Event Poster Lesson

Event Poster Project!

Create a dynamic event poster using photo editing and text graphic techniques.

• Are elaborate graphic designs intended to grab a viewer's attention to find out more about the event in question.

• Use 'Visual Hierarchy' to give viewers something to grab on-to first, then move to the next item sequentially

• Usually have a designated color scheme

• Can be symmetric or asymmetric.

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Event Posters

Are elaborate graphic designs intended to grab a viewer's attention to find out more about the event in question.

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Multiple Select

Looking at the same poster as in the previous slide, What element do you believe the designer intended YOU to notice first?

• Social Media icons

• 'When, Where, Info'

• The photograph

• The title

Open Ended

Consider the same graphic. In the box below, describe WHY you believe you chose the element that you did in the previous slide. Use complete thoughts and sentences.

Visual hierarchy is powerful because it keeps your design from becoming too cluttered.

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Notice the visual hierarchy in this example. Why does the athlete on the left stand out so much?

Visual Hierarchy

is applied here to add a sleek, modern feel. It also livens up the design using geometric shapes.

Graphic Overlay

applied to a black and white image with a 'hole cutout' keeps a viewer's eye on one image area.

Color tone

Works great when you want text to follow the sliced lines.. This makes the design more dynamic and interesting.

Slicing a photo

​Posters using photography

​usually need to be stylized in some way to simplify designs or attract attention

can be of almost any type of event:

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Poster types

• Sports event

• Musical performance

• Dance party

• Festival or Faire

• Social issue event

Open Ended

If YOU were to create an event poster, describe below:

-What type of event?

-Why do you think you'd like to choose this type?

-What sort of PHOTOGRAPHIC element could you choose?