DFIC & Design: Poster Composition
Poster Design
Visual Problem: How do designer use layout styles (shape & space) to create posters for concerts and music festival (for a particular performer, group, or series of performers).
Part 1: Graphic
Create a graphic (WITHOUT words) that visually conveys a feeling of the style of music that will be played: country, pop, punk, hardcore, hip hop, jazz, blues, folk, soft rock, classical, etc.
•Select a real performer(s). Consider how the music makes you feel.
•Thinking abstractly, express the mood of the music style (The art may be abstract, but it MUST be expressive.).
•For this part of the assignment, you may start by working in any material you wish, including color pencil, paint, digital, etc. (for DFIC--you may manipulate images from the internet)
Part 2: Expressive Typography
Incorporate expressive text and type treatment to convey a mood/feeling for the music/performance. Arrange the type elements into the artwork from Part 1.
•Create a name for your music festival
•Include the name of the festival, where it will be held, the city, the time, and other details.
•Include the name(s) of the performer(s).
•Your choices for the typefaces and arrangement should enhance the feeling of the style of music.
•In arranging the typographic elements, consider the principles of good graphic design, such as contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.
Format:
•Save the document as “concert yourlastname.”
•If working in Photoshop, the image should be at least letter-size at 300 ppi.
•If working in Illustrator, the image should be at least letter-size (8.5 x 11”).
