Poster explaination

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.