The Poster

This is my final artwork. Abstract baby!

Step by step

For this poster, i didn't use any advanced techniques or special effects, just the basic and simple ones. I spent most of my time on preparing the sketch / drawing, since its going to be an abstract poster.

Step 1:

Scanned the sketch and open it in Illustrator. Usually we make it as a template, but for my poster, the sketch will be the template and the coloring layer.

Step2:

The sketch is pretty dirty, so i took a couple of minutes to clear the unnecessary artifacts. This so that later its easier for me to trace the sketch.

Step 3:

By using pentool, i traced the whole sketch in a new layer and named it outline. So now i have the original layer plus the traced layer. I'm going to use the live trace technique. But before that, i had to export the outline as a jpeg first, so that i can successfully use the live trace.

Step 4:

If i trace directly from the sketch itself, i wont be getting the exact drawing, due to the artifacts. Next, i opened the jpeg file and trace it using live trace. After tracing, i converted it to live paint so that the image can be colored by using live paint bucket.

Step 5:

This is the fun part. Coloring the image. I've decided to use colors ranging from earth, retro, and natural tones. The concpet is simple, just fill the image with any color randomly, this to create the 'abstract look' and variety.

Step 6:

After that, to give the background an old paper effect, i used to different images. The transparency of these images then set to different style, to achieve the old paper effect. Later, these images are placed underneath the main image.

Step 7:

To complete the poster, main title and other supporting elements are added and arranged accordingly. Also not forgetting the deforestation symbol created earlier.


cheers,

Assignment 3: Sketch

Took me a couple of days to complete this sketch, its super complicated, but after the scan the sketch looks like this. Its kinda dirty. Well, its still workable and i loike it!

Poster layout and Slogan

After much consideration, I've decided to use this type of layout for my poster.
Top: Main

Middle: Image / illustration

Bottom: Slogan / poster message



As for slogan, I chose:

"Stop deforestation, Stop global warming"

This slogan may not creative enough, but it suits both deforestation and global warming. We see this context as a whole, not just one part of it. We may stop or end global warming by eliminating its causes, in this case deforestation. Therefore, bigger impact can be achived.

Poster Reference

To get started, i searched the net for poster examples to get rough idea. I found a few photos with nice layout and color combination. Lets get started!