The copy that MUST appear on the poster is:
PechaKucha Night Pensacola
Volume 10
Volume 10
March 8, 2020
6:00 pm
First City Art Center
1060 North Guillemard St, Pensacola FL 32501
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The layout of your copy is very important. Carefully consider the size of your type and its spacing. It shouldn't necessarily all be the same size. Consider the visual hierarchy of your typography. Your typography needs to be integrated into your overall design. It should NOT be an afterthought.
The layout of your copy is very important. Carefully consider the size of your type and its spacing. It shouldn't necessarily all be the same size. Consider the visual hierarchy of your typography. Your typography needs to be integrated into your overall design. It should NOT be an afterthought.
Pecha Kucha Emblem
(YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLORS AND BACKGROUND SHAPE. DO NOT CHANGE THE FONT.) You can scale it up proportionally but you can't scale it down.
PechaKucha Night logo
(YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THIS LOGO BUT YOU CAN.)
(YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLORS AND BACKGROUND SHAPE. DO NOT CHANGE THE FONT.) You can scale it up proportionally but you can't scale it down.
PechaKucha Night logo
(YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE THIS LOGO BUT YOU CAN.)
Before you begin you should do some research. Think about who your potential or target audience is. There is information at pechakucha.org.
You can use Photoshop, Illustrator or Indesign to create this poster but make sure that NOTHING APPEARS PIXELATED!!!!!! YOU MAY USE THE IMAGE TRACE FUNCTION IN ILLUSTRATOR IF THE IMAGE YOU ARE USING IS ROYALTY FREE OR AN ORIGINAL IMAGE OR SKETCH.
In accordance with professional practice you must insure that any images you use are legally acquired. If you are using images from the internet then you must show that there is no copyright infringement by providing a link in your blog post which has information on the copyright free/ royalty free status of your image. Here is a link to the Creative Commons website which can aid you in this task:
Of course, the easiest way to avoid any problems with copyright infringement is to take the photo yourself.
Your poster needs to intrigue and inform the local community about PechaKucha Pensacola.
Please include any preliminary sketches for your poster in your blog post.
CRITIQUE QUESTIONS TO PREPARE ANSWERS FOR:
1. Can you describe your strategy/approach to this project?
2. What guided you to choose the particular imagery, visual elements, color palette and typefaces that are present in your poster?
3. Why would this appeal to a particular crowd of folks?
CRITIQUE QUESTIONS TO PREPARE ANSWERS FOR:
1. Can you describe your strategy/approach to this project?
2. What guided you to choose the particular imagery, visual elements, color palette and typefaces that are present in your poster?
3. Why would this appeal to a particular crowd of folks?
You have 3 in-class periods to work on this assignment. This project needs to be posted to your blog by the beginning of class on Wednesday Nov.14th ready for critique.
