What I like most about the first pass of the Kinky Boots poster is the hand painted title. In the end the original title treatment was used from the Broadway production. In that treatment the boots create the letter K in Kinky Boots. The boots I painted in this poster almost create that K shape but I held back on being that obvious. Had I moved that front nook to the right bout an inch it would have been a huge letter K.
The other issue with this poster is that there is always a danger in showing a specific cast. The show had not been cast yet so it is usually better to avoid showing specific actors faces since they will never match with the final casting.
I was fun painting the shiny highlight on the red patent leather. I knew however that the Bugsby Berkley version was the winner. so this stayed as a rough pass. I know the show is amazing. I wish I had taken the time away from film production to see the Orlando Shakespeare Theater production.
