Madame Butterfly Event Posters - 3 Versions

Choosing the Right Option - Example Madame Butterfly Gig Posters

It's no secret that some initial concepts work better than others. The samples themselves can all be good, but which one really conveys the idea better?

Here to test that theory is three concepts for a Madame Butterfly Event Poster. Each conveys the tragic opera in a different way. So,which do you feel in your opinion really grabs the viewer into saying 'I think I'll go to the opera today."?

Madame Butterfly in a nutshell.  A beautiful young Japanese woman referred to as Butterfly by her indifferent and immature American fiance sacrifices herself as proof of her unrequited love. Spoiler Alert : She gets the short end of the stick throughout the entire opera, yet the visuals and music are beautiful.

Step 1 - Rough Ideas

 

The ideas are as follows :

Idea A (Top Left ) : Half of Cio-Cio-san's face is shown, her hair up, eyes closed with deep red eyeshadow.

Idea B ( Lower Left ) : The short blade that she uses to commit hari kari dipped in blood splatters a red butterfly at the bottom.

Idea C ( Right ) : Back view of Cio-Cio-san's nape of her neck with a red butterfly.

All concepts will be hand illustrated, using the color scheme of white, black and red.


Step 2 Execution

A hand rendered illustration is used as the base image for each poster.Then, each illustration was altered digitally to give it more punch!.

Idea A

Idea B

Idea C

So which do you feel personally is the best poster and why? I'd love to hear your thoughts !