My poster design process.

1. Evolution of a Design

2. Goal
Students will respect each other’s privacy online
Audience
Students who use social media, primarily 13-19
Message
Do not post potentially embarrassing information about other people online
without their permission.

3. Clown picture: “Heckler” by Scott Thigpen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sthig/307237590/

4. Key changes in next design
• Added grey scale pictures of “authority
figures” in the background
• Changed wording to make message clearer
• Used a complementary color scheme based
off the orange in the clown’s shirt
– Adobe Kuler
• Shortened Title
• Centered clown photo and made larger

6. Key changes in next design
• Changed alignment of pictures to give solid
vertical lines
• Used yellow on black color scheme
• Moved text “naming” authority figures to
underneath those images

7. Parent: “Mother” by Erik Soderstrom, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mescon/2964305410/
Police: “Police Memorial May 14 2010” by Carl Wycoff, http://www.flickr.com/photos/80909625@N00/4607621859
Teacher: “Teacher Leader Conference 2 August 2012” by US Department of Ed,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/7732938674/

8. Key changes in next design
Discarded previous 4 images
Used 1 new image
Used modern fonts
Found a trendy poster design and uploaded
to Adobe Kuler to use color scheme
• Slanted text (something I saw used in
posters targeting teenagers)
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9. Girl: “Embarrassed” by Sarebear:) , http://www.flickr.com/photos/briovonsarah/5372890384/

10. Key changes in final design
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Unslanted text
Made title vertical and body text horizontal
Contrasted large to small font
Contrasted colorful to white font
Changed body text to say message more
clearly with as few words as I could