I have to ask, what is it with you and the weird lines all the time?

i like the outline, especially the hair! i think some of the lines in the face were meant to add depth, but they just come off as aging the character.

the handgun is grossly out of place. if you used it for something else, why does it need to be in this poster? if you want to keep it there, remove most of the detail and all of the color. it's really distracting.

is "with robert deniro" tilted? it's hurting my eyes against the straightness of the "martin scorcese" line. could just be me, though.

overall, i get a more minimalist vibe (except for the handgun) than foreign film from the poster.

I don't feel like the gun graphic is fully resolved. Maybe its the placement by his mouth. I'm looking for some kind of connection to the character or his mouth by this choice of placement but I can't find a solid one personally. The composition feels a little off balance too from the gun; My eye sort of tumbles off the right side of the page.

This could be a good start for a graphic novel version of the film. But I think the vector graphics are too clean to match the Neo Noir aesthetic of the film.

In terms of typography, the title is hard to read. The 'T' in taxi driver looks torn between a 'T' and an 'L'. The dotted uppercase 'I's stand out too to me.

I think you have the start of something. Maybe the vector graphics need to be roughed up and look more like a screen print. Or maybe add some more of the characters from the film (Jodi and Harvey) and a silhouette of the nighttime 1970's NY skyline.

Good luck.

Robert "De Niro."

Robert Dinero? Mucho dinero?

First glance I thought he had on clown makeup.

Also, that title type really isn't meshing with the rest of the poster. It's angry and chaotic, but the art is very subdued and calm.

Thanks for all the feedback. I like the contour facial lines, I feel they add depth and shape to the drawing, they do make him look older but I think the character has a bit of a tired weathered visage within the film so it seems well suited to me. The gun design was created for a concept I scratched so it was never used...I got attached to it because I put so much time into the detail of the thing, but here is a silhouette of the weapon, it seems to fit the overall design of the work better (though Im still partial to my original. The type was tilted (great catch) I will fix it and add it in later. As for the display typeface I am still searching for something with a better fit. I wanted to intentionally create a visual disconnect between the display type and the artwork to replicate the tension in Travis's mindset (fractured psyche). As for the marriage of the two images (gun/face) I really just liked the outline the gun's shape created as it seemed congruent with the outline of the characters face. It works for me, but perhaps it's not as successful as I think.

You may want to re-evaluate that font, it reads as "LaXi dR iVeR". Which lines make an ear an ear may be difficult to decipher from the image you are using for reference, so I would suggest consulting other images of ears as it currently looks more like a malformed siamese twin than an ear. For the drawing try not to focus on superfluous lines, with wrinkles in line drawings you either have to go all out or pretty much not at all, varying your stroke weights will help as will suggesting the line not following it completely.

The composition is very heavy on the right side, try pulling some highlights out of the gun to lighten the area. The juxtaposition of silhouette and line drawing is a little awkward anyways.

sorry dude ... just not working for me at all.

the positioning of the gun, I just don't get ... looks like he is licking it ... unless that is what you are trying to reflect?

Have you found the width tool yet?

I'm not sure if you have all seen the film, but at the end, Travis attempts to blow his head off with a hand gun by putting it under his chin, but has run out out ammunition, he also places his finger up to his temple and pretends to shoot himself when the police turn up of the scene. The gun at his mouth is meant to be a visual interpretation of those moments.

Im gonna to go back in and play with the line widths in the face, as well as redo the ear portion to clean it up a little. Thanks Buda.

i still don't think the gun fits the feel of the rest of the poster. you said it in your original post, the gun was for something different and you didn't want to feel like it went to waste. if you are set on using that gun, i suggest designing something around the gun instead of adding it on to another project.

seen the movie dozens of times ... that scene did not come to mind from your poster.

Looks like the gun is suspended in air and he is licking it.