Posters Design Continued...Again

Progress.
This week I really wanted to nail down what I wanted to put on my posters and start with the imagery that would describe these stories. I'm still a little wary on what stories I want to do. That has been my problem the past couple weeks. I think 6 would be a good number. But choosing those 6 stories are a struggle. Here's what I am thinking of so far -- It will probably change once or twice.
1. Creation
2. 10 Commandments
3. Birth of Jesus Christ
4. Choosing of the 12 Disciples
5. Crucifixion
6. Ascension

*Stories that I really like -- May switch out above stories to these.
- David & Goliath
- Daniel & the Lions Den
- Victory over Jericho
- The Flood (Noah's Ark)
- The Fall (Adam & Eve)
- Jesus's Temptation

These are going in my BFA show. So I'm contemplating just printing out 4 (Maybe the 4 main points of the life of Jesus) then making more to put into a book (20 total?)

As for the look of the posters, I'm still not quite positive on the "look." Either the "beat up" look or the wood grain.

Research.
My research this week was reading the 6 main stories that I had listed and coming up with an image for each one. I've looked online, and there really isn't any posters like what I am making. Here are some sketches of what the posters will look like.

Creation - The world

10 Commandments - 2 tablets that the commandments were written on

Birth of Jesus Christ - Star that led the shepherds and 3 wise men to Bethlehem

Choosing of the 12 disciples - crowd with 12 bodies shaded in

Crucifixion - Crown of barbed wire OR 3 nails

Ascension - Hands raised to bless the disciples OR tomb with door rolled to side

More Progress.
I have decided to go with the wood grain posters. When displaying them for my BFA show, I want to burn the edges and stick them all in one frame.

 

 

Poster Design Continued

Progress.
All week I've been changing direction in how I want to do my posters. I want them to be simple and minimalistic with a "worn" feel.

I had come up with a few different looks. Out of those, I think these two designs are simple, yet effective.

 

I haven't started on this yet, but I had an idea on how to get a rustic look. I had done a project a couple years ago where I made a wood grain in illustrator. I think it would be neat twist to incorporate that look into these posters.

Here's a quick example of what it could look like (with some tweaks, of course) -- maybe add a little "rust" quality -- burn the actual edges once printed?:

I've not only struggled with the look, but also the content. There are so many important stories in the Bible that I could choose from. So many that it makes it overwhelming choosing a select few.

I had numerous ideas of how I could tackle this.
1. Stories based on courage (Daniel & the Lions Den, David & Goliath, the Crucifixion, etc.)
2. The 7 days of creation
3. The 10 stages of plagues of Egypt in the book of Exodus
4. The 4 main parts of Jesus's life (Birth, Crucifixion, Ascension, Return)
5. Major stories of the Bible -- would be cool to compile into a book (Not sure if I would be biting off too much to chew)

POSSIBLE STORIES LIST (In the works)
- Creation
- The Fall
- The Flood
- The Plagues
- Victory over Jericho
- 10 Commandments

- Water to wine
- Feeding the 5000
- David and Goliath

- Psalm 23
- Jesus' Birth
- Jesus' Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11)
- Choosing of the Disciples
- The Last Supper
- The Crucifixion
- Resurrection (Shows hands and feet from the nails)
- The Ascension
- Revelation

Future Project Ideas.
With this poster project, along with my Farm website, that makes for two projects left.

1. I want to do projects to show in my BFA show at the end of the semester, so I believe showing a something in the print area would be strong and show the different skills that I have. For this I wanted to do a "Game Day" program. I coach a softball team, so this would be easy to get images and content for the small magazine.
Examples of Game Day programs:

 


2. I wanted to do a little something different. I had saw an artist on artistsinspireartists.com. She painted landscapes, portraits, and still life on the backs of pennies. I love the idea of small minute details and having the viewer really look at the piece of work. I like doing something that is useful, has a purpose, or is educational, so I'm not sure if I would follow this idea still or not. Instead of painting, I would take photographs of landscapes, print them out onto tracing-like paper, and mod-podge them to coins.
Example from Artist:

 

Finishing up Website/Beginning Poster Project

Progress.

I have basically all of the design elements finished for the farm website. All I need to do is replace the loren ipsem and figure out how to do the rollover pop-ups on the virtual tour map. Then it should be fairly finished. 

Since I don't have the coding figured out yet for the virtual tour and progress can't really be shown, I decided to start brainstorming for my next project. 

My next project, I wanted to do a poster series. As I said in my critique, I want to create things that are informational, educational, have a purpose, etc. I really enjoy minimalist posters. I like how the artist takes an image that describes the movie and simplifies. The addition of a small amount of text balances out the image. Here are a few that I really enjoy. In some, it has a "grungy" look and others are more clean. I want to create something more on the "grungy" side because 1) I like that look and 2) it would fit into the overall look of my BFA show that I'm going for. 

Subject -- I want to incorporate something that is important to me as the subject of my posters. My religion has been important to me for the majority of my life. For the text on the posters, I wanted to choose a book from the Bible, probably a specific chapter. For the image, I wanted to do something simple, like the images below, that describes the chapter of the Bible.

Research.

Probable Ideas.

- Days of Creation (Genesis 1, 2:1-2)
- David & Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
- Peter Walking on Water (Matthew 14)
- Noah's Ark and the Flood (Genesis 6:1-9:17)
- Daniel and the Lion's Den (Daniel 6)
- Jesus's Second Coming (Revelations)
- Jesus's Crucifixion (John 19)
- Changing Water to Wine (John 2)
- Jesus Feeds 5000 (Matthew 14)
- Birth of Jesus (Luke 2)
- Adam & Eve (Genesis 2)

Farm Website Continued...Once Again.

Progress.
I did not achieve as much as I was hoping to this past week. I had some trouble getting the home page to line up correctly and have the rollover effect work correctly. There still needs to be some tweaks to that. I also got my graphics made for the Virtual Tour page. I just need to figure out how to have the images pop up as you roll over a certain part of the map.

Research.
Market Timing Contributing to Cattle Cycle
Effects of Breeding Stock Productivity
Weekly Live Cattle Prices

Reflection.
This week I focused on looking at the economics behind raising cattle. I have to admit, some parts of these articles were very difficult to understand, but I think I have the basic understanding of how it works. Cattle prices depend on a lot of things and it changes sporadically. Once must be pretty up to date on the economics of raising beef cattle in order to be successful.

Artist Statement for this Project.

Farmers are very proud of what they do. They would like others to see how they are successful and giving their part to the country. Putting this pride into website form is a medium that would get their message across. The major purpose of this website is to get the viewers to gain respect for not just the Smoker farmers, but for farmers in general. Being a multi-generational family business, there is equipment and buildings that have been worn down by each generation. Pairing the worn look with the multi-generational business will help pull in the viewers. That is my reasoning for the rust and worn look to the website. This pairing will help pull in the viewers to want to learn more. This website is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. It is functional because it provides the viewer with information about a particular farm. It is also aesthetically pleasing to the eye with the careful choice of color, alignment, and quality of images.