For my Little 500 Influence Project, I have chosen Bonnie MacLean and her work as the influence for my poster. Bonnie MacLean created psychedelic art in the 60’s. MacLean’s most popular works include the vintage, psychedelic concert posters we see today. I thought that this would be a fun way to try something new and outside of my comfort zone.

While MacLean tends to use human faces as the subject of her pieces, I chose to use a helmet to represent Little 500. Her color usage is typically very vibrant and limited in the amount of colors chosen. I opted to also take this route by focusing on three main colors to emphasize the main subject and text.

Most of her work has an element of symmetry within it and some form of distortion as most psychedelic art pieces do. I chose to use distortion effects on my text and a main spiral in the background to bring in the element of classic psychedelic art while also making my text symmetrical on the page.

I think I was able to encapsulate some core elements of psychedelic art but I don’t feel as though it directly represents Bonnie MacLean, rather it is a nod to her and her work.