Last few touches to the final poster



final copy for Flowers for Algernon poster

 Last part of the poster design was inserting the mouse. This was no challenge of problem. I simply glued the image of the mouse on the poster and the poster was complete. I had been requested to clean up the image and let the font appear bolder. I did have to sharpen the chalk to get the lining of the letters accurate. Once these adjustments were complete my poster had been complete officially. I really enjoyed creating this poster and was really surprised at the final out come I learn a lot of new techniques and how to solve big problems. In conclusion, this is a poster for Flowers for Algernon.

Practicing drawing silhouette freely

Before starting of the good and final design, I had to another problem. The problem was how I was going to insert my outline of the image to the green chalkboard like construction paper without struggling to see the out lines. I had then been told to draw silhouette of green construction papers and draw lots of silhouettes I can. I had about 10 to 15 sheets of green construction, front and front filled with silhouettes. Bu the time I was finished, practicing draw silhouettes freely, I was able to draw the final copy. the image shown are a few example i did in this process. 

Font research

printed image of font

 After successfully inserting the silhouette onto the green construction paper I had to figure out the font I wanted for this poster. I had an idea of the kind of font I wanted but I still browse though the different fonts. I wanted a chalkboard appearance. Eventually I did found the font I wanted. When I had printed out the font I had found out it was smaller than expected. There I had enlarged the image, using the technique I had learned from grade 10 art class. It was then the size I desired. I had shade the back with yellow chalk and carefully trace the large font on the final poster design.

enlarged image of font

Mouse adjustments

outline of moues

As you know, one of the adjustments had change the mouse. Instead of a cartoon mouse I had been requested to make it into a real mouse. First step I took in changing mouse was to research how a regular lab mouse looks like. This procedure did not take long due that the image I requested for a mouse had been in front of me on the computer screen. Once I had printed the image I drew the mouse. I had shown my picture of the mouse to some people giving me the response I wanted to here, the mouse look real. In other cases some people had got frighten of the two dimensional image

The outline of the finished design

rough copy of the final outline
that had a few adjustment

For the final copy of the design, it had to be 13” by 17.5” and that was without the border. After presenting the final rough outline of the poster, had to make a few changes. Some of those changes were to make the silhouette appear less anime. And change the mouse into a real looking mouse instead of a cartoon mouse. I had taken these requests into consideration and proceed on the new adjustments. It did take numerous times before I could really have the final rough outline.

Suggestion and ideas to fix problem



one of the experiment with pastels



how white chalk is able
 to be drawn on the green
constuction paper



Some of the suggestion I had receiving was to really draw the silhouette on a real chalkboard and take a photograph of the silhouette but, I was determine to get this chalkboard effect on paper. I tried two media, pastel and pencil crayon. The pastel would have worked unfortunately; I couldn’t draw over the shaded background. Pencil crayon did not even give the chalkboard effect. Finally the best alternative to fix the problem was to use green construction paper. I had liked this alternative because I was able to draw over the paper in any shade of color whether it was dark or light.

Color roughs

 



experiment of pastels and
pencil crayons.



In pursuing the idea of the mouse in the silhouette, I thought it would be best to create a chalkboard effect in the background and the silhouette of the person written as if it were chalk. Then insert a mouse in the middle. This was a really tricky and difficult situation due that I needed a chalkboard effect instead of just pastels or pencil crayon shading. In my opinion, this was the most difficult stage of the poster assignment. Trying to get the chalkboard effect.





inspiration

Frankenstien play poster



rough outline of final piece



Before staring this assignment, the class and I had been introduced to some example of other poster for plays. I did take notice that the poster was simple and had limited of colors. The one I find to be an inspiration to me was the poster of Frankenstein. This poster had only two colors and did not have as much details. So I had wanted to create a silhouette of a person’s head side view and a mouse in the middle of the silhouette.

Brainstorming ideas

After researching the play, I was able to brainstorm some ideas and insert them on paper. At first it was really easy due to my ideas being one scene of the play that I watched. Unfortunately it was not the greatest ideas. I started to struggle when I couldn’t use scene from the movie. I had to been suggested to make the poster more symbolic and sort of make the viewer think about the play instead of giving away the story.  It took a while to find out what should I create for the poster Flowers for Algernon till I came up with a couple more ideas. Two of the ideas really stand out to me from my the brainstorming paper.

 the top right coner of the page and the bottom left of the right page corner of the the page are the two ideas that stand to me.

Researching the play

Before I could ideas on paper, I had to see what this play was about. I needed as much information, including the plot of the play, characters and most of the entire theme. I did jot some few notes about the play and the information I had gathered. The research was really rough and unorganized. At the end of my research of the play, I had known more about the play than my own experience. I had also watch the movie to get a better understanding of the play.

Introduction of the poster design project

For this project in the design class, the class and I had to design a poster for the assigned play we were given. My play was Flowers for Algernon. At first I did not know what to do or where to get started on this assignment but, after researching the play the ideas really came clear. During this poster assignment i did take notes on changes, comments, and suggestions in my sketchbook for this blog.