The Potterhead (= Diehard Harry Potter fan!) and book lover in me rejoiced when I caught eye of this pin on Pinterest the other day! These were done by a designer and illustrator named Risa Rodil. She has perfectly captured a key moment (or moments) from each of the Harry Potter novels in a simplistic manner that clearly can catch other Potterheads attention. I also like her typeface choices, as well. She used a san serif typeface to emphasize the book title and author line, and paired it with an italicized serif typeface for the “and the” part title. She also showed some hierarchy with the different sized book title and the author line, along with the “and the” part of the title, too. Each of these posters resonate with the wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter! The minimalistic visual approach to these posters and the crinkled paper texture in the background, add a certain depth to them. The posters incite a nostalgic and gritty feeling inside one’s self. The only thing I would change about these posters would be the poster for Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince. It took me a few minutes to realize that the illustration for this particular poster was a pensive (an object to view one’s memories). I would either create a new illustration that shows the pensive nicely, or I would choose a different moment from the this book like the Halfblood Prince’s potions book. On the whole, these posters have clearly depicted the magic of the Harry Potter series very well, even with minimal details.

Check out Risa Rodil’s Behance page: https://www.behance.net/Risarodil

She has done some cool things with typography!