Few examples of Mardi Gras posters and flyers to get a clearer understanding of the Mardi Gras style. As i said from my experiences of this festival they all follow the style of lively colours but usually focus on yellows purples and greens, below is a screen shot from colourlovers.com I searched Mardi Gras and these were the results, Although when designing I don't want to give that instant theme of Mardi Gras but I would like to take elements from this to subtly hint at this but not so that it is the main focus. I also noticed on the typography side tall uppercase fixed width lettering has been used to grab your attention and relate to the aura of the festival/parade. The main things you would associate with Mardi Gras is the masks and beads these are an essential item to relate to the event, but a I mentioned earlier I don't think I want to fully associate the cover with Mardi Gras I think it will be more subtleties like the colours, type choice and style of art work rather than masks, beads and party scene.
In the top two examples I have noticed the positioning of the text is on slight angle to represent that party informal feel and it being 'wild' rather than your average parade. I like the silhouette style in the first example (top left) I personally connote that it flows with the mask idea of hidden identity but also relates to the party theme, this is something I would like to consider in my final design.
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