The 1988 classic anime cyberpunk film Akira was incredibly inspiring and mind-blowing at the time! It opened up a whole new genre and has continued to inspire me.


The film’s aesthetics and the dystopian vision of ‘a‘ future have had an incredible influence in popular culture. The movie’s poster is just one example – the composition tells a story, it’s simplicity is iconic. 

This iconic composition was the inspiration for my own take on some other well-known IPs. Creating film posters, for some of my all-time favourites.

It all started when I found an amazing model of the Spinner vehicle from Blade Runner 2049 on Sketchfab. From there I found some other amazing models and started to experiment with them in Adobe Dimensions. 

Since the initial Blade Runner comp, I have worked up The Dark Knight Trilogy and couldn’t resist creating a Batman Beyond poster. The Batman Tumbler is also from Sketchfab. The other models were free and I have adapted them slightly.

Experimenting with the lighting, and bringing the scene to life within the render, the moody, subtle light effect helped create a visual theme. The renders were then colour-balanced in Photoshop.

(Free models are credited below)

Sketchfab model credit

“K’s Blade Runner Spinner” (https://skfb.ly/6xAO6) by Lor.Hang.Chuan is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution.
“Bat_Mobile” (https://skfb.ly/6R6nE) by ivinjob is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).