Tragedy Play Poster
For this project, we were assigned to create a poster for a comic book, which can be found here. We had a limited color palette, which didn't really bother me all that much, and we had a great deal of time in Photoshop.
What makes for an engaging poster?
Avoid cluttered visuals. If I put all sorts of text on this, your eye would no longer travel to the pertinent pieces of information. Also, try to make it pretty in terms of text. I could've done some really ugly fonts for this one. Instead, I rolled with text that seemed to complement the image.
How and why is art used as a vehicle for communication?
Art is used as a vehicle for communication because it's one of the most straightforward ones available. It's a heck of a lot easier to just draw a buffalo, than to learn enough of a language to be able to say "I saw a buffalo!" It also allows for emotional connection, to affect emotions with your work. To be able to pass on the joy you felt at seeing that buffalo.
To what extent does a work of art depend on a viewer's point of view?
It depends greatly on the viewer's perspective. The person looking at the art sees only what they wish to see. Also, political/social bias can affect how you see an illustration of a donkey and an elephant munching on the same hay.
Is it a symbol of bipartisanship? Or is it just two animals eating stuff? Or is it something else entirely? It all depends on how you see it.
What makes for an engaging poster?
Avoid cluttered visuals. If I put all sorts of text on this, your eye would no longer travel to the pertinent pieces of information. Also, try to make it pretty in terms of text. I could've done some really ugly fonts for this one. Instead, I rolled with text that seemed to complement the image.
How and why is art used as a vehicle for communication?
Art is used as a vehicle for communication because it's one of the most straightforward ones available. It's a heck of a lot easier to just draw a buffalo, than to learn enough of a language to be able to say "I saw a buffalo!" It also allows for emotional connection, to affect emotions with your work. To be able to pass on the joy you felt at seeing that buffalo.
To what extent does a work of art depend on a viewer's point of view?
It depends greatly on the viewer's perspective. The person looking at the art sees only what they wish to see. Also, political/social bias can affect how you see an illustration of a donkey and an elephant munching on the same hay.
Is it a symbol of bipartisanship? Or is it just two animals eating stuff? Or is it something else entirely? It all depends on how you see it.