Why is it important to have well designed political posters, who does it appeal to and
encourage to vote?
It is important to have a well designed political posters on a campaign as It has the
ability to get the vote of the population. Having an efficient and well designed poster
can gather momentum from the mass population. It creates a remarkable impression to
the voters from different range of age and culture. It also drawn the attention and
influences the point of view of the voters. From this, the poster become effective as
having a well designed poster without too much information making it innovative and
usable from any various of posters, billboards and ads that will help the politician reach
his/her target mass. The poster does not consume a lot of text making the message to
its target audiences easily transferred and remembered.
A well designed poster also make the politician relevant to the country that he/she was
running to. With this poster it was clearly relevant to America as the colours that have
used was undeniably similar to the American Flag which will make the voters think that
the politician in the poster was representing the country already even just on the post.
The whole composition represent America and the fact that there is red and cream
stroke above the letter E make it more relevant as it has the same element with the
American Flag. The message was short yet direct to the point. There is a typography that
says HOPE which indicate that the person on the graphic was the HOPE for americans.
This will make the target drawn to the politician more. Shepard Fairey has done a great
job creating this campaign poster as he made the runner relevant to the country that he
was trying to serve to. This only proves that a great design can caught people’s eye and
can influence someone’s perspective.
Going on to the step on how to make this type of poster, For this effect it is best to
have a portrait style picture. Once you have your image, you need to Open it
in Photoshop and Crop it appropriately. The top of the image should be
cropped to the top of your subject's head. Now cut out your main subject
using a magic wand tool and make another layer. After making a new layer
of your subject. Desaturate it and go to filter>artistic>cutout. After that
adjust the levels and simplicity to number 5 and fidelity to 1. After that right
click to the layer and choose channel mixer. Then go to the adjustment and
choose posterize. Change the level from 4 to 5, then go back to the
adjustment panel and choose gradient map

Shephard fairey

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    Why is itimportant to have well designed political posters, who does it appeal to and encourage to vote? It is important to have a well designed political posters on a campaign as It has the ability to get the vote of the population. Having an efficient and well designed poster can gather momentum from the mass population. It creates a remarkable impression to the voters from different range of age and culture. It also drawn the attention and influences the point of view of the voters. From this, the poster become effective as having a well designed poster without too much information making it innovative and usable from any various of posters, billboards and ads that will help the politician reach his/her target mass. The poster does not consume a lot of text making the message to its target audiences easily transferred and remembered. A well designed poster also make the politician relevant to the country that he/she was running to. With this poster it was clearly relevant to America as the colours that have used was undeniably similar to the American Flag which will make the voters think that the politician in the poster was representing the country already even just on the post.
  • 2.
    The whole compositionrepresent America and the fact that there is red and cream stroke above the letter E make it more relevant as it has the same element with the American Flag. The message was short yet direct to the point. There is a typography that says HOPE which indicate that the person on the graphic was the HOPE for americans. This will make the target drawn to the politician more. Shepard Fairey has done a great job creating this campaign poster as he made the runner relevant to the country that he was trying to serve to. This only proves that a great design can caught people’s eye and can influence someone’s perspective. Going on to the step on how to make this type of poster, For this effect it is best to have a portrait style picture. Once you have your image, you need to Open it in Photoshop and Crop it appropriately. The top of the image should be cropped to the top of your subject's head. Now cut out your main subject using a magic wand tool and make another layer. After making a new layer of your subject. Desaturate it and go to filter>artistic>cutout. After that adjust the levels and simplicity to number 5 and fidelity to 1. After that right
  • 3.
    click to thelayer and choose channel mixer. Then go to the adjustment and choose posterize. Change the level from 4 to 5, then go back to the adjustment panel and choose gradient map