This poster was designed for my church back home for an annual dinner dance they have. The demographic is very broad, spreading from teens to senior citizens so I wanted the design to be something that was not directed at just one demographic. They usually do print in color so using color is not an issue when designing for them. I wanted it to be light and happy and make people want to come spend the night dancing and hanging out with friends. I thought combining familiar elements of disco with snow to represent the season would be playful and appeal across a wide range of ages.
I chose papyrus for the first font because it is a very old type and when you think of the Bible you think of something old. I put the last two words in Ozwald because it gave it a "groovy" feel and I wanted to convey a feeling of excitement. For the information about the event I used Gill sans because it is very generic and easy to read, ensuring that the important information is not misread.
For the visual, I traced the outline of Disco Stu from the Simpsons and the copy pasted and reflected the second image. I wanted to go with the disco theme so I was considering something from Saturday Night Fever but I found this picture and liked the way it looked better. Once I traced the picture I filled it in to create a black silhouette.
This poster works really well. I really like the heading: it's funny and definitely attracts the reader's eye and the font fits pretty well. The disco ball that seems like it's snowing really adds to the poster's concept. I would like to see the bottom text (at least the name of the event) larger though and the word "let's" has an apostrophe. But otherwise it is a very well-done poster. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteI love this poster. You used the gestalt technique very nicely and it's extremely eye catching. Also, the information is nicely lined up along the same margin at the bottom of the poster which makes the image more effective. Very nice!
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