Psychedelic art refers to the psychedelic design style from the 1960’s that was a counterpart to the psychedelic rock music of the time. This design style was mainly prominent in concert posters, album covers, comic books and underground newspapers.
The style consists of surreal subject matter, bright vibrant flat colours and swirling warped hand drawn lettering and patterns that reflect the swirling patterns of LSD hallucinations, which was a very common drug amongst that subculture. It can also incorporate collage.
The swirling curvy shapes were most likely derived from the design style Art Nouveau but were also adapted into distorted text that could be drawn to fit in any space. Psychedelic design style differs from Art Nouveau by its lack of black outlines but still has the solid flat colours although a lot brighter.
This piece is a concert poster designed by Wes Wilson in 1966. It is a typical example of Psychedelic design with its curved and warped hand drawn text that was designed to fit into the rectangular shape, its curvy patterns and swirls on the subjects clothing and the flat bright colours. Also note that there is no black outlines as found in the Art Nouveau design style.
This concert poster by Victor Moscoso in 1967 is another good example of the Psychedelic design style. It also incorporates hand drawn lettering but this time designed to fit into the shape of a pair of sunglasses in an edited photograph. It also uses vibrant solid colours and no black outlines.
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