I have already shared the Graphic Pixel brochure seen in the Portfolio section of this website. So the situation for this poster is similar. I read the assignment, and my requirements were to list the pros and cons of the Articles of Confederation, a picture relating to the project, and tell the general public what it is they were. It was a nice civics project. Plus, this was my first ever design for an online class. So of course I was excited!
I wanted to make it a modern design as the Graphic Pixel one. But I wanted it to stand out from posters nowadays. I looked at several posters online and concluded that black was barely ever used as a background. So, I used black as the background. This meant that I would have to use white somewhere in the poster so I added that as another color that I would be using. But I didn't just want to use 2 colors... So I chose red. It gives off the impression of an important yet comfortable tone to the document. After the colors, I began to draft the poster on a sheet of paper. After I had gotten the design, I made it happen in Word. Believe it or not, this pre-installed app on the computers creates wonders! I managed to create the shapes you currently see, but I had problems with the picture. I knew the picture would not go well with a red background. So instead, I chose the bigger background to be a light color with the contrasting black to be the border of the picture. this way, the attention is brought to the picture immediately, then the words. I managed to bring attention to the main topics of the poster which is exactly what I wanted. In the end, I was proud at the result and regard it as my best poster ever made.
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