Social Issues Posters
CHALLENGE:
For this project we had to create 4 posters on current or past social issues, using our own photography or illustrations, ensuring that the posters all tied in as a family visually together for the poster design.
SOLUTION:
I chose to address the Housing Crisis, Gender Pronouns, Climate Change, and Domestic Violence through a series of posters created in Adobe Illustrator
and InDesign. To visually connect them, I maintained consistency in stroke width and incorporated complementary colours from one poster to another.
The vibrant hues serve to capture attention from a distance, gradually revealing the social issues upon closer examination. While I infused detail in the designs,
I aimed to strike a balance, avoiding overly realistic portrayals. Additionally, I prioritized establishing clear hierarchy in the titles and information presented.
For more insights into each poster, please refer to the descriptions below.
For this project we had to create 4 posters on current or past social issues, using our own photography or illustrations, ensuring that the posters all tied in as a family visually together for the poster design.
SOLUTION:
I chose to address the Housing Crisis, Gender Pronouns, Climate Change, and Domestic Violence through a series of posters created in Adobe Illustrator
and InDesign. To visually connect them, I maintained consistency in stroke width and incorporated complementary colours from one poster to another.
The vibrant hues serve to capture attention from a distance, gradually revealing the social issues upon closer examination. While I infused detail in the designs,
I aimed to strike a balance, avoiding overly realistic portrayals. Additionally, I prioritized establishing clear hierarchy in the titles and information presented.
For more insights into each poster, please refer to the descriptions below.
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HOUSING CRISIS
For this poster I wanted to showcase a homeless teenage girl as many peoples minds automatically go to older people with poor life choices and that is often not the case. I wanted to appeal to peoples emotions as it is harder for us to walk away when looking at a child in this situation than a grown up. I chose the colour purple for her hat and the title to reflect homeless youth.
GENDER PRONOUNS
For this poster I illustrated a same sex couple kissing, wearing a rainbow blanket draped around them. I was inspired by an image I sourced online. For the older generations, Gender pronouns can be confusing. I chose the subtitle, "still our loved ones" to drive home that these are people and just because they identify using a different gender pronoun to express who they are, it doesn't change them in relation to who they are to you or to me. I kept it simple with the colours, colouring in the rainbow in the blanket only to ensure the emphasis was on the colours.
GENDER PRONOUNS
For this poster I illustrated a same sex couple kissing, wearing a rainbow blanket draped around them. I was inspired by an image I sourced online. For the older generations, Gender pronouns can be confusing. I chose the subtitle, "still our loved ones" to drive home that these are people and just because they identify using a different gender pronoun to express who they are, it doesn't change them in relation to who they are to you or to me. I kept it simple with the colours, colouring in the rainbow in the blanket only to ensure the emphasis was on the colours.
CLIMATE CHANGE
For this poster I illustrated an emaciated polar bear on a small patch of ice, looking hungry and battered into the water. The message I wanted to portray was that the rising temperatures are heating up their environment, making it difficult to hunt for food. I came up with the message "It's Getting Hot in here. Discover Ways to Help" as climate change is becoming more and more apparent and hard to ignore. This past summer was sweltering, helping contribute to forest fires, and added air pollution. For my subtitle I used "invest in our future" to drive home that we can do things to help contribute to reducing climate change.
For this poster I illustrated an emaciated polar bear on a small patch of ice, looking hungry and battered into the water. The message I wanted to portray was that the rising temperatures are heating up their environment, making it difficult to hunt for food. I came up with the message "It's Getting Hot in here. Discover Ways to Help" as climate change is becoming more and more apparent and hard to ignore. This past summer was sweltering, helping contribute to forest fires, and added air pollution. For my subtitle I used "invest in our future" to drive home that we can do things to help contribute to reducing climate change.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
For this poster I illustrated a teenage boy wearing a green tuque and an orange sweatshirt that ties in with the other posters. He has a purple bruise on his left eye and under his right eye, with a blue tear streaming from his right eye to the bruise. He has a serious look on his face, looking directly into viewers eyes to challenge them to see him not as a thug but as a victim to domestic violence. At first glance, without looking at the title, one might assume he got into a fight of his own doing. The tear helps trigger the viewers emotions. When you look up from the illustration and see DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, it changes the perspective. The message is to share the Male survivors support line for victims of abuse. The subtitle I chose was, "no excuse for abuse".
*All work in this portfolio is created by Amber Black of Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
For educational purposes only. Do not copy or reproduce.
For educational purposes only. Do not copy or reproduce.