Magic City Hippies - "Movin' Bodies" Lyric Poster

“Magic City Hippies” is an indie band that was founded in Miami. FL and has some hits songs dating back to 2015. The band has such a unique sound blending elements of groove ,funk, jazz, lo-fi, rock and hip-hop and covers a wide array of concepts in their music ranging from love, loss and longing all the way to fun stay-up-all-night party vibes with friends.

I developed a set of 3 posters for the band based off some impactful lyrics based off some of their hit songs. Each lyric that inspired the poster evokes a unique emotion and visual I saw in my head when each lyric was delivered and I wanted to capture that emotion/visual in each poster.

For the “Movin’ Bodies Like I’m Using the Force, Floatin’ Down the River Like A Water Resort” poster; this lyric has a fun strong party vibe to it, which upon hearing it, I had a flash of a visual of Yoda on a tropical vacation just relaxing in the water. I knew I wanted to convey this in a way that felt fun, care-free, loud, party-feeling expressed in a 80’s style/ Retrowave —think a modern take on a Miami Vice/Magnum PI  illustration/typographic style.

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Initial concept sketches