The Historical event i chose was the Inauguration of the new president, Barack Obama. Barack, is the nation's first African American president, along with that huge step forward, he brings with him a lot of hype on his back. Stepping into the office at this time in our history will be no easy task though because of the recession we're falling into, but the reason Barack was selected for the job was because the people see him as best fit for the position. so the main idea my poster is trying to portray is in-fact the idea of change, hope, and the hope that the new president can pull us out from the dark hole we have dug ourselves into.
I really wanted to focus on the idea of the "winds of change" and show obama in a powerful manor cutting through Bush and the nation's problems and to show them fading into the past.
My focal point is the text: Obama, as it slices Bush in half. and it is placed on the top right/middle of the space, to emphasis the rule of thirds. After the eye catching bold lettering of Obama, I wanted the eye to move downward to see "bail out" a secondary and less tense focal point, more subtle and not filed in. and lastly i wanted the viewer to notice the fading words in the background of the piece, as they are extremely light and meant to be noticed last.
I tried to incorporated movement in my piece by careful choice of word, as when the viewer reads "war" for instance, they will naturally look back up to, or simply think about the focal point and incorporate "war" with Bush.
Lastly, balance and visual weight. as I partly covered them above, my visual weight is supposed to be heavy and strong on the top of the design to help maintain Obama as the main idea in bold text. Trying keep the rhythm, I made my secondary focal point (Bail Out) in a smaller and less eye catching text, but kept the important weight to the words with the heavy shadowing of "crisis" and "war" right behind it.
So that's my piece. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to comment.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
1st thumbnails
these are my first ideas for my design. the top two layers were for my 911 idea, as i still wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet, the rest are first round Obama thumbs.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
new topic
After long consideration, I ended up deciding to use Obama's inoguration for my topic for my project instead of 911. Barack Obama is coming into the white house at a troublesome time for our nation. Bringing with him to the Seat, Obama promises change and hope to help bring our nation out of it's current slump.
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