Poster Project Blog Post

                                            Poster Project Blog Post


                            Final                                                                                        Draft 1






















Do you believe your stance clear within your poster? Defend your answer- image, fonts, color, composition, etc.
I do believe my stance is clear in my poster. The contrast in font for the "good" side and "bad" side
clearly exemplifies how Muslims are portrayed as "evil" and "violent" (shown through the capital, bolded, dark and block like letters), while the Christians are portrayed as "pure" and "good"(shown through the lower case, bright, and "easy-going" letters). In the middle, allows one to see how we are all human and should not be judged based on religion or the appearance of a person.

From your initial thumbnail sketches to your hand drawn draft- Do you feel you were successful in re-creating your poster idea digitally? If not, do you like the new visual outcome?
To a certain extent, I think I was successful in re-creating the poster digitally since the idea that Muslims should not be judged based on their religion was still prevalent. However, I felt that a new idea was conjoined with Muslims not being judged, which was the idea that people should not be judged based on their religion, but rather to focus on idea that no matter what religion one believes in, does not make them anymore different.  I do like the new visual outcome since it makes the stance a lot more relatable to both Muslims and non-Muslims, allowing both to understand the idea that one should not be judged, no matter who or what they worship. It also allows one to see the stereotypes that are placed upon people just because of their appearance and religion.

What were the changes you made from your first version to the last version of the poster? Explain why you made those changes?
One change was shifting the focus on how Muslims shouldn't be stereotyped based on their appearance and religion to the focus that nobody, regardless of religion and race, should not be stereotyped based on appearance. In addition, that we should accept each other because we are all humans. I made the change so the stance can actually be relatable to not only one race, but rather as society as a whole. It allows for everyone to feel included and to feel passionately about how nobody should be generalized.

Looking over your rubric, which category do you think your project is strongest? Explain why. Which category do you feel the least confident? Explain why.
Concept wise, I think it is my area that is the strongest. At glance, it is easily recognized that the stance talks about discrimination on those of certain  religions and races. It easily categorizes the Muslim as "evil" and the signs of Christianity and Judaism as "pure" and "good", while having words that goes against these stereotypes. Skills and Technique may have been the weakest category as I was very confused with a lot of the mechanics in Illustrator and felt that some aspects of the poster was rushed since I felt that I could have chosen better fonts to highlight the problems in discrimination.

What was the most challenging aspect of the project, conceptually?
It was incredibly hard to start where to put anything. I wondered if certain things would be seen as too cliche or done already before. It was hard to find a unique way to format the poster, while making it known what the stance of the poster.

What was most challenging about the project, technically?
The most challenging aspect of the project was just understanding how to use Illustrator as I did not understand how to use most of the mechanics. It was especially hard to move and change certain images as they overlapped forcing me to redo everything, essentially restarting the project.