Project Description:
Students learned about historical propaganda posters and contemporary artists who use posters and public art, as a means to communicate their views on particular social issues. They then chose a social issue and researched what imagery would best support their topic. Next they researched or created text that would support their topic, this could be a phrase, word or even a statistic. Using Adobe Photoshop CS6 students created their posters, learning about composition layout, font style, color & size. Common Photoshop tools they used were layers, Type tool, the Magic Wand tool and the Paint Brush tool.
Technical Description:
Hailey's topic was internet safety. The idea behind their poster demonstrates that you don't really know who you are communicating with on the other side of a computer. The girl has typed "hey katie", but the viewer clearly sees a boys' silhouette. Hailey chose the font to mimic a font you may see when typing or texting, she also chose to have her phrase at the top look "casual" in spelling and grammar for the same reason. Using the Paint Brush tool in Photoshop, the student created the silhouettes of the people and the computer. The text bubbles were appropriated from the internet but had text in them, the student removed the text and added her own messages. The student used the Type tool to add their phrase at the top of the poster.
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| Hailey after the awards ceremony! |
