Unused Logo & Poster Designs For DAREDEVIL (2003)

Unused Logo & Poster Designs For DAREDEVIL (2003)

Conceptual designer, Thom Schillinger, created many variations of the iconic double "D" logo for Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil (2003), that starred Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.

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By nailbiter111 - Feb 27, 2013 08:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: Thom Schillinger



Thom Schillinger is a 3D conceptual designer for the entertainment industry, creating advertising material and logos for popular television shows and for Hollywood's biggest blockbusters. We've recently featured his logo and poster designs for The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men 2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Now, take a look at his work on the advertising campaign for 2003's Daredevil.

"The logo with the interlocked double "D"s was essential as well as a stylized version of the comic name. I experimented with leather, steel, and glass in the logos, as well as doing some ultra high contrast 3D logos that feel almost 2D. I also hid a bit of braille into the rivets in a few ideas playing on the main characters skills as a blind superhero. They all spell out Daredevil." - Thom Schillinger



"These were early on in my 3D logo building days a decade back and we explored about a dozen conceptual directions. Today I have a both the 'bug' or little corner icon double D, as well as a full one sheet teaser logo with a full 3D field background done for the premiere." - Thom Schillinger



"A series of 3D illustrations that I did for Art Director Josiah Ludovico at BLT. His idea was to do a variety of stylized buildings that together form the two D's in the Daredevil Icon with the Double D's. I did a variety of designs, and angles with cross-crossed D's, and parallel ones, and some floating in the clouds.

Some were very cartoon-ish and stylized, and some were more realistic. These realistic passes did go the final round, but were passed by for the finals by the client." - Thom Schillinger






Daredevil (2003) was written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. The cast included: Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios, Colin Farrell as Bullseye, Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin, Jon Favreau as Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson, Scott Terra as Young Matt, Ellen Pompeo as Karen Page and Joe Pantoliano as Ben Urich. The film earned $179 million at the worldwide box office, against a budget of $78 million.

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JMESS
JMESS - 2/27/2013, 9:03 PM
couple good ones in there, from an artistic point of view
NoJobBOB
NoJobBOB - 2/27/2013, 9:03 PM
I actually thought the movie was good. NOT GREAT but Underrated at least.
HannibalKing
HannibalKing - 2/27/2013, 9:10 PM
One of those logos look like the one DC used prior to the nu52.
skidz
skidz - 2/27/2013, 9:12 PM
It's kind of sad that Affleck (and quite a few other people) look back on this as an embarrassing disappointment. It was a good popcorn flick. It was fun. Not high art. It may have been more satisfying to have it go a darker route, but this is what we got. Plus the onscreen chemistry between Affleck and Garner was insane!
skidz
skidz - 2/27/2013, 9:14 PM
@TheRedHood: It was an improvement in a lot of ways.
FalafelVsShawarma
FalafelVsShawarma - 2/27/2013, 9:20 PM
A Decade after this disaster,Ben Affleck win Best Director in Golden Globe and BAFTA,also his movie "Argo" win Best Picture in Oscar....

"The night is darkest just before the dawn,and i assure you the dawn is coming" :)
KingLing
KingLing - 2/27/2013, 9:27 PM
Never thought the movie deserved as much crap as it got. I don't like most of the designs, but I really dig the one that looks like it's part of the leather of the costume.
Wingding
Wingding - 2/27/2013, 9:32 PM
Heh, I do love me some high contrast double "D"s ;)
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 2/27/2013, 9:37 PM
I actually enjoyed Daredevil, despite Affleck's miscasting and some spotty CGI here and there. Gets WAY more hate than it deserves. If I remember correctly, it even got better critical reviews than Spider-man 2 did at the time.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 2/27/2013, 9:38 PM
this movie was awesome, well the directors cut was anyway, i like the logo they went with more, a shame they never realesed the directors cut in theaters, we may have gotten a kick ass sequel
TheSuperguy
TheSuperguy - 2/27/2013, 10:57 PM
It's been 10 years...where's the reboot?!?!
loki668
loki668 - 2/27/2013, 11:24 PM
I agree. The director's cut made for a faaaar less painful viewing experience. Still wasn't a fan of Affleck as DD. Matt Damon would have been better. Hopefully, they'll give this property another chance as I believe Daredevil is one of those characters that could really break out with the right film.

Lord Loki has spoken
NoJobBOB
NoJobBOB - 2/28/2013, 12:04 AM
My biggest defense of DD was that I thought Ben Affleck did a good job as the lead. That and MCD was awesome. But thats a given cause he was awesome in everything.



It still makes me sad. :[
youknowmyname
youknowmyname - 2/28/2013, 4:08 AM
The director is mostly to blame for his glossy, music-video direction. The action scenes are ok, but the fight scenes between DD & Elektra just don't have the intensity. My one major gripe with the movie is actually Jennifer Garner, which is not to say she did a bad job, she was fine. But you can tell, just from looking at her that deep down, she's really, really nice.
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 2/28/2013, 5:19 AM
Jennifer Garner is a [foo foo]
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 2/28/2013, 5:29 AM
I actually like the second one of the first batch. The second and third batches all contain better-made logos, but most of them fit better for a drink product.
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 2/28/2013, 5:38 AM
I like how he experimented with the yellow and Braille, though. However, I've always been rooting for the concept of Braille alphabets as the main feature in the logo.

SecNotSure
SecNotSure - 2/28/2013, 8:05 AM
Director's Cut is one of my favorite comic films. Daredevil needs a reboot. Or Marvel should use him in the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. tv series as a street-level superhero along with Heroes for Hire and the Punisher. So much potential, so many obscure villians and Daredevil's comic book run over the last decade has been nothing short of amazing. There are hundreds of stories that could easily be adapted to the big/small screen.
nrocket3
nrocket3 - 2/28/2013, 11:12 AM
My favorite CBM of all time 2003 Daredevil.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/28/2013, 12:19 PM
Some of those are awesome. Some suck.
youknowmyname
youknowmyname - 3/2/2013, 5:56 AM
@imadick

Wow, she really is a good actress. Fooled me!
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