The ad poster project was hard for me conceptually. It took quite a while for me to come up with an idea. But when finally the idea hit I was set. The meaning behind my project came from talking to a friend at work. Now, I don’t care for politics at all, but my co-worker is very political and likes to talk about how much better republicans are. He often brings up topics and issues that are in the media regarding the upcoming election. There is however one problem with that, all he can talk about is what the issues are, but nothing about what they entail. It was then that I realized that a lot of people I know only know what the topics and issues are called, but nothing about them, no solid facts or data to back up which side they are on. That’s when I got my idea about people knowing as much about current events as they would find in a short commercial. With the election coming up I went with a political current event for my poster, and had to use a tagline that almost anyone who watches television would be able to recognize. The reaction my poster should bring out in people is hopefully to read a newspaper article or one online, something that actually gives information and facts, not just provides you with a headline. People far choose a side on an issue simply by the title, without learning anything about it As far as the technical skills used to produce my poster, it’s pretty simple stuff, just using the lasso tool, as well as the text tool, and having a simple understanding of layers. Oh, and I have thought about the fact that I’m promoting a newspaper in a digital class, it has also been pointed out to me, and I’m ok with it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my project in its simplicity, and maybe, just maybe, it’ll make you think about what you really know, and if you are one of the current events commercialists.

It’s obviously an awareness ad for simply being aware when driving. It’s effective because it’s direct and brings to mind the part of the accident that isn’t shown, the rider. Using a red car helps to draw your eye to the center of the image and the bike lane takes you from the wording, to the scene, and back to the words. The image speaks for itself, and the tag line puts it simply. Good Ad.

done in 3pt font

My City by Ben Edgington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

You know, I thought that this was a good first project and I had some fun with it. Being a photographer I liked the idea of something coming out like a picture, that being the reason I chose to make a Denver skyline. Also because it is subject of which I have yet to get the perfect shot of. I chose the different letters because the shading just worked with them and they stand for Black and White, and in case you are wondering, that is a 3 point font size, gave me a couple headaches working that small. I hope you enjoy it.