Poster for PechaKucha Night Pensacola

Create an 11" x 17" poster for PechaKucha Pensacola

The copy that MUST appear on the poster is:

PechaKucha Night Pensacola
Volume 10

March 8, 2020

6:00 pm

First City Art Center

1060 North Guillemard St, Pensacola FL 32501

www.pechakucha.org/cities/pensacola

www.facebook.com/pechakuchapensacola

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE COPY YOU MUST INCLUDE THE "PECHAKUCHA EMBLEM" SOMEWHERE ON YOUR POSTER. YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE FILE: 

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.)

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:

http://search.creativecommons.org

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?

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.  

This is your life… Autobiographical Info-Graphic

This is your life… Autobiographical Information Graphic

This project is based on a project brief designed by Scott Stowell from the School of Visual Arts, NY, NY.

Using Illustrator or Photoshop create an info-graphic that communicates to any viewer the events of a period of time in your life.

There are no size limitations (except for the limitations of the large-format printer) for this project. Your entire info-graphic does of course need to fit on 1 sheet.

Select a period of time from your life in which you were involved in a series of events.
The time period (long or short) and the events are up to you. Do NOT simply draw a map and show a path of places you have lived.

The idea is to explore how to convey personal information using a public and universal graphic language.  No photographs.  Only graphic elements.  Look at the websites on the class blog for Information Design inspiration.  I will be bringing in some books on Information Design for your reference.  Although I am not going to be giving you any color limitations for this project I would establish a set color palette for yourself.  The colors you use should reinforce the message you are trying to convey.  Just because you can use every color in the rainbow doesn't mean you should.

This is a great project for your portfolio.  You may want to consider this in the preliminary concept development phase of your project.

YOU CAN NOT USE THE "IMAGE TRACE" FUNCTION IN ILLUSTRATOR!!!!!!

DUE:  YOU HAVE 4 IN-CLASS WORK PERIODS TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT IT MUST BE POSTED TO YOUR BLOG BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS MONDAY OCTOBER 29TH.

Classic Information Graphic Examples:

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STUDENT EXAMPLES:

By: Dylan Nadsady

By: Chris Perrault

By: Sarah Chew

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By: Carly Haller

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 By: Sara Jiron

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 By: Tannah Shukri

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By: Bailey Webb

By: Emalee Barr