Mashable, Lambert detailed the process, which involved iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.
"I used the iPad Pro to do the preliminary composition ideas and the sketch that became the final Stranger Things poster," he said. "I chose to use the iPad Pro for the drawing stage of the poster because I find that I am able to sketch in a very natural way on the device using the Apple Pencil. The device in general is nice to hold for long periods of time, it is really portable and Procreate, the app that I used, has some really great Pencil brushes for drawing with."
Lambert used Procreate to block the poster's basic color palette before exporting the file -- with layers -- to Photoshop, where he upscaled the image to flesh out color details using a Wacom Intuos tablet. From there, the image was flattened (adjustment layers were merged) and sent back to iPad and Procreate to add in layers of detail for what Lambert calls a fluid sketch style. He repeated the layer adjustment process between iPad Pro and desktop multiple times to achieve the final look.
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The story came from Mashable.
What are "starts actors"?
Obviously the artist likes using the iPad Pro and it certainly can be used as a tool to create in skilled hands, but it is constantly touted as a conventional computer replacement, which for many tasks it is not.
Me, I can use my 12 inch iPad Pro as either an input device for my Mac, or an added screen, eliminating for me the necessity to pull out my Wacom tablet. I can also take pictures and videos with my iPad Pro, which is likely impossible for the Wacom. I'm finding plenty of small content creation apps, and more and better professional apps, including Concepts and uMake for Industrial Design, and OnShape for solids modeling and mechanical design.
What the fuck? For as long as I can remember, the ultimate goal was to make a digital sketching experience feel as natural as paper and pencil. The iPad Pro, by all accounts, has finally achieved this to the greatest extent, compared to all previous attempts by other companies, and now you mock that and turn that into a joke, as if Apple should be embarrassed about that achievement. You also pretend that there are no advantages to using a digital device, as opposed to "pencils and paper". You should point all artists currently using such devices to your post, so they can see the light and ditch their workflow for your brilliant pen and paper discovery.
I doubt he's getting paid, but what I do know is that if I got paid every time you trolled, I'd be fucking rich. Really, it's pathetic. The way you bend logic like a pretzel in every single thread for the sole purpose of shitting on Apple and mocking everything they do is a sad reflection on yourself and some underachievement in your own life. One would think you would invest more time at some Samsung forum since you shill for them at every opportunity. If someone is being paid, it's most definitely you.