In my advanced illustration class, we are making posters that illustrate haikus from local poets.
It's actually exciting because we've done so many "childrens book-esque" & editorial assignments that something simple as a poster is novel. I remember hating my design classes in freshman year and wanting to touch hardcore, messy, dramatic oil paints. But jumping back and forth to different techniques and medias is fun. It brings a different dynamic to each assignment. Plus, the poster project is actually a contest so for I'm sure it'll bring little edge and competitiveness out of all of us.
It's actually exciting because we've done so many "childrens book-esque" & editorial assignments that something simple as a poster is novel. I remember hating my design classes in freshman year and wanting to touch hardcore, messy, dramatic oil paints. But jumping back and forth to different techniques and medias is fun. It brings a different dynamic to each assignment. Plus, the poster project is actually a contest so for I'm sure it'll bring little edge and competitiveness out of all of us.
This is the website for the poster project. If you want to see the past student posters, check it out!
http://www.posterproject.org/
This is something else I found for fun while brainstorming for my poster.
I love threadless.
It's hard to read but it says:Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator
They rarely do make sense.
piece and blessins`
-g
