Poster Rationales

Week 6 

Final Posters

Week 6

These are my final printed posters mounted on to a piece of card, with a cover sheet. I am pretty happy with the end result result although my posters were cut slightly too long which means they hang off the cardboard. I think they look quite eye catching and I am happy with the use of scale to create heirachy. They have turned out a lot different to what I originally planned and wanted, but overall I am pleased with how they turned out.

Poster Wall

Week 6

I've added my posters to the poster wall given in Mondays class. my 'money is power' poster stands out quite significantly amongst the others which is good to see. The colours and textures used, help this a lot. The pig poster also stands out but not quite as much, maybe because of the background. Overall in both posters, the scale and solid shapes definitely attract the eye.

After Class Touch Ups

Week 6

I've found a handwritten looking text for the fact as I thought it worked better with the rest of the poster. I've also made it bigger and bolder.  I've tried a few more layouts with text to see which worked best. I've also touched up small details to make my posters look more complete.

I want to print my posters out tomorrow so I will look to see if there are any more touch ups needed, and make sure everything sis in order to print my final posters.

Final Class Critique

Week 6

I printed these two posters out as i thought they were the strongest so far and wanted to receive feedback on these to ensure I could make the right decisions for final touch ups. 

It was said my fact looked a bit odd up the top pushed into the corner. The rule is also quite unecessary. I will work on placements for this, maybe moving the slightly away from the each or moving them down the bottom. They also need to be bolder. and slightly bigger. The main text for the pig poster should be closer to the small pig, I will keep playing around, keeping my other text layouts in mind. Theres also final detailed touch up that need to be done, like making lines cleaner and neatening everything up.

Further improvements - Poster 2

Week 5 - Preparation for Week 6

For this poster I have changed the background to something more rough, which creates more contrast between the background and the pigs. It also feels less flat as opposed to solid black. I have lightened the pig slightly to make it pop more off the page and moved the fact back up the top as it felt too cluttered. This poster is coming together and is at the final refinement stage. 

 I have been playing around more with the layout of my text as I'm still not quite sure whats working the best. I tried to create more flow, but still legible layouts. I like this text being towards the bottom more as this relates more to the idea of the pig that had none. It also creates more heirachy and visual flow. I will see what everyone thinks in class tomorrow as I still need to figure this one out.

Further improvements - Poster 1

Week 5- Preparing for Week 6

I have been working a lot on this poster over the past few days and have made it a lot more refined. I took a better photo of a hand which I then made look more sketchy and rough on photoshop. I also drew a pencil version which I overlayed on top of the photo on photoshop to create a drawn effect. i did the same thing with the sleeve cuff and the small figure at the bottom. I have redone the background on an A3 page in order to make it a bigger file to endure it wont be pixilated. I've made the text the same colour and kept it going following the angle of the hand as I thought this worked well. I think this poster has improved a lot and it definitely feels like everything works together.

I tested out a few different sizes and placements of the running figure to see if anything worked better. I still prefer the original position as this creates tension with the finger about to flick.