Christmas Parade Poster

This is a poster I did for an upcoming parade in Enumclaw. The Executive Director for the Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce wanted an old fashioned looking photograph of the city with "Enumclaw Since 1913" to commemorate Enumclaw's centennial. A clip art of Santa riding a reindeer and logo's for sponsoring businesses were provided. Two businesses were sponsoring events in conjunction with the parade and that information needed to be highlighted in some way.

All of it was done in Photoshop. I took a photo of Cole St this last August and added some snow. The photo was aged by using a combination of adjusting the levels, contrast, a sepia filter, and applying grain. A vignette was applied and a snow flake brush set used for a winter look. I also removed the name of a couple of businesses. One no longer exists and I didn't want to show apparent favoritism to any one business. The clip art was added near the top of the poster and also to one of the buildings. Christmas ornaments were used to highlight "Battle of the School bands" and the caroling competition.

Multiply was used on the logos and clip art so there wouldn't be a white background. The clip art on the building was flipped and multiply used so it would like it was part of the wall.