Inspiration

Minimalism comes in all different forms. My main inspiration was the graphic design Saul Bass and his unique style of movie posters. 

"Anatomy of a Murder"
http://www.saulbassposterarchive.com/gallery/film-posters/

"Schindler's List"
http://www.saulbassposterarchive.com/gallery/film-posters/

He uses very simple shapes to come up with the object and has designed his typography using Futura, widely known for the Pink Panther title.

The Pink Panther
http://www.chud.com/articles/content_images/117/PINKPANTHERcartoontitle.JPG

Saul Bass was an inspiration to artists all over and some have used his style to make their own movie posters such as Star Wars, Batman, etc.

Star Wars by Malakh
http://orig05.deviantart.net/f867/f/2014/143/d/5/empire_poster_2_by_malakh788-d7jgjte.png

Some artists uses new movies to make these posters such as The Hunger Games:

Hunger Games
http://deathlytriforce.deviantart.com/art/Saul-Bass-inspired-Hunger-Games-Poster-334092927

There are a number of artists that are inspired by Saul Bass designs, however I want to use this style as well as another artists style which inspired me to create my portraits a few years ago. Magnus Voll Mathiassen inspired me by his Rhianna portrait. While he used curves for the shapes I would use points, and was also inspired by my class when they took up the style. While they would use the smallest points of the shadows I used the largest parts and made up my portrait.

Rhianna
http://agentpekka.com/artist/magnus-voll-mathiassen/