For this assignment I decided to create a concert poster for the band Sugarland. I chose this band for a few reasons. One reason is that I am attending the concert. Second is that the band is fun, they have great concerts. I felt they would be a relatively easy band to make a concert poster for. My original idea was to make the poster look like an envelope and the images the stamps. I was going to put the information in a line like the address on an envelope. The poster has similarities to that idea but in the final process something else occurred.
I had wanted to have the background be the manilla color of an envelope. When I found an image of a stamp I wanted the background was black. Instead of editing the border I simply cropped as much as I could and then changed the background to black. I found that this change also allowed me to use a wider color palette for my text that would not have looked as good on a white background. Another decision that I made was to add the image that is not in a border. I felt that there was something missing, and tried a couple different ideas to fill the void but I eventually decided on the additional image.
I found it really challenging to simply get used to the program. I kept trying to drag images into the program instead of importing them until someone tipped me off that the program worked better with out dragging. I also found it hard to remember that I had to put a box where I wanted the image to go. I tended to forget and then have to start over importing the image. As I spent time using the program I became used to the different steps I had to take and began to enjoy the program more.
One of the problems that I encountered was that the first image that I imported into the poster I did not use a box to place it. Therefore it became part of my black background and couldn't move it later when I wanted to adjust some things. To fix this problem I simply deleted my background with the attached image, then redid everything so that it was correct and could be placed and moved separately.
What I am most proud of is the stamp borders around the images. It took a while to get them just the right angle to match the images. In the beginning I became frustrated with making them look good but I stuck with my original design and am glad the way that they cam out. I am also proud of the way that I have the poster laid out. I feel as if it really fits the z format that is most effective and is easy to follow.
If I had more time to work on the project I would work with the fonts. I had looked at the Sugarland logo but personally I think its a little ugly and definitely didn't fit with the type of poster that I had made. I like the font type that I picked but I am not sure I like the second font time for the other bands and information. It was also suggested that red wasn't the best color to use in the font but I think it worked with the color scheme that I had and chosen and was present in the images. With more time I would have worked with the shade of the font.