Friday, March 6, 2015
Project 5 / Revised Historical Society Posters / Strahan
I've revised my three posters for the Narragansett Historical Society by using the same vintage paper as background image for continuity. Please comment.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Project 5 / Historical Society Posters / Virginia
It's nearly 4 a.m., but I wanted to get this done. These are three of the posters I created for the Narragansett Historical Society during 2014, as a volunteer. I've made many of the changes suggested by my classmates.
Poster #1 (open for the season). It was suggested that I bleed the background image (a sheet of vintage paper), which would mean that I would lose the torn edges. However, I like the torn edges, which I used on all but one of the seven posters I created for the historical society in 2014 for uniformity. Hopefully, the torn edges help the reader think of an historical document. I decided to keep the torn edges just for this one poster for additional comments. I changed the header font to a vintage-looking font, Subway Novella, as requested.
Poster #2 ( pumpkin festival). I made major changes to this poster, including substituting a different background image of vintage paper (sans torn edges) so that there is a bleed. I used the same vintage-looking font, Subway Novella, for the header. I moved around images and text, but kept the same body font.. By the way, the little boy in his Superman costume is my brother; I colorized a black and white photo.
Poster #3 (Jack Frost Festival). The historical society praised this poster, but my classmates were concerned about readability, and I agree. It was suggested I reduce the opacity of the background image (frost on a window pane) so that the text was darker and more readable; I have done this. I tried to move the border to the edge of the paper, as suggested, but I couldn't understand how that would work. If the paper began to slip on the printer, this border might disappear.
As always, I welcome your comments. And now I think I will go to bed.
Poster #1 (open for the season). It was suggested that I bleed the background image (a sheet of vintage paper), which would mean that I would lose the torn edges. However, I like the torn edges, which I used on all but one of the seven posters I created for the historical society in 2014 for uniformity. Hopefully, the torn edges help the reader think of an historical document. I decided to keep the torn edges just for this one poster for additional comments. I changed the header font to a vintage-looking font, Subway Novella, as requested.
Poster #2 ( pumpkin festival). I made major changes to this poster, including substituting a different background image of vintage paper (sans torn edges) so that there is a bleed. I used the same vintage-looking font, Subway Novella, for the header. I moved around images and text, but kept the same body font.. By the way, the little boy in his Superman costume is my brother; I colorized a black and white photo.
Poster #3 (Jack Frost Festival). The historical society praised this poster, but my classmates were concerned about readability, and I agree. It was suggested I reduce the opacity of the background image (frost on a window pane) so that the text was darker and more readable; I have done this. I tried to move the border to the edge of the paper, as suggested, but I couldn't understand how that would work. If the paper began to slip on the printer, this border might disappear.
As always, I welcome your comments. And now I think I will go to bed.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Extinguisher
well here is the extinguisher with some text and something new to sit on. Tried quite a few different versions and it seems to still be floating a bit. Any thoughts on how to remedy this?
Project #1 -- Non-Smoking PSA -- Revised
Anyone there? Here's my revised version of Project 1 -- Non-Smoking PSA. Upon Connie's recommendation, I've tried to make the image of the man "a ghost-like apparition coming back to haunt us with this message." I blacked out the eye sockets, so that the eyes are no longer visible; I tilted the skull a little more; I added smoke to try and blur the low-res image, which I had no time to redraw in Illustrator; and I added an image to the cigarette pack. I also changed the American Cancer Society logo in the lower right corner to black and white. I like this a lot better, but I think the cigarette pack still needs work. What do you think?
Project 4—The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
This project's audience is anyone who enjoys quirky movies about exotic places—India in this case. Although the movie appeals to people in their 50s and older, the enthusiasm and love interest of the younger characters could draw in a younger crowd as well.
The suggested changes mostly focused on the front art. The input ranged from making the gate and the girl on the front larger, flipping the girl so she was facing left, and keeping the architectural interest but replacing the girl altogether. There was also a suggestion to include the flowers, from the lower portion of the back, and placing more on the front.
The following adjustments were done:
1) I added a smaller marigold in the lower left corner of the front cover. This addition does two things: It adds some unity between the front and the back covers. It also covers the lower left edge of the image with the girl, covering the fact that the interesting doorway trim didn't continue down the left side of that image.
2) I flipped the girl to face left, enlarged her slightly, and brightened her so she wasn't so much in the background.
3) I decided to keep the girl on the front, rather than using an entirely different image within the doorway, to help place the location of the movie more clearly in India. Most people associate saris with India or that part of the world and I wanted to maintain that connection.
3/22/15
NOTE: I modified her fingers on the front just a bit. They looked abnormally long on the above version. Although they seem short on the version below, I think they are more in keeping with the fingers on both hands. Minor issue, but what do you think?
The suggested changes mostly focused on the front art. The input ranged from making the gate and the girl on the front larger, flipping the girl so she was facing left, and keeping the architectural interest but replacing the girl altogether. There was also a suggestion to include the flowers, from the lower portion of the back, and placing more on the front.
The following adjustments were done:
1) I added a smaller marigold in the lower left corner of the front cover. This addition does two things: It adds some unity between the front and the back covers. It also covers the lower left edge of the image with the girl, covering the fact that the interesting doorway trim didn't continue down the left side of that image.
2) I flipped the girl to face left, enlarged her slightly, and brightened her so she wasn't so much in the background.
3) I decided to keep the girl on the front, rather than using an entirely different image within the doorway, to help place the location of the movie more clearly in India. Most people associate saris with India or that part of the world and I wanted to maintain that connection.
3/22/15
NOTE: I modified her fingers on the front just a bit. They looked abnormally long on the above version. Although they seem short on the version below, I think they are more in keeping with the fingers on both hands. Minor issue, but what do you think?
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Project 3—Minor Rework
After some thought, I went back to having the "slow is not a choice" centered. I think it gives a clearer progression of the order I want readers to read the text. I want the links to be read last and for "slow is not a choice" to stand more on its own and to be an answer to the text above it.
I think I will be going with the LEFT version with no glow in the black bar. It gives a crisper look at various sizes. While I like the glow, it was really just a matter of layering rather than an added effect. I think it works fine overall without it.
Project #4 massive rework!
I have spent a tremendous amount of time in illustrator and in-design this weekend. I am pretty sure it was well worth it considering the improvements made to my brochure. The changes I have made were a completely illustration of the lure and map, change in colors. I removed two pictures and increase the size of the remaining images. The images are placed in perfect circles. Chris had the idea of shaping the circles into Lilly pads however I just do not have the time to play with that idea. I also have increased the size of the brochure from 8.5" x 11" to 10.5" x 14" folded up to be 3.5" x 3.5". Hope you all like the changes.
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