Graphics- Poster plans

Fig 1. plans in sketchbook I (author's own) 

 

On self directed study days we were given the task to come up with plans for a poster representing ourselves in year 2033. This poster was meant to be more career based but Andy said as long as there's a 'rationale' behind it, it doesn't have to be a poster about your future exhibition. I decided to continue with my idea of travelling and freedom, so I created small quick plans in my sketchbook. I came up with 24 ideas, I am going to talk more about the four I liked most and considered as my final outcome.

Fig 2. plans in sketchbook II (author's own)

 

I played around with ideas and images on the paper, I used roads, the globe, wings, feet, the sun, clouds etc. I put a red star next to the ideas I liked most. As you can see in Fig 2, I drew a star next to idea number 13. The image is supposed to be of a pair of worn out shoes with the typing 'WEAR THEM OUT...' on top. This was supposed to represent travelling, but with a play on words. Of course you 'wear' shoes so wearing them 'out' literally is what people do. But this poster is asking for people to wear their shoes out, as in wear them until they start to crumble and give in, this will show that you have lived and you've seen all that's needed to be seen. The background was going to be plain white, the shoes a navy blue in order to create a contrast between the foreground and the background and the typing was also going to be a similar tone to the shoes so the picture would come together as a whole.

Fig 3. plans in sketchbook III (author's own)

 

I also liked plans 18, 22 and 24. I liked number 18 for its simplicity, this was more of a minimalist approach, it was just the word 'HAPPY' written in red on a plain white background but the Ps had ':D' on their rounded bits. I could see that one printed on a T-shirt. Number 22 says 'THE ONLY WAY IS EVERY WAY' with arrows pointing in all four directions. This idea again, refers back to travelling and how there is no right or wrong way of doing it, don't think, just do. Again, with a white background and black typing this time, but with red arrows to represent risks, hazards, confidence, danger, boldness and courage, everything that is needed within travelling. Number 24 is an intense development of the arrows in number 22. Sticking to the white background, I drew arrows of different lengths and sizes in the four directions of a compass. The arrows are red in this plan for the same reason as before. 

Fig 4. development plan (author's own)

 

I decided to combine ideas number 22 and 24 together...

Fig 5. final idea (author's own)

 

Fig 5 is an image a practice version of the two ideas combined in my sketchbook. I preferred the idea of the arrows being all over the page rather than just on a small section underneath the writing like I first did in plan 22 because this way, the representations (arrows) of the message I am trying to portray (travelling and making decisions) would not be something you have to try and notice on the paper, but something you can't help but notice.