Early Poster Work by Reynold Brown

Before his movie work Reynold Brown enjoyed poster design. In high school, during World War II while with North American Aviation and then after he did a number of items which show his strong sense of graphic design.

Early High School Designs show strong graphic elements and simple color. The designs were based on the anticipated printing methods, serigraph and woodblock. Click on the image to see more designs and learn a bit more about other early posters.

" Killing Time". During World War II Reynold Brown did a poster for North American Aviation to discourage wasting time. It was motivated by his seeing the workers standing around in various hiding places to chat and smoke. The final title was "Killing Time is Killing Men." Strongly negative in its message it was not popular among workers. Under pressure from the unions, the poster was withdrawn from display. The design process may be of interest. A number of early sketches exist. Click on the image to see more designs used in preparing the "Killing Time" poster.