Villaintropes

Poster/Collateral
Graphic Design | Infographics | Spring 2016

A “trope” describes a type of character, setting, plot, theme, or any other literary device that is commonly recognized in fictional media. They are often tied into shared cultural understandings based on their frequent use in a wide ranges of stories, and enable audiences to more easily understand a work of fiction by connecting recognizable aspects of the trope to similar examples they have previously experienced. The focus here is on a specific character type: villains. The illustrated infographic poster and trading cards feature some of the more popular villain tropes in modern media, showcasing the wide variety of flavors that make villains memorable and interesting.

This project was an exercise in careful layout planning involving illustration and type. Both aspects of the design were carefully planned, step by step, to practice a more methodical approach to workflow.