Reflection and some final words
For this project Id ended up using some of ideas, id had for poster one and repurposed it for poster two, I still liked my idea of the utility pocket knife kinda showing that if you have the right tools you can create and do anything, find the mediums that we each individually love and can express art in there own way. I used this idea for the more general public one and kept the message simple so hopefully someone would see this and take their own thing away from it and interpret it how they like, being again that the college supplies and encourages all types of artistic expression. As for the second poster i stepped way way out of my comfort zone and decided to go with a photography approach to it which i then photoshopped and cleaned up and i personally think it turned out very well, as well as was a nice trip to leave my usual digital art style, i think this made the piece a little bit more designerly versus being more on the arty side of things. I tried to make the piece more vague having originally doddled all my main sketches I had for the piece and considered doing instead of writing the words “art ideas” ect, but I personally feel like this was the right decision. The idea behind that was to make it so anyone could see the poster and relate to the idea of having just many strange concepts and writing, most artists i know have sketchbooks and notepads next to their bed, kitchens/fridges and showers so they can capture any stray ideas that spring up at random.
And some final words, I enjoyed this project to be honest. I thought it was very fun and open and gave students a great chance to show what they think art and design means and what they'd do if they had the chance to lure more people into the course. I found the concepts of logos hard to balance, since there were many written rules that had to be followed and finding a way to make the logos look nice while not compromising the poster and the main content from that was a struggle. I think if i had more time I'd explore some more concepts from my original sketches. But i would also still like to keep the concept of using photography, i'd like to explore this field more in the future and broaden my works when it comes to assignments and think a bit more unconventionally.