ONE BOB | United States

Student, yes

4th of 4 portrait posters I’ve created for this contest so far. Because the theme is being the ‘Messages from Jamaica” I’ve decided to craft a series of posters briefly based on a mail-stamp format. I wouldn’t hide the fact I worked extra hard on crafting a portrait using a sophisticated color-scheme and all my expertise in a portrait field to achieve nothing but epic and delicious poster to all the emotional taste buds. Recently my graphic art was picked as a BEST OF BOB MARLEY tracks album cover working for a Tuff Gong record company he established which now belongs to Ziggy Marley. I’ve gone through tons of BMs photography. The one black & white photograph I worked from as a base for this design stood out to me because of an emotion he conveys and a smoky eyes which was a challenge to re-create in color. The dots in a top right corner translates as REGGAE in Braille.

Peace | Slovenia

Student, yes

Reggae’s the most known message to the world. Peace. In the rasta colours and in tropical vibes and shapes. As message of Reggae music is reminding on social and political issues, so does the poster have “issues” – skrcatches. It is not perfect, just as our world. All the background is in rasta colours, symbolising the Reggae music. The symbol peace is in red colour as an irony to it’s meaning in rasta colours – blood. It is a provocative reminder that most of the times peace was achieved through a lot of blood, war and darker times of our society. This is why we must appreciate peace and spread this message to the world, just as music does.

Smooth Moves | Finland

Student, yes

In Smooth Moves poster I wanted to capture the lighthearted and happy feeling of just feeling
the rhythm of the music and moving or dancing to the beat. I also wanted to show how music
can emanate good vibes, in this case reggae music so I chose the colors usually associated
with it to be the good vibes coming from the headphones.

Reggae goes everywhere, Reggae colors the world | Italy

Professional, yes

Reggae is, perhaps, the music that best interprets life, with all its contradictions and feelings: injustices and magnitudes, peace and anger, emotions and desires. This music, connecting body and mind, conveys profound messages using a unique rhythmic energy. This is the reason why its success has reached remote places and has influenced many musical genres across the globe. I have tried to represent this phenomenon through a vinyl (reggae music) that paints the world with a new energy and that, thanks to its messages, can inspire a deeper global awareness about important issues such as iniquity, love, endurance and human spirit.