A2 Printout for Week 5

Here is a quick rendition of my visual style and 'shell' poster concept for class tomorrow. I have printed this out in A2 size. The font, text, colour, shell style and illustration aren't final, but the composition layout will be the final template. 

Image research of Hermit crabs/shells

Here are a few images inspiring the design of the shell that will be the main image for my poster. I think that getting the shell correct will help the design to have an authentic feel.

Final Design Style Inspiration

Here is a website that has 45 examples of vector illustration. This is the style and composition that I want to recreate for my final poster design eg; centred illustrated image , rule of thirds (Headline, image, tagline)

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2013/10/vector-illustrations-design/

Flat 2d Illustration style Inspiration

This flat, 2d vector style illustration is the style that I want to reflect for my Final poster. Its a joyful, colourful friendly style that would be a well resolved passive-aggressive approach to my anti-social media stance.

Here are a few examples that I found/like:

Interim Finals + Feedback

These are the 4 finals that I produced for the interim presentation and critique...

Interim Feedback - Group Critique

"Unlock Your Life"

• 'You are the key'
• the lock needs to be locked, rather than unlocked- stronger message

"Feeling Trapped"

• he becomes part of the computer
• gets sucked in to the screen/computer
• side view/face pressed against the screen

"Shell"

• snail shell? - 'Catch up with your life' - new possible tagline
• social media : is the crab grabbing the shell
• something that grabs away the person, having a life...

"Sore Thumb"

• Cross out 'sore thumb' - too obvious
• address the heading without the tagline
• specify the idea of 'online maintenance'

So overall, the group decided that the 'shell' image and 'lock' image were the two strongest ideas/concepts and that I should use those to develop further. 

At this point, I think I will choose the "shell" concept to develop as my final.

Some more poster/ideas concepts

Here are some more poster concepts following the one-on-one with Matt...

VCD Poster/ Examples for Inspiration

Here are a few examples of posters that I enjoyed/responded to quite well. These designs are simple, minimal but very beautiful and effective. Some have messages a little more serious than others, but still, effective. Some don't have messages at all, just information.