I produced an imaginary event poster based around my chosen working theme of Cowboys & Indians. See it below there, now.
Originally my plan was to try and do as much of it as possible in 'real-life' i.e.: without the aid of photoshop, but as with most (all) other weeks on these visual language tasks i left myself short of time so opted to scan all my desired imagery in super hi res and then construct it in Photoshop.
Strengths:
Good computer craftmanship is present once again.
High res scans made from found books allowed me to resize imagery to my liking without losing pixel quality. Also scanned in my own textures to replicate old brown papers etc.
Functions well as a poster, does it job, is eye caching.
Compostiion i felt worked well, leaving ample space for text. Typefaces and spacing have also been carefully considered.
Concept of mixing 1880's with 1980's worked well together.(If you're not familiar with any basic wild western history then you might not get the word-play though?)
Weaknesses:
In my efforts to complete the task in time, with techniques i'm more than familiar with, I've gone down the slightly safe route again.However I've met the deadline, producing high quality work - more so than if i'd attempted making the poster using cut-outs and glue sticks.
Too polished.
Still not moving out of my production comfort zone very much.
Using Photoshop to collage my images led to too many possibilities/ arrangements/ compositions and actually hindered my progress. Doing it 'live' would've meant a more spontanious result and less headaches and content decision making about every little element of the collage and where they could be positioned.In short, having unlimited options, with no risk of ruining what you've already done - combined with being super indecisive is can be an obstacle.Simplify.
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