Illustrator – Graphics for web

I opened a new document in Adobe Illustrator. I set the page size to A3, as asked in the brief. This was the case, because these posters would be posted on the wall of the classroom and the larger size meant that it was easier to read from a distance and the poster could also include more information.

Once the page size was set and I had come up with a concept for my poster, I used the text tool in the side bar to begin adding text to the poster. I wanted the poster to be simple, not in your face and easy to understand for the readers.

Once all of the text was added, I decided that I wanted to visually show the RGB (red, green and blue), so I located the rectangle tool in the side bar and made 3 identically sized shapes. I then clicked on each shape and filled it with the colour which was required.

This is the finished poster. I believe that it works well and is meets the brief. The poster is very simple, with informative text to engage the reader. The colours at the bottom of the poster grabs the reader's attention from a distance. I also made the title bold to make it much clearer and so that it stands out from the rest of the writing on the poster.

Photoshop – Graphics for print


For the Photoshop poster, I had a slightly different design in mind. The idea was to have a superhero on the side of the poster with two boxes next to the image, which were of pixelated and zoomed in pieces of the superhero


I downloaded the image from the internet and saved it to the computer. From there, I went to the file menu in the top left corner of Photoshop and then down to 'place'. I clicked this and adjusted the image until I was happy with it. I then added two similarly sized boxes at the top and bottom of the image; another two boxes were added to one of the hands and one of the feet. These boxes were all joined by connecting lines.

 

Above is the image of Spiderman that I was planning on using. I thought that the bright colours and the personal relationship with the character would attract a slightly younger audience to come and look at the poster. However, at the later stages of producing the poster, I decided to remove the superhero image and replace it with informative text instead. The idea behind this decision was that the Superhero was not the correct image for my target audience, who are entering adult-hood.

Once the image was removed, I began writing informative text that was simple to understand and very clear. This was so that anyone wanting to know about the subject could read and understand it all in a short amount of time. Under the 'Print Colourspace' subheading, I wrote a short paragraph explaining what it's all about. Included in the paragraph were 4 key words in brackets. The four important words were...

I decided to colour these in with the colours that they represented. This was a simple way to get the attention of a passer by and also, I think it added to the poster. I coloured these words in by using the colour pannel in the side bar.

After this, I decided to add some more colour to the poster to make it stand out from the rest. I spend some time deciding which colour to go for, but in the end made my decision.

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After

To do this, I used the 'Paint Bucket Tool', which can be found in the bar on the left of Photoshop. I selected the tool and then I selected the blue-ish colour that I wanted to use. After this, I simply clicked on the colour I wanted to chance and it was done.

Once the poster was completed, I exported the image as a JPEG and named it 'Poster For Print'.



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