If you didn’t know, we cut a trailer to promote each episode of STTNGeez, Not another Star Trek podcast. For Episode 22 of Season One, we did our take on the “War on Drugs” because that’s what the show did back in 1988. TNG used a heavy hand to dish out some anti-drug rhetoric that lands a bit off target up here in 2021. For the video we wanted to create graphics that conveyed an 80’s vibe and our video master Rob suggested doing a take on the School House Rocks lettering.

We designed two graphics to use in the video. This one’s the “War On Drugs” with a School House sensibility meets Monty Python graphics (watch the way the words land in the teaser), thank you Terry Gilliam!

We also designed a 1988 graphic in the same style but Rob wanted another color scheme. This part is pretty deep dive into the design process, so I hope you’re hanging with me. I remembered one of my favorite book covers that speaks “80’s” to me and used it as the source for the color scheme.