28 Jan. Poster Design & Drafting Studio
Part I. Principles of Design
Visual Rhetoric Analysis
Once in your groups, analyze the image below according to the prompt assigned your group, and be prepared to discuss your response with the class.
Group One:
What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Contrast and what are 2-3 ways the designer uses contrast to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?
Group Two:
What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Alignment and what are 2-3 ways the designer uses alignment sto achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?
Group Three:
What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Proximity and what are 2-3 ways the designer uses Proximity to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?
Group Four:
What is the purpose of the poster below? What is Repetition and what is repetition 2-3 ways the designer uses repetition to achieve his/her purpose? Does the poster achieve its goal, why/why not?
Digital Citizenship/MLA Citation
Part II. Tools
- Google Slides, Photoshop, or Power Point
- Visme: lets you create block by block, either template or blank; animation function; more options for uploading video/audio; and full range of export options.
- Pktochart: freehand or lots of free template design options; best map builder of the three tools; lots of shapes, illustrations, etc.; export function limited.
- Canva: most work done from inside the main window; lots of shapes, boarders, illustrations, etc.; good support; templates are a bit blah; and no rich media export options.
Part III. Drafting Your Poster
- 1. Either on a piece of paper or on the board, draw the overall layout you plan to use in your poster. For example, what are the categories of information you plan to represent and which of the poster forms that we reviewed (or combination of those forms), will best communicate the content of the poster?
- 2. Draw some images in your grid: How can do you plan to incorporate the images today? Where do you plan to locate those images? How can you organize other images and written text around that those featured images?
- 3. Indicate color choices and add headings: What color and design theme best suits your project? What sorts of headings can/should you use? Where should those headings go?
